Volga Orthodox Institute. Volga Orthodox Institute named after
Orthodox program Samara Metropolis.
We have already visited the Classical Orthodox Gymnasium, the Humanitarian College of Tolyatti, and today we arrived at the Volga Orthodox Institute named after St. Alexy, Metropolitan of Moscow, which became the final link in the system of continuous humanitarian and Orthodox education. This is a unique project that combines the use of innovative teaching methods and means with a rich student life and spiritual and moral education.
Archpriest Dimitry Leskin, rector of the Volga Orthodox Institute:
We have been working towards realizing this dream for years. It is clear that it is not easy to create a full-fledged higher educational institution in modern Russia, when educational institutions are basically collapsing, those in the non-state sector are also closing, and branches, and even full-fledged state institutions are now being enlarged and merged. This process is natural, it is objective, but an educational institution, like ours, has no one to unite with or consolidate with, because there are only three of them in Russian Federation, two of them are located in Moscow. We are the only provincial (I don’t really like this word) educational institution of this type outside the capital, so it would be impossible to create it without serious help from the state, otherwise it would be some kind of not very professional get-together. And for us from the very beginning it was very important that this also be a project of open and very deep interaction between the Church and the state.
The university firmly believes that traditional humanitarian training is the main thing, and the main educational direction here is pedagogy.
Archpriest Dimitry Leskin:
You know that in the nineties, in the 2000s, pedagogy was considered a path for losers (this is how public opinion was formatted), for those who could not realize themselves in other fields. So we are trying at the Orthodox Institute to completely change this idea and form an attitude towards pedagogy, pedagogical work, the work of a teacher as sacred, noble and extremely in demand.
Primary school teachers, historians, teachers in economics and law are trained here. It is these specialists that are now especially lacking in schools. As part of the course “Interactive Technologies in Education,” students study robotics.
V.A. Zorkin, head of the information technology support department, senior lecturer at the department of computer science of the Volga Orthodox Institute in Tolyatti:
Interactive information technologies are the future, and in any case they will be in any school or educational institution. And we need to make sure that our graduates come and are not afraid of this workplace, and can show themselves with the best side, and use this to teach future generations new knowledge and do so in the most effective way.
Since last year, the Department of Music Education has been operating at the Orthodox Institute.
E.N. Prasolov, Head of the Department of Music Education of the Volga Orthodox Institute, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation:
We teach pianists and musicians of wind (flute), percussion instruments, that is, they teach how to play almost any musical instrument, as well as vocal art, at this department you can receive appropriate musical education. Highly professional specialists and laureates work international competitions, active performers. And all teachers have rich teaching experience and work experience.
However, pedagogy is not the only direction. Training is carried out in such programs as domestic and foreign philology, economics and catering. A classical humanities education is impossible without in-depth study of foreign languages. Teachers who are native speakers work with students. The theological direction at the Orthodox Institute is a priority, but not a mass one.
Archpriest Dimitry Leskin:
Theology, in my opinion, is a direction that it is advisable to come to after the first diploma - secular higher education. So, in fact, it was in the old days: theology was called the queen of sciences - philosophy itself was a servant, in the words of Anselm of Canterbury, who carries a lamp before her mistress. That's why we have a small theological department. At the same time, I believe that our main partner here is the Samara Theological Seminary, where the theological program is the main, main one, where future clergy are trained.
Regardless of their specialty, all students at the Orthodox Institute study an introduction to the Orthodox faith, Old and New Testament, liturgics, history of Christian art, painting, church singing and reading.
O.A. Lyshova, first vice-rector of the Volga Orthodox Institute of Tolyatti, candidate of sociological sciences, associate professor:
Our guys graduate with the right to teach the basics Orthodox culture in schools - today there is an extreme shortage of such specialists. Actually, they can talk about other religions professionally, that is, provide knowledge at a good professional level.
Worldview orientation - this is how teachers define the main feature of their institute.
O.A. Lyshova:
We believe that the cultural and educational environment educates and educates young people-students. Therefore, our university, along with the fact that it provides training to students in pedagogical and humanitarian specialties and a number of others, pays great attention to the issues (we call them so) of the formation of general cultural competencies.
