The Role Of The Russian Orthodox Church In Training Military Personnel

Abstract

The interaction between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Empire in the context of military personnel training in military educational institutions is analyzed in the article. Pedagogical conditions of effective interaction with learners in order to cultivate qualities characterizing the Defender of the Faith, Tsar and Fatherland are identified in the article. The author considers some changes in the Russian Orthodox Church development in military educational institutions which influenced the training process during the main historical stages of military school establishment and development. The historical and pedagogical analysis gives us a chance to track internal connection between the Russian Orthodox Church activity in the armed forces and military educational institutions and the effective upbringing of spiritual and moral qualities as well as to define specifics of religious and political influence of the Russian Empire authorities in the officer corps educational system. From our point of view, the most productive aspect in establishing and strengthening Christian cultural and moral values of military service was the joint activity of military educational institution command and higher education institution church stipulated by the daily routine in the learner training. Underlining the importance of the Russian Orthodox Church role in learner preparation in the Russian Empire military educational institutions, the author unveils the influence of a religious factor on the Defender of Fatherland image establishment with regard to an environmental approach.