Scientific communications in the modern Russian ecclesiastical education: forms and meaning

The purpose of the study is the analysis of scientific communication of modern theological Russian educational institutions. An understanding of the content, goals and prospects of the corporate culture of modern ecclesiastical education is facilitated by the analysis of scientific communication. The most common form of scientific communication are conferences. Among them, one can single out large-scale forums uniting representatives of clerical and secular educational institutions, public organizations, libraries, museums: Cyril and Methodius readings, Christmas readings, Orthodox book day. Readings are a unique platform for discussing scientific research in the field of humanitarian knowledge, as well as discussing issues of intercultural and interfaith dialogue. More specialized conferences devoted to the discussion of exclusively scientific issues are held by theological educational institutions, such as: Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University (Moscow), Russian Christian Humanitarian Academy (St. Petersburg), Perervinsky Theological Seminary (Moscow), Yekaterinburg Theological Seminary. One of the forms of work of theological educational institutions is the holding of methodological seminars for teachers: for example, “Problems of the methodology of theological and patristic studies” (Moscow Theological Academy), “Preparation and creation of an educational-methodical complex” (St. Petersburg Theological Academy). Another form of realization of scientific communications is the work of scientific circles and communities, for example, such as the Sociology of Religion laboratory at the St. Tikhon Orthodox Humanitarian University, the “Russian Thought” seminar at the Russian Christian Humanitarian Academy. An important form of scientific communication is the activity of scientific periodicals. Most theological educational institutions actively lead groups on social networks. In communities, you can find invitations to open and interesting lectures, master classes, meetings of discussion clubs on acute social issues, which are held on their own sites. The forms of scientific communications of theological educational institutions are effective, but also not free from problems. In the modern church higher education, first of all, the pedagogical potential develops, and the scientific one remains in second place. This state of affairs is determined by the general church situation, in which church research centers as such are absent, and theological schools have the responsibility, first of all, to educate and educate future priests. Promising for the development of scientific communications is the interaction of secular and church pedagogy in the methodological field; joint research projects and publications with representatives of secular science.

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