And it is formed in different ways, and even with the help of choral singing.
G.N. Devyatkina, teacher of choral disciplines of the Volga Orthodox Institute of Tolyatti, Honored Cultural Worker:
This is not only the educational process, it is the image of the institute - spiritual development every student. They will be teachers, primary school teachers, subject specialists. They must be comprehensively developed.
For the same purpose, philologists, for example, are involved in the publication of a student newspaper. And since the first year, the guys have been practicing choreography, participating in Maslenitsa balls - they, like other institute events, take place in the atrium: this space of almost 600 meters is, of course, the architectural dominant of the educational part of the building, and although the construction of the institute has not yet been completed completed, it already performs educational, cultural and even museum functions.
O.A. Lyshova:
Initially, the university was designed (it cannot but be so) as an open platform for public discussions of people who are not indifferent to education, culture, and the revival of Russian folk traditions. Therefore, our cultural and educational projects occupy a large place - I will name a few. This is the Philharmonic Society of the Volga Orthodox Institute (once a month we hold charity concerts for the population of the city in the hall of the industrial training center, which is provided to us by the Volga Automobile Plant), these are various kinds of exhibitions, “musical Thursdays”, living rooms within the walls of our institute, which are visited by city residents .
The university also acts as a social partner in the implementation of regional programs in the field of education and upbringing. For example, in November 2017, the 1st Volga Region Pedagogical Forum was held here, dedicated to innovations in the system of continuing pedagogical education. Hundreds of visitors from Tolyatti and other cities of the region visit the museum and exhibition center of the institute every day. A virtual branch of the State Russian Museum of St. Petersburg has been opened here and exhibitions are held. On the day of filming, an exhibition of Tolyatti artist Igor Panov was opened in the center.
O.V. Syamina, head of the Museum and Exhibition Center of the Volga Orthodox Institute in Togliatti, candidate of cultural studies, associate professor:
Our students are already employees of our center. Their work is carried out in three main areas. This is a theoretical block. Classes are held according to the schedule, where they become acquainted with the basics of museum and excursion work, and in general with modern approaches to museum and excursion activities. The second area is the practices that they undergo at our museum and exhibition center. In particular, they conduct excursions. We are now finishing the development of an interactive tour of Igor Panov’s exhibition. In addition, they are tasked with conducting sightseeing tours of the institute and participating in various projects that are implemented on the basis of the museum and exhibition center. The third, also very important direction is the implementation of our own projects. Thus, students working in our museum gain very important competencies. And I do not exclude that, perhaps, many of them will choose this direction as the main area of their professional activity in the future, because they have a very great interest in this.
The temple, which is located at the Orthodox Institute, is a real decoration of the Avtozavodsky district, and indeed the entire city. It is made in the high traditions of neo-Russian style.
Archpriest Dimitry Leskin:
In the Soviet years, he was not favored, and therefore he was given the derogatory name “pseudo-Russian style.” But it is not pseudo, but primordially Russian, our national style, which, undoubtedly, pleases any person looking at a building made in this style, because the most intimate strings in a person’s soul play.
The temple is named in honor of three saints: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom.
Priest Alexander Orlov, clergyman of the Church of the Three Hierarchs at the Volga Orthodox Institute in Tolyatti:
Each of them individually received an excellent higher education; they show that education is an important component of every person’s life. And of course, for the Russian Orthodox Church They are precisely the spiritual patrons and mentors of every person receiving an education.
Student life is a wonderful time. When a person is not burdened with everyday burdens, he strives for light. It is symbolic that the walls of the institute’s church are also absolutely white and clean, just like the souls of the children.
Priest Alexander Orlov:
The heart of a young person is always more open to God, to the spiritual. We have people belonging to other religious denominations, but they also do not shy away from participating in Orthodox worship and all kinds of events that our Orthodox institute holds.
Worship services are held here almost every day. Divine service practice is carried out here, that is, students, in addition to being present at divine services, now also participate in them. These are the altar boys, this is the choir, this is the choir. The Orthodox Institute has been operating since 2014, and what we talked about today is the very beginning of its development. And the inextricable connection with other parts of the educational system makes this path even more significant.
