Peculiarities of spiritual and moral education of student youth on the Orthodox culture basis in the South of Ukraine (the second half of the XIX – the beginning of the XX century).

Abstract

The article characterizes the components of spiritual and moral education of student youth. These components were used in Orthodox Church primary schools in the South of Ukraine in the second half of the XIX – the beginning of the XX century. The result of the work is the identification of the methods of spiritual and moral education: the formation of moral consciousness, the formation of moral behavior and stimulation of moral activity and behavior. The popular forms and means of spiritual and moral education of student youth of the period were reading, pilgrimage, church singing, handcraft lessons.

Key words:

parish clergy; the Orthodox culture; student youth; forms, methods and means of spiritual and moral education; religious primary schools.