Abstract
Everyday education in post-Soviet Russian Orthodoxy relies on women's engagement. The didactic authority of women, which is recognised by clergy and laity learning religion, derives from a consensual acknowledgement of professionalism. This authority does not challenge the masculine monopoly over priesthood, but nonetheless is secularising the Church in a genuinely new way by bridging the fields of secular and religious education, and by drawing on secular arguments based on ideas of professionalism. Priestly authority, encapsulated in blessings and assignment of tasks, sanctions its establishment. Women teachers' secular social status creates diversity within this new model of religious authority.
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