SPIRITUAL, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND PATRONAGE ACTIVITIES OF LEADING FIGURES OF THE ORTHODOX BROTHERHOODS OF VOLYN (SECOND HALF OF THE 19th – BEGINNING OF THE 20th ) IN THE FORMATION AND PRESERVATION OF SPIRITUAL AND MORAL TRADITIONS OF EDUCATION

• Iryna Levchuk

  Rivne State University for the Humanities

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6015-3795

The article is devoted to the separate analysis of the spiritual, educational, social and public activities of the leading figures of the Orthodox brotherhoods of Volyn in the second half of the 19^th and the beginning of the 20^th century. The organizational characteristics of the implementation of spiritual, educational and social activities of representatives of Orthodox brotherhoods in the studied period were analyzed. The author describes the leading types of spiritual, educational, social and public activities of leading figures (representatives of secularism) of Orthodox brotherhoods in Volyn in the second half of the 19^th and the beginning of the 20^th century: organizational, professional and pedagogical, spiritual and educational, trustee, charitable, patronage publishing and research. The main forms (public readings, talks, individual assistance to schoolchildren and their families, book publishing, charity events, mass events) and methods (organization of educational, spiritual, social, public, charitable, patronage activities, stimulation, formation of experience) of spiritual, educational and social activities of representatives of Orthodox brotherhoods of Volyn in the studied period are identified.

The spiritual revival of the state, which began in the early 1990s, is taking place on a difficult social background, which is manifested in the crisis of morality that permeates all spheres of our life. Therefore, at the present stage of development of education and science, given the urgent needs of humanizing Ukrainian society, it is necessary to return to the revival of Christian moral values.

Religion, being an organic component of the spiritual life of society, has played an important role in the process of Ukrainian state and cultural construction, and has helped Ukrainians preserve their national identity for many centuries. The spiritual, educational, social and public activities of the clergy and representatives of the Orthodox community to promote education, culture and spirituality based on local traditions helped preserve the national identity of the people.

The spiritual, educational, social and public activities of Orthodox brotherhoods, strengthened by the growth of spiritual and secular educational institutions and charitable institutions, acquired both religious status and social and public significance. The content of education in the study period realized the multiculturalism inherited by the Volyn region, the polyphony of educational imperatives, and the integration of national, general education, moral and spiritual indicators.

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