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In order for the spiritual education of our time to occupy its well-deserved niche in the state, it is necessary to understand the experience of predecessors in the field of spiritual education. This understanding will make it possible not to repeat previously committed mistakes and will allow the modern system of Orthodox theological schools to develop in the right direction. In this paper, based on available printed sources, its been studied the fundamental factors of the Podolsk theological Seminary from its foundation in 1797 to its transfer from the town of Shargorod to the provincial city of Kamyanets in the Podolsk province. This is the time of educational institutions establishment, the settlement of the educational process, this is the period during which the Seminary became an educational center, forming the image of the Podolsk clergy. The article covers the background and the origin of religious education in the Podolsk region, the prerequisites for the Foundation of the Orthodox Seminary, the main difficulties that the administration had to face, the material side, sources of funding for the educational institution, the small number of teaching and administrative staff, the subjects studied, life and academic performance of Seminary students. This work fills a significant gap in the study of the history of Podolsk Seminary, conducting their activities in such a long period of time because attempts to give a complete picture of the history of the Seminary was not carried out, as well as its role in the entire system of spiritual education of the Russian Empire of the XIX century was not comprehended. The purpose of the article is to investigate the problems of Orthodox education in Podillya by the beginning of the XIX century.
Keywords:Podolsk Theological Seminary, Orthodox education, teachers, educational process.
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