O.A. Lyshova:
I am sure that our university has a great future and our graduates will be recognizable in the future. They will definitely benefit Russia and remain in their profession.
Ivan graduated from the Orthodox Classical Gymnasium in 2010.
I.N. Makeev, 1st year student, teacher of liturgical practice at the Volga Orthodox Institute.
Probably the most important thing in life is the very core that holds a person all his life. Basically, I found interests and hobbies there, which later grew into something more. I was able to open my “wings” there. After graduation, I entered RGSU with a degree in management, and the craving for music still remained. That is, spiritual work does not end beyond the threshold of the Orthodox gymnasium. I guess I waited until the institute was completed to come here. First, I joined it as a teacher, and now as a first-year student in the music department.
Archpriest Dimitry Leskin:
With great joy, I always testify that we already have graduates who have returned to work at the Orthodox gymnasium. This means the cycle has passed. This means that the educational institution can already reproduce itself, and this is the most joyful and most precious thing for us. And I would like to thank everyone who has supported our Orthodox gymnasium, Humanities College, and Institute for many, many years.
Leading Archpriest Maxim Kokarev
Recorded by Elena Kuzoro
An explanation of the reasons and the corresponding discussion can be found on the page Wikipedia:To be deleted/September 23, 2018.
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| Volga Region Orthodox Institute named after St. Alexy, Metropolitan of Moscow (PPI) |
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| Year of foundation | October 14, 2013 |
| Type | autonomous non-profit organization of higher education |
| Rector | Leskin Dmitry Yuryevich, archpriest |
| Location | Russia : Tolyatti |
| Legal address | st. Yubileinaya, 59, Tolyatti , |
| Website | pravinst.ru |
Volga Orthodox Institute named after Saint Alexy, Metropolitan of Moscow - higher education institution in the city Tolyatti.
Construction of the institute building
Story
The city authorities of Togliatti allocated an area of 0.9 hectares in the center of the Avtozavodsky district of the city for the construction of the institute. Yubileinaya street behind cinema "Saturn". Previously, there was a canteen on part of this territory, then Catholic chapel, which was moved to a new location.
The first stone for the foundation of the institute was laid on April 22, 2008 in the presence of Archbishop of Samara and Syzran Sergius and the governor Samara region Vladimir Artyakov. The construction of the institute received the blessing of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexia II.
This is the third university of its kind in Russia.
In August 2014, the first enrollment of students began for distance learning in the following specialties: theology, pedagogy, economics, computer science, quality management, product technology and catering. More than 50 people were accepted. Enrollment of applicants for full-time studies took place in the summer of 2015. Volga Orthodox Institute is the highest level continuing education: Orthodox classical gymnasium - Humanitarian College - Volga Orthodox Institute.
Architecture
Volga Orthodox Institute, model
The architects of the project were the State Prize laureate, architect Mark Vasilievich Demidovtsev And Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Izhikov, according to whose designs the St. Nicholas Cathedral was built in Nikolsky Convent, the chapel of Barbara the Great Martyr, St. George the Victorious, Dmitry Prilutsky and more than ten other churches in Russia.
The building was designed in the traditions of ancient Russian architecture. This is a six-story building with a capacity of up to a thousand students, including a temple, a bell tower, a chapel, an assembly hall, about 150 classrooms, and a refectory for 300 people. The Volga Orthodox Institute has a museum, a belfry, a scientific library, a ballroom, and a conference room. The total area of the building is 25 thousand thousand m².
The building of the Volga Orthodox Institute is not just a decoration of Tolyatti. The university is a cultural heritage of the city.
The home church of the Volga Orthodox Institute is the Church of the Three Hierarchs. Made in high traditions neo-Russian style. Worship services are held daily. Divine services take place here. Students, in addition to being present at the services, also participate in them: the girls sing in the choir. The young men help the clergy as altar servers.
