The system of the religious educational institutions in the Yaroslavl province in the second half of the 19th century

Abstract

The article analyzes the system of educational institutions of the spiritual department, functioning in the post-reform period in the Yaroslavl province. The role of the diocesan school council in the development of Orthodox spiritual education in the Yaroslavl region is revealed. The changes that have taken place in the activities of the seminary, theological schools, the school for girls of the clergy, the diocesan Jonathan women’s school are given. The personal composition of the heads of the main educational institutions of the diocese is given. The main features of the spiritual education reforms are noted - attempts to introduce the principle of all-estate, a response to the challenges of the time, bringing curricula closer to the requirements of modern life. The socio-cultural activity of the Yaroslavl diocese in the modernization of spiritual education in the second half of the 19th century is shown.