Religiozita kadetov Akadémie ozbrojených síl SR v celonárodnom kontexte: spoločenská záťaž alebo šanca s víziou?

The presented study is the result of research that took place for a long time at the Academy of the Slovak Armed Forces in Liptovský Mikuláš. His intention was to reveal the religious environment in which the cadets of this academic institution grew up and currently live, as well as the willingness of the cadets to subscribe to their denomination. We found that most cadets come from a religious background, but their willingness to live their faith actively depends on their level of spiritual maturity. Regarding the individual results of the research, we found that more than three quarters of the cadets belong to the Catholic Church of both rites. Compared to the results of the population census of the Slovak Republic from 2021, this is a noticeable increase, which is caused by the fact that the cadets come from areas where the Catholic Church is in the majority and where unemployment is also higher. The percentage composition of cadets of other christian denominations was approximately the same as in the results of the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. The number of non-religious cadets at the Academy is smaller than the Slovak average resulting from the results of the census. The interest in spiritual activities on the part of cadets is average, it depends on the commitment of individual cadets, as well as the spiritual offers of the military chaplains themselves. However, there is considerable interest in religious studies at the Academy. This results from the interest in studying the elective subject of religious studies, and we also register an increased interest in the processing of military-religionistic topics in the form of seminar and final theses. The results of the research are a challenge for us to create a programmatic vision of systematic work with cadets on religious basics, which would ultimately lead to the axiological education of mature, responsible and nationally oriented leaders of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic.