Educational institutions of the Vitebsk region actively use the heritage of Orthodox pedagogy

March 5, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. More than 130 works were presented at the regional exhibition-competition of methodological materials "Spiritual and Moral and Patriotic Education of Students on the Orthodox Traditions of the Belarusian People", which was held at the Vitebsk Regional Institute of Education, the educational institution informed a BELTA correspondent. The competition was held in accordance with the republican program of cooperation between the Ministry of Education and the Belarusian Orthodox Church. The main goal of the event is to identify and encourage creatively working teachers, generalize and disseminate the experience of cooperation between educational institutions and the Belarusian Orthodox Church in the field of education and spiritual and moral education of the younger generation. At the exhibition, one could get acquainted with socio-creative projects of educational institutions, programs of clubs and electives, methodological developments of extracurricular activities, materials for working with parents, research projects, including those on Orthodox local history. In total, 90 secondary schools, boarding schools, preschool educational institutions, and extracurricular associations from all districts of the region took part in the event. The presented works are aimed at preserving the spiritual and moral health of children, their involvement in the moral and spiritual values of Orthodox culture, as well as at reviving the foundations of family education based on Orthodox traditions, mercy and charity. Some of the developments involve studying history, culture, protection of monuments, improving the general culture of adolescents, instilling skills of careful attitude towards nature, and preventing offenses. Projects and programs are implemented through the interaction of schools, families, churches, and public organizations, with a special place given to continuity and joint activities of students of different ages, as well as teachers and parents. Based on the results of the competition, the works of pedagogical collectives of 26 educational institutions, as well as almost 40 innovative teachers, were awarded diplomas by the education department of the regional executive committee. The competition demonstrated the high creative potential of teachers and education managers, their enthusiasm and desire to cooperate with the Belarusian Orthodox Church in the cause of raising morally mature, spiritually developed personalities. -0-