The place and functions of the Orthodox secondary school in the present-day Russia

The article defines the place occupied by Orthodox secondary schools in the state and Orthodox education system of modern Russia. The use of statistical, comparative, as well as interviewing methods, conversations and analysis of materials from official websites, reports on the activities of Orthodox schools, information provided by directors, teachers and employees of Orthodox secondary schools, made it possible to establish the following. Orthodox general secondary schools undergo state licensing and accreditation procedures and are required to conduct educational activities in accordance with the basic component of the Federal State Educational Standards. To implement the religious component as part of the main educational programs and to be included in the register of Orthodox schools, it is necessary to obtain a confessional representation of the Russian Orthodox Church. Control and verification of the level and quality of training of students, their final performance in the subjects of the Orthodox cycle is carried out by the Synodal Department of Religious Education and Catechization of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Standard of the Orthodox component of primary general, basic general, secondary (complete) general education for educational institutions of the Russian Federation presents the requirements for the results of mastering the Orthodox component. The Orthodox general education schools that exist today perform the function of meeting the educational needs of Orthodox believers, the function of including students in Orthodox culture through the introduction of the Orthodox component into the main educational programs of general education and the implementation of the sacral component of spiritual and moral education.