social institution - a historically established form of organizing the joint activities of people, based on a set of norms and statuses that regulates their interaction and satisfies fundamental human needs.
In accordance with the fundamental needs of society (reproduction of the family, security and order, means of subsistence, acquiring knowledge, socialization, spiritual needs) There are five main institutions of society:
1. family institution
2. state
3. production
4. spiritual institutions (religions, sciences, morality)
5. education.
Institutes are needed for:
associations of large masses of people engaged in a certain type of activity;
consolidation of specific types and forms of interaction;
regulation of these activities, standardizing the behavior of its participants;
formation of a system of institutions endowed with material resources for this activity;
personality socialization
1.10. The concept of culture. Forms and varieties of culture. Spiritual sphere of society
Spiritual sphere of society - a sphere covering various forms and levels of social consciousness, manifested in spiritual production to satisfy spiritual needs and create spiritual values.
The life of society in the spiritual sphere consists of the following elements: (elements of spiritual life)
1. morality - a set of rules of conduct derived from people's ideas about justice and injustice, good and evil.
2. religion - a system of beliefs in the supernatural, ritual actions, traditions, religious institutions.
3. art - the creative activity of people aimed at conveying objective reality through subjective experiences with the help of artistic images.
4. the science - a system of substantiated knowledge, expressed in an abstract-logical form, having the form of a theory.
5. right - a system of formal obligatory norms established or sanctioned by the state, guaranteed by its coercive power.
6. ideology - a set of ideas that explains the socio-political reality and forms an attitude towards it, used by the political elite to influence the mass consciousness for their own purposes.
7. philosophy - a discipline that studies the most common problems of the structure of the world, society and man.
The process of spiritual life itself has the following structure (the structure of spiritual life):
1. spiritual needs. Spiritual needs are the needs for the creation and development of spiritual goods.
Peculiarities:
1) spiritual needs are not biologically defined, but manifest and develop in the process of socialization;
2) spiritual needs are not exhausted as they are satisfied, but increase and become more complex;
3) spiritual needs serve as an indicator of personality development: the more spiritual needs a person has and the more complex they are, the more developed his personality
2. spiritual production. Spiritual production is the production of social consciousness, the result of which are:
1) ideas, theories, images and other spiritual values;
2) spiritual social connections of individuals;
3) the personality of a person.
3. Spiritual values (blat). Spiritual values are benefits that manifest only through the consciousness of people and are aimed at satisfying spiritual needs.
Peculiarities:
1) spiritual benefits are relative, they depend on culture and era 2) spiritual benefits are inexhaustible, they do not decrease as they are consumed, but, on the contrary, develop.
Culture:
the word comes from a Latin verb meaning "cultivating the soil";
in a broad sense, this is a set of forms and results of human activity, enshrined in social practice;
in a narrow sense, these are branches of creative activity associated with art.
Forms of culture: material and spiritual.
material culture - a set of cultural objects that exist in the sensual-objective reality, designed to meet material needs.
spiritual culture - a set of cultural objects that exist through the consciousness of people, designed to meet spiritual needs.
Varieties of culture.
Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University(abbreviated PSTGU, full name - Non-state educational institution of higher vocational education"Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University") is a Russian higher educational institution in Moscow. Founded in 1992 as the Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute (PSTBI). In 2004, he received the highest accreditation status of the "university" type. Since then wears modern name. After the completion of a multifaceted restoration in 2015, the main building of PSTGU was located in its premises.
The university is the first institution of higher education in the history of Russia that provides theological education for the laity (previously, theological disciplines within the framework of higher education were studied only in theological schools aimed at training clerics). Students of all faculties receive basic theological and humanitarian education.
It has state accreditation in five educational areas - theology, religious studies, pedagogy, philology and history, as well as in specialties - historical and archival studies, art history, methodology primary education, social pedagogy , conducting , painting and .
Students study at ten faculties: theological, missionary, historical, philological, pedagogical, church arts, church singing, the faculty of social sciences, the faculty of computer science and applied mathematics, the faculty of additional education. There is a full-time department (at all faculties, except for the faculty of additional education), an evening department (at the faculties of theological, missionary, pedagogical, church singing, the theoretical department of the faculty of church arts, the faculty of additional education), extramural(at the faculties of theological, missionary, pedagogical, social sciences, additional education).
