Particular features of students’ spiritual and moral education at Orthodox Church educational institutions in Southern Ukraine (in the XIX – early XX century).

Abstract

The article considers and systematizes significant legislative acts for primary schools of the Orthodox Church in the South of Ukraine in XIX – the beginning of XX century related to the problem of young people’s spiritual and moral education. It also covers the major role of orthodox clergy in the area of public education. The article substantiates the necessity of moral potential’s application, as a necessary element of improving the system of the rising generation’s spiritual and moral education. The author comes to the conclusion that studying of clergymen’s operational experience in the process of students’ school education is of great scientific and practical interest for the modern system of moral education.

Key words:

spiritual and moral education, Sunday school, students, parish school, school of literacy.