Educational activities
The Volga Region Orthodox Institute named after St. Alexy of Moscow is a unique higher educational institution that has been developing for several years in Tolyatti-Stavropol-on-Volga with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Moscow and all Rus' Kirill with the direct support of the Government of the Samara region. This is the first university of this kind in the Volga Federal District and the third in Russia. Students at the Orthodox Institute have a rare opportunity to receive a secular education that combines social, humanitarian and theological areas of study. The institute is the final link in the chain of continuous education: Orthodox classical gymnasium - St. Alexy of Moscow Humanitarian College - Volga Orthodox Institute, in which over 1,400 people study as of 2019.
Areas of training
Theology;
Philology (domestic, foreign);
Pedagogical education (primary education, preschool education, fine arts, computer science and information technology, history education, music education, economic education);
Product technology and catering organization;
Economy.
The institute is attractive not only for its high level of teaching, in-demand specialties and international cooperation programs. Education in the best Russian traditions at our university is organically combined with the use of multimedia learning technologies and a rich student life. A philharmonic society, a museum and exhibition complex, a theater studio are open, students sing in the choir, participate in the editorial office of the student newspaper and television studio, a historical club and balls.
Students are involved in a variety of extracurricular activities, travel around Russia, engage in journalism, painting, music, recitation, oratory, singing, theater, publish their own newspaper, and produce radio and television programs. Every year, students participate in student exchange programs within the framework of the federal educational Russian-Italian project PRIA, visiting the most beautiful cities in Italy.
Students of the institute actively cooperate with public, youth and religious organizations. In the educational institution itself, the volunteer movement is actively developing, and the exhibition complex is constantly operating.
The institute implements programs of additional education and training for children and adults. At the Volga Orthodox Institute, all the necessary conditions for spiritual, moral, social, cultural, patriotic education for the development and self-realization of students, their participation in the public, educational and cultural life of the institute, city and region. Budget places are available.
On the eve of Epiphany, we met with the rector of the Volga Orthodox Institute, Archpriest Dmitry Leskin.
Since 2009, a unique project has been implemented in our city - the Volga Orthodox Institute named after St. Alexy, Metropolitan of Moscow. This is the third university of this type in Russia; its two older brothers celebrated their 25th anniversary and are located in Moscow. The Volga Orthodox Institute honors the traditions of Russian classical education, observe the dress code, and prefer balls or “Yuletide starts” as entertainment.
As the rector of the institute, Archpriest Dimitry Leskin, emphasized, the theological faculty trains candidates for clergy and specialists in the field religious culture, the remaining faculties train specialists in various fields, primarily teachers. It is pedagogy that is a priority area of development for the Volga Orthodox Institute. In addition, the areas of training “pedagogy” and “philology” are supported by the government of the Samara region, the university is allocated budget places, that is, this is a real opportunity to receive a free education and a scholarship fund.
About the Internet
Father Dimitri, the specialization of the Volga Orthodox Institute in philology or music education is understandable. Everything related to choral singing of the Church is very close. But doesn’t the “information technology” profile contradict Orthodoxy?
We can no longer imagine not only the future, but also the present without information technologies. Orthodox man should not leave this sphere to the mercy of people who do not live by moral categories. Unfortunately, we now know about the Internet as a cesspool. Nevertheless, children of all people (including Orthodox Christians) are users of social networks and look on the Internet to prepare various reports and abstracts. And we cannot hide from the Internet like ostriches in the sand. We must now give both high school students and students the right spiritual protection. We must understand that we cannot ignore the enormous opportunities that are provided by proper use of the Internet resource. But we must not forget for a moment about its equally enormous dangers. I hope that our information science students, having become teachers, will be able to open up to their students a whole sea of educational, cultural, and spiritual resources of the Internet.
- Is it really possible to control the process of a child’s stay on the Internet?
Not only is it possible, but it should be. Parents who allow their minor children to be on the Internet uncontrollably sin before God and their own daughters and sons.
- But the forbidden fruit is sweet. What should I do?
We need to find approaches that, on the one hand, do not allow the child to feel disadvantaged - everyone can, but I can’t. But, on the other hand, they allow us to cut off those dangerous paths that are replete with the Internet space. Of course, this is not easy, but the one who walks will master the road. I must say with sadness that Russia is one of the most unprotected countries in this regard. Such outrage, which is publicly available on the Internet, does not exist either in the USA or in European countries. Our Wi-Fi availability is much greater than in Western Europe. This is discovered with surprise by people who go there to study.
