THE ACTIVITIES OF THE HOLY FATHERS IN ESTABLISHING THE SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS OF ORTHODOX SINGING

Abstract

In the modern world, there is a problem of the young generation’s loss of spiritual landmarks, which is manifested in the dominance of pragmatism, focus on obtaining material goods, indifference to the feelings of other people, including loved ones. Education of moral qualities of an individual cannot be effective if all social institutions are not involved in it: family, school, cultural institutions, church. Nowadays, the importance of religious education is gaining a high status in the domestic society - children and teenagers get used to attending church, study in Sunday schools, where they participate in choir singing. Musical spiritual works today are not limited to church life, but are included in the repertoires of singing groups of general secondary and primary music education institutions, are offered for listening to music at school, etc. (Rostovskyi, 2003). (Rostovskyi, 2003). The urgent task of preserving the traditions of Orthodoxy in its competition with the Catholic and Uniate influences on the Ukrainian community determines the special interest of teachers and scientists in the educational possibilities of Orthodox music (Afonina, 2012).