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Theological-catechetical courses
The idea of creating an Orthodox university, where, unlike theological seminaries and academies, everyone could study, and not just those preparing for ordination, was formed in the 1980s among the students and spiritual children of Archpriest Vsevolod Spiller (d. 1984) and Hieromonk Pavel (Trinity). In the late 1980s, as soon as relative freedom came, they organized several lecture halls that had spiritual, educational and missionary goals. As Archpriest Vladimir Vorbyov recalled, “At first they gathered in cinemas. As soon as the announcement was hung, the cinemas were jam-packed. People listened to lectures with greed, asked questions - it was a lively, intense communication. After some time, we were offered to read the annual course. We agreed to rent a magnificent hall at the Central House of Culture on Komsomolskaya Square, and for a whole year, every week, we held lectures there. Several more priests were attracted, including Father Gleb Kaleda, who at that time still concealed his priesthood, and came simply as a professor, doctor of science. The speeches continued to gather many people: they became known to all of Moscow. The entrance was free. So we spent two years. In the spring, when the lectures ended, they began to ask us to open courses - people wanted to get at least a small theological education.
In the autumn of 1990, work began on the creation of the Theological and Catechistic Courses. The initiative group included priests Vladimir Vorobyov, Gleb Kaleda, Sergiy Romanov and Arkady Shatov. Most often they gathered in the parish house of Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov next to the dilapidated church of St. Mitrofan of Voronezh, which had just been handed over to the Church. The main objective of the courses was to combine academic freedom educational process and canonical obedience to the hierarchy. When the charter of the courses was finally approved, Patriarch Alexy II blessed their opening.
The first Academic Council of the courses included archpriests Valentin Asmus, Vladimir Vorobyov, Gleb Kaleda, Nikolai Sokolov, Sergiy Romanov, Alexander Saltykov, Dimitry Smirnov, Arkady Shatov, professors Nikolai Emelyanov, Andrey Efimov. Professor Archpriest Gleb Kaleda was elected rector of the courses. Bauman. The first lesson of the course took place on February 6, 1991.
In the spring of 1991, Archpriest Gleb Kaleda, in connection with his appointment as the head of the sector in the newly formed Synodal department religious education and catechesis, asked to be relieved of the post of rector, on May 29, at a meeting of the Educational Council of the Theological and Catechistic Courses, he was elected by secret ballot new rector- Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov.
The courses initially had 6 teachers, a secretary and 300 students; they were mostly the spiritual children of the fathers-organizers, but there were also students who came according to the announcement. There were about 50 students in each group, and up to 40 people actually attended the classes. There were no textbooks, so I had to use lecture notes. By the end school year half of the students remained in the courses. In the fall of 1991, a second set was announced.
Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute
On May 25-27, 1992, the Theological Institute held the first conference entitled “Readings in memory of Fr. Vsevolod Shpiller, in which Active participation received by Protopresbyter John Meyendorff. Patriarch Alexy II came to one of the meetings of the Readings. He spoke about his communion with Archpriest Vsevolod and gave his blessing to the Theological Institute.
In the autumn of the same year, at the request of the Academic Council, the Theological Institute was named after Patriarch Tikhon, thus the university received the name "St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Institute". The assembly day of the Institute was the day of the election of St. Tikhon to the Patriarchal Throne - November 5/18. By that time, two faculties had formed: theological and missionary.
On December 8, 1992, the Solemn Act of the Institute was held in the Main Building of Moscow State University, headed by Patriarch Alexy II. The Mayor of Moscow Yu. M. Luzhkov, the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yu. S. Osipov and other honored guests attended the Act. During the presentation, the Board of Trustees of the Institute was formed, headed by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II, and an agreement was signed on cooperation in the development of PSTBI between the Moscow Patriarchate and Moscow State University.
On May 7, 1993, the Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute was issued a license to conduct educational activities in the field of higher professional education .
In August 1993, a correspondence department was opened, where more than 1,000 students from various dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church.
In October 1993, the Spassky Brotherhood received a small building next to the Nikolo-Kuznetsk Church, which housed the administration of the Institute and classrooms. The Institute enjoyed the support of Moscow State University, the 1st City Hospital and the hospital church of Tsarevich Dimitri, the art workshops of the church of St. Nicholas in Klenniki, the correspondence department conducted examination sessions in the premises of the Church Life-Giving Trinity on Muds.
