ORTHODOX THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION IN TURKESTAN: HISTORY AND MODERNITY

Larisa Germanovna Vetelina

Kostroma Diocese Training Center for Church Specialists, Kostroma, Russia

Email: loragerman@rambler.ru

ORCID: 0009–0004–4806–2064

Issue: № 2 (30), 2025

Pages: 159–177

Annotation

The appeal to this topic is dictated by a natural interest in historical realities regarding the Orthodox and secular education systems in the Central Asian Republics of the near abroad, since today they are part of the political association of the Commonwealth of Independent States, actively maintaining cultural ties with the Russian Federation. The Russian Orthodox Church exists in these territories, still solving the tasks of educating Orthodox people in the spirit of love for God, the Church and the state with its values in the new historical conditions of our time. The article examines the history of the formation of Orthodox education in the Turkestan region, as well as multiple factors influencing the process of organizing and developing Orthodox school education. Special attention is focused on the difficulties that hindered the development of the education process in Turkestan and the problems that arise in the matter of Orthodox education — in comparison with secular education.

Keywords

orthodoxy, spiritual education, Russian Orthodox Church, Russia, Turkestan

For citation

Vetelina L. G. Orthodox theological education in Turkestan: history and modernity // Ipatievsky Vestnik. 2025. № 2. P. 159–177 (In Russian). https:// doi. org/10.24412/2309–5164–2025–2–159–177