Orthodox Christian Education in Modern Russia: Structure and Content

Abstract

The article describes Orthodox Christian education as a kind of religious education. It offers a definition of Orthodox Christian education and characterizes its structure in modern Russia. It proposes a model for the Orthodox Christian education system, including introductory, basic, professional, and advanced academic levels. The author describes the general characteristics of each of these levels. The author concludes with a description of the problems that are encountered when identifying the curricular content of Orthodox Christian education.

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Orthodox Christian Education in Modern Russia: Structure and Content

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Funding

This study was made possible by financial support from the Russian Foundation for Humanities, project no. 15-06-10300.

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T.V. Sklyarova

Tatyana Vladimirovna Sklyarova is a Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University of Humanities (Moscow, Russia); Email: [email protected]