Families and schools must take this seriously; children’s computers and smartphones must have restrictive programs and a limited set of sites that students use. The biggest danger now is not just “crawl” on the Internet, but social networks. No positive resources from family and school will be enough if a child is uncontrollably on social networks every day and for a long time from early school age.
In an Orthodox gymnasium, the use of social networks among students is not allowed until the seventh grade. We worked this out together with our parents. After the seventh grade, they can start their own VKontakte page, but provided that this page is cultured enough, the circle of friends is clear. It is not closed or secret for parents and teachers. Parents should review this page several times a month. These measures are not unnecessary, but simply necessary. If the page is not under the control of the parents, the child begins to hide it and feel embarrassed - this is direct evidence that something is wrong there. Before reaching adulthood, parents bear spiritual and moral responsibility for ensuring that the child maintains his spiritual peace and chastity.
The elite need a uniform
- How successful is the bilingual education project at the Orthodox gymnasium?
We have been implementing this project for about two years. The partner country is Italy, the co-founder is the Dante Institute of Italian Culture. The historical connection of Togliatti with Italy is clear, the spiritual connection is also justified - the largest number of shrines, religious monuments is located in this country. The Italian language and linguistic and regional studies are taught to high school students in pilot classes by native speakers. The second important area is exchange programs, when our students go to Italy for different periods, and Italians come to us for return visits.
Italians are very interested in the Orthodox gymnasium. And not only as a religiously oriented educational institution, but as an institution that preserves the traditions and culture of Russia. For them, this is an inoculation of love for Russia. Italians come to us with good basic training. One day we brought them to Moscow, and they, 17-18 year old high school students, being there for the first time, named all the cathedrals of the Moscow Kremlin. And the most advanced girl even remembered the names of several Kremlin towers. This is a reason for us, the Russian pedagogical community, to think about it.
- Your high school students have uniforms. What dress code is there for students?
St. Alexius Humanitarian College, part of our continuing education system, is the only college in the Samara region that has a uniform: a skirt or trousers with a black vest, with a badge sewn on the left side of the vest. The uniform makes students recognizable. TO appearance We take it very seriously. The institute does not yet have a uniform. But there is a dress code; it corresponds to Orthodox traditions.
The main and basic principle is nobility. A girl and a boy should attract first of all their intellect and culture. Piercings and provocative clothing are not allowed within the walls of an Orthodox institute. This is one of the conditions for admission. We strive to act as carriers of high classical education and upbringing. Now the word “elite” is blurred, devoid of correct content, but if we remember its original meaning, the elite is that category of people who are ready to take responsibility not only for themselves, but also for the fate of their city, region, country. This is the kind of youth we want to raise: creative, active, moral, loving their homeland.
Mazurka is not a game
But what about the dress code at the “Yuletide starts”, to which you invited the townspeople last Saturday?
This is a big sports festival, which we have already held twice together with the social and cultural services of AVTOVAZ. Of course, no one there forces you to run and play in a skirt down to your toes and a sable fur coat. The competition ended with a round dance, songs, and tea drinking. IN last time more than 300 people gathered. For us, on the one hand, it is important to introduce young people to folk tradition, therefore, at the Orthodox gymnasium, for example, there is a folklore school. On the other hand, it must be remembered that culture, if a person has it, permeates all levels of life, it is the aristocracy of the spirit. Not only folk and sports festivals, but also real traditional balls are organized by the Orthodox gymnasium, college and institute.
For such balls (according to custom, we hold them on Maslenitsa), students begin to prepare in advance, many months before they take place. Preparation takes place in choreography lessons, which are mandatory for both high school students and students. They study classical dances: waltz, polonaise, mazurka, etc. Boys and girls dress appropriately for a costume ball; their very clothes oblige them to behave differently. This is more than playing and transforming into a certain role for a few hours. The environment is important. There are no mummers here, there is no pretense, our students live by this.
- And the last question: do your graduates easily adapt to our reality?