According to the rector, Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov: “Over time, the flow of adults who entered the evening department of the theological faculty decreased, but school graduates began to strive for us. Not all of them went with the intention of becoming priests, but there were many who wanted to receive an Orthodox education in the humanities.<…>IN Soviet time all humanities was deprived of her religious and cultural roots and “transplanted” onto atheistic soil, which, of course, crippled her. In connection with this, a pedagogical faculty was created, which had departments of history and philology.
On June 8, 1994, Patriarch Alexy II consecrated the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity on Pyatnitskaya Street, ascribed to the Nikolo-Kuznetsk Church, which became the base temple of the Institute.
In July 1997, Patriarch Alexy II approved a specialized Academic Council at the PSTBI to defend candidate and doctoral dissertations in theological sciences and church history. The council included representatives of the Moscow and St. Petersburg spiritual schools, academicians Russian Academy Sciences and the Russian Academy of Education, professors and teachers of the Moscow state university and the Theological Institute.
On July 20, 1998, after passing the attestation, PSTBI received state accreditation in the areas of religious studies and pedagogy. In 1999, accreditation was received in the educational direction of Theology and the specialties of History, Philology, Art History, Religious Studies. At the end of 2000, specialties were accredited: choral conducting, painting, arts and crafts, and folk crafts, after which all faculties got the opportunity to award state diplomas to graduates.
In 2002, the Institute was re-attested and accredited in 13 educational areas and specialties, including 3 new specialties. In connection with the next accreditation, with the blessing of Patriarch Alexy, the organizational and legal form of the Institute was changed: initially registered as a religious association, the Institute was transformed into a non-state educational institution of higher professional education while maintaining its affiliation to the Russian Orthodox Church.
Faculty was opened in 2003 Additional education with four branches. Postgraduate studies were licensed for seven scientific directions. The first teachers received special training and began to develop courses distance education. At the beginning of 2004, the first enrollment of students for new distance programs took place.
Orthodox St. Tikhon University for the Humanities
May 21, 2004 by the decision of the Accreditation Board based on the results Comprehensive Assessment activities of the university in 2004, the NOU VPO and the order of the Ministry of Education of Russia dated May 25 of the same year established the state accreditation status as a higher educational institution of the “university” type. This was the first time in new Russia awarding the highest state status to an educational institution of the Russian Orthodox Church. In this regard, on October 7, 2004, by decision of the Holy Synod, the name was adopted: “Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University» .
In 2004, the problem of classrooms was largely resolved. The Board of Trustees of the University was granted for temporary use a building located in the residential area of Ochakovo, where the Missionary, Philological, Historical, Pedagogical faculties and the Faculty of Additional Education, as well as the correspondence department, library, administrative services are located. In addition, the rector of the Church of the Great Martyr George on Poklonnaya Hill, Archpriest Sergiy Suzdaltsev, provided the University with church arts premises undergoing extensive renovations. In the same year, the graduation of the Masters of Theology took place for the first time.
Over time, due to the restrictions imposed by the law on education on non-state educational institutions, which has been the PSTGU since 2002, there is a need to transfer the training of clergy to a separate educational institution, without separating it in essence from educational process and life of the theological faculty of PSTGU. In 2005, the Theological Department was created as an “Orthodox religious organization- an institution of professional religious education", which in 2008 was renamed the Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute.
On July 29, 2005, by the decision of the Government of Russia, the building of the Moscow Diocesan House in Likhovy Pereulok was transferred to the parish of the church of St. Nicholas of Myra in Kuznetsy, which the institute had been striving for since 1992.
At the beginning of 2007, a five-story building was transferred to PSTGU at ul. Ilovaiskaya, 9. Repair work was carried out there, and on October 28 of the same year, the rector of PSTGU, Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov, concelebrated with the priests of the Nikolo-Kuznetsk Church, consecrated the university hostel, which housed about 300 students from different regions of Russia.
April 9, 2007 PSTGU received a license for the right to conduct educational activities in the specialty and direction "Sociology". At the same time, the sociological faculty of PSTGU began its work, which was the first such precedent in the history of educational institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church. In 2009, the Faculty of Sociology and the Faculty of Economics and Law were merged into the Faculty of Social Sciences.
