Spiritual culture lyceum in the name of St. Seraphim of Sarov. History of the Lyceum Lyceum of Spiritual Culture of Seraphim of Sarov
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Spiritual Culture Lyceum in the name of St. Seraphim of Sarov was founded in 1992. This educational institution accepts students from the 5th grade. Duration of study – 6 years (until the end of 11th grade).
The founder of the spiritual educational institution is the Orthodox Church and the All-Russian Education Fund. Education at the lyceum is paid, upon admission you take exams in the Russian language and mathematics, and have a conversation with teachers.
The educational institution has its own temple, religious library, comfortable dining room, and modern computer classes. The two-story building housing the Lyceum of Spiritual Culture always looks fresh and neat. The rules of lyceum students are to monitor the cleanliness and tidiness of the school area and take care of green spaces.
This educational institution employs qualified teachers, many of whom are professors and candidates of science. During the holidays, students often make pilgrimages to places sacred to the Orthodox Church and excursions to similar religious institutions.
Graduates of the lyceum are issued a state diploma. In most cases, lyceum students after finishing this educational institution act according to the advice of Patriarch Alexy II and enter the Russian Orthodox University in Moscow.
Autonomous non-profit organization Lyceum of Spiritual Culture in the name of Rev. Seraphim of Sarov founded in 1992
Founders of the Lyceum: Synodal Department of Religious Education and Catechesis of the Russian Orthodox Church, All-Russian Fund education, Autonomous non-profit organization Russian Orthodox Institute of St. John the Bogoslova and the director of the lyceum, Igor Anatolyevich Kuznetsov (former senior researcher at the Research Institute of Schools of the Ministry of Education of the RSFSR).
Currently, the Lyceum has a state license with registration number 028489, series 77 No. 001494, and state accreditation with registration number 000931, series 77A01 No. 0000931.
Until 1999, the lyceum was located in the building of the former Constantinople courtyard, next to the temple of St. Sergius of Radonezh. The rector of the temple was Archpriest John Vavilov, who was also the confessor of the Lyceum. Subsequently, the confessors of the same lyceum were the clergy of the same church, Priest Sergius Ermakov and Priest Pavel Spesivtsev.
The school day began with prayer before the start of training in the temple of St. Sergius, on the twelfth and great holidays, many students attended services in this church. In 1999, the lyceum received the building of a former kindergarten located in Izmailovo at 3-ya Parkovaya, no. 34, building 1. Interaction with the temple became difficult. Then it was decided to convert one of the premises of the new lyceum building into a temple.
In 2003, with the blessing His Holiness Patriarch and Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus' at the Lyceum was consecrated in the name of St. Seraphim of Sarov, in which the Divine Liturgy is regularly celebrated, the akathist to St. Seraphim of Sarov, prayers were served by Sergius Ermakov and Priest Pavel Spesivtsev. The school day at the lyceum begins with prayer from all teachers and students in the church.
In 2014, with the blessing of Metropolitan Arseny and Bishop Panteleimon, the Lyceum was transferred to the Eastern Vicariate, and services in the church were performed by clergy of the Nativity Deanery, Priest Dmitry Dvornikov and Viktor Kazantsev. For spiritual nourishment, the Lyceum was attached to the Pokorov Cathedral Holy Mother of God in Izmailovo (rector Archpriest Vladimir Bushuev)
Since the 2015/2016 academic year, the lyceum has been attached to the Church of the Kazan-Peschansk Icon Mother of God in Izmailovo of the Nativity Deanery of the Eastern Vicariate (rector Archpriest John Ermilov). With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus', Priest Dmitry Yuryevich Dvornikov, cleric of the Church of the Kazan-Peschanskaya Icon of the Mother of God in Izmailovo, was appointed confessor of the lyceum.
In the 2015/2016 academic year, the Divine Liturgy is regularly celebrated in the lyceum’s house church, and an akathist to St. Seraphim of Sarov. Under the guidance of the lyceum's confessor, lyceum students study social service in the eastern deanery (they attend a boarding house for the elderly, etc.), they undergo practice of serving as sextons, regents and singers in the choir during services.
The lyceum has the right to carry out educational activities according to educational programs: basic general education; secondary general education. The lyceum educates children from grades 5 to 11. The student population is different: children from intact families, children from single-parent families, children from socially vulnerable families, children from large families.
Classes at the lyceum are taught by doctors of science, candidates of science, and experienced teachers. Basic subjects are taught according to the state educational standard.
In 2012, the Lyceum passed confessional certification, as a result of which on May 4, 2012 it was included in the Register of educational organizations of the Russian Orthodox Church and received the right to carry out educational activities according to the programs of the Orthodox component of basic general education and secondary general education.
Theological disciplines. "Basics Orthodox faith“The 6th and 7th grades are taught by the lyceum’s confessor, candidate of theology (graduate of the Moscow Theological Academy) Priest Dimitry Dvornikov. “Fundamentals of the Orthodox Faith” in grades 8-11 is taught by a 3rd year student of the Moscow Academy of Arts and Sciences, a graduate of the Moscow Pedagogical State University with a degree in History Teacher, a novice of the Don Stavropegic Monastery K.Yu. Polezhaev.
Along with general education and theological subjects, Church Slavonic and ancient Greek languages and church singing are taught.
Church Slavonic and Ancient Greek languages are taught by L.V. Zotova, a graduate of the National Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education of the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Humanitarian University.
Church singing is taught by a graduate of the Moscow Regency Singing Seminary, singer of the Church of the Kazan-Peschanskaya Icon of the Mother of God of the Nativity Deanery of the Eastern Vicariate L.A. Prosvirina.
The administration and teaching staff of the lyceum include graduates of PSTGU (head teacher, methodologist, teachers).
Over the 23 years of activity of the lyceum, almost all graduates entered the best universities in Moscow. A number of graduates devoted their lives to science, defending their master's and doctoral dissertations.
20 graduates graduated from the lyceum with honors and were awarded gold and silver medals “For special academic achievements.”
Many graduates of the lyceum devoted their lives to serving the Church, graduating from the theological academy, seminaries, the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Humanitarian University, the Russian Orthodox Institute St. John the Theologian. Among the graduates there are 14 clergy, 2 graduates teach at PSTGU, 1 graduate teaches at the Nikolo-Ugreshsky Theological Seminary.
Lyceum students take an active part and become winners and prize-winners of municipal stages international competitions and Olympiads in general education subjects, as well as competitions “The Beauty of God’s World”, “Saints of the Russian Land” and All-Russian Olympiad according to the military industrial complex “Holy Rus', keep the Orthodox faith!” In the 2014/2015 academic year, a 9th grade student became a prize-winner at the regional stage of the Olympiad in Defense Industry.
The Lyceum Theater "Primroses" performs at city venues (district library, city competitions of school and family theaters, boarding schools, a boarding house for the elderly, etc.) with traveling performances, take part in the charity event "White Flower", etc.
Teachers and students of the lyceum are involved in active social activities: for many years they have provided charitable assistance to the Zolin boarding school; interact with pensioners of the Izmailovo boarding house for labor veterans No. 19, conduct correspondence and provide charitable assistance to prisoners. The lyceum operates a shelter for homeless cats.