I have never heard complaints that our students are black sheep who find it difficult to adapt. On the contrary, they have an antidote, they know how to separate black from white. We strive to teach them to listen to and be guided by the “compass” that every person has in their soul. His name is conscience. The biggest tragedy of our time is the displacement and even loss of guidelines. Behind the fashionable word “tolerance” there is often hidden not only the desire to undermine traditional values, but also to destroy the system of survival of humanity as a whole.
Our information
Archpriest Dimitry Leskin, rector of the Volga Orthodox Institute named after St. Alexy, Metropolitan of Moscow, was born on June 23, 1976.
EDUCATION:
1993-1998 - Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov, philosophical faculty.
1998-2002 - graduate school at Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov.
1994-1999 - Orthodox St. Tikhon's Theological Institute.
In 2001-2004 - St. Petersburg Theological Academy, candidate of theological sciences.
In 2007 he defended his doctoral dissertation at Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov.
Fact
Organized... a philharmonic society!
About 1,000 people are currently studying at the Volga Region Orthodox Institute, a humanities college, and an Orthodox gymnasium. Among the students of the institute are residents of the Orenburg and Ulyanovsk regions. Among the achievements of 2016, Father Dimitry named the organization of the Volga Region Orthodox Institute Philharmonic on the basis of the AVTOVAZ Training Center. So far there have been two concerts. The first was a presentation, the second featured “Seasons” by P.I. Tchaikovsky. Twice the halls were overcrowded.
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Forms of training
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schedule Operating mode:
Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri. from 09:00 to 17:00 108
general information
Autonomous non-profit organization of higher education "Volga Region Orthodox Institute named after St. Alexy, Metropolitan of Moscow"
License
No. 01054 valid indefinitely from 07/14/2014
Accreditation
No. 02589 is valid from 05/16/2017
Previous names of PPI
- Volga Orthodox Institute
Monitoring results of the Ministry of Education and Science for PPI
2016 result: monitoring results are not shown for universities that, according to the results of monitoring in 2015, scored less than 4 points out of 7 (report)
2017 result: monitoring results are not shown for universities that, according to the results of monitoring in 2016, scored less than 4 points out of 7 or are in the process of reorganization (report)
| Index | 2019 | 2018 |
| Performance indicator (out of 5 points) | 3 | 4 |
| Average Unified State Examination score for all specialties and forms of study | 59.67 | 63.32 |
| Average Unified State Examination score of those enrolled on the budget | 59.29 | 64.51 |
| Average Unified State Examination score of those enrolled on a commercial basis | 75.6 | 50.14 |
| Average minimum Unified State Exam score for all specialties for full-time students enrolled | 54.9 | 42.5 |
| Number of students | 449 | 337 |
| Full-time department | 254 | 166 |
| Part-time department | 0 | 0 |
| Extramural | 195 | 171 |
| All data | Report | Report |
About PPI
The mission of the Volga Region Orthodox Institute named after St. Alexy, Metropolitan of Moscow is based on the recognition of Russia as a sovereign civilization with its spiritual core Orthodox tradition, which forms the fundamental dimension all-Russian culture. Orthodoxy fulfills the mission of maintaining Russian cultural and national identity, being the only historical national institution with continuous continuity for more than a thousand years. This civilization is characterized by deep respect for all cultural systems and religious confessions, with which it enters into comprehensive social dialogue, without suppressing or confronting them.
Spiritual and moral values play a vital role in the life of a person and society. They determine a person’s attitude to various phenomena and motivate his activities. Civil society in modern Russia is in a deep spiritual crisis, which is fully reflected in many areas of our life. The decline of cultural values is especially noticeable among young people, who have forgotten the original values of the Russian way of life and Russian mentality. The younger generation in Russia has lost the moral foundations of stable social development, expressed in the ideas of spiritual continuity of Orthodox culture and traditions in life and education.
The institute is designed to educate bearers of an original domestic cultural type, citizens of Russia, rooted in its spiritual traditions, history, axiology, people with a broad outlook, possessing a high internal culture, capable of creative and independent thinking.
The Institute, as a center for the formation of an enlightened, moral personality, sees its goal in the education and upbringing of a healthy, nationally oriented elite, self-sufficient, responsible, effective, patriotically minded, open to the world, interested in the real reproduction of spiritual, intellectual, cultural, and economic values.