In the autumn of 2007, the Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics was opened at PSTGU with a training program that included: fundamental mathematical training, corresponding to the basic part of the course of mathematical faculties of universities; special training, including a wide range of courses related to computers and programming and the acquisition of practical skills; basic theological education. After the opening of this department, PSTGU ceased to be a purely humanitarian educational institution.
May 28, 2010 By order Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Education and Science at the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University was opened dissertation Council for the defense of doctoral and master's theses in the specialty 07.00.02 - National History ( historical sciences) and specialties 09.00.14 - Philosophy of religion and religious studies (philosophical sciences).
On September 2, 2010, Archbishop Eugene of Vereya (Reshetnikov) consecrated the new educational building of the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University and the chapel in honor of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'. Bishop Kirill (Pokrovsky) of Pavlovo-Posad and Vladimir Zotov, Prefect of the South-Eastern Administrative District of Moscow, attended the service. Six faculties moved to the new building: missionary, philological, historical, pedagogical, social sciences and additional education. Also in the new building are a refectory, a library, a student personnel department and other departments.
In 2012, the university-wide introduction of distance educational technologies began, for which, in order to centrally coordinate and provide technical support for the project, the Department distance learning PSTGU serving the "PSTGU Distance Learning System" (eLearning Server). Initially, distance learning was implemented in full only for additional educational programs of the Faculty of Additional Education, but it was supposed to connect all the faculties of the university
In 2015, the university received from the Ministry of Education and Science Russian Federation about 112 million rubles. [ the significance of the fact? ] .
Current state
The university has 10 faculties:
- Faculty of Theology
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Philology
- History department
- Faculty of church singing
- Faculty of Church Arts
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics
- Faculty of Additional Education
In addition to ten faculties, the university has a graduate school and a center for the spiritual education of military personnel.
Lectures and seminars are held at Moscow State University, and in the buildings of the University in Likhovy Pereulok, on Novokuznetskaya Street (on the territory of the Nikolo-Kuznetsk Church), the Trinity Church on Pyatnitskaya Street, on Ilovaiskaya Street and on Poklonnaya Hill. The university has 6 icon painting workshops, 2 mosaic and fresco workshops, 3 church sewing workshops, 1 icon restoration workshop. Every year the university takes part in many scientific conferences.
Faculties
Missionary faculty
One of the key faculties of PSTGU. It was formed in 1992 (along with theological), when the missionary-catechetical courses were transformed into the Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute. It trains missionaries, scientists, lecturers, teachers of theological disciplines and teachers of the law of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Chairs
- Department of Missiology (Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor Andrey Borisovich Efimov)
- Department of Religious Studies (Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor Yury Trofimovich Lisitsa)
- Department of Cultural Studies (D.Ph.Sc., Professor Dobrokhotov, Alexander Lvovich)
- Department of Tourism (PhD, Professor Alexei Ivanovich Tkalich)
- Chair social work(Ph.D., Associate Professor Zaltsman Tatyana Valerievna)
History department
Main article: Faculty of History PSTGU
The Faculty of History of PSTGU has existed since 1994, when it was formed from the Department of Russian History, created within the framework of the Faculty of History and Philology of PSTBI in 1994. In 2000, the Department of History of Russia was created on the basis of the Department of History of Russia.
The Faculty of History trains specialists in Russian history and historical and archival studies, teachers of the history of Russia and world history for medium general education schools(Bachelor Master) . There is a state license and accreditation. The term of study in full-time (full-time) form is 4-6 years, in part-time (evening) form 5 years.
Chairs
- Department of Russian History and Archival Studies - provides training in the direction and specialty of the history of Russia, provides the university with a set of general academic disciplines on the history of Russia from ancient times to the end of the 20th century, source studies and historiography, methods of teaching history and other special disciplines. The department is headed by Dmitry Tsygankov.
- Department of General History - provides a set of academic disciplines in history ancient world, history of the Middle Ages, new and recent history countries Western Europe and America, biblical archeology, the history of Asian and African countries, the history of the southern and western Slavs, etc. The department is headed by Degas (Dmitry) Vitalyevich Deopik.
Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics
The faculty provides training in the specialty "Mathematical support and administration information systems» qualification "mathematician-programmer". The Faculty has a Department of Mathematics, a Department of Informatics and a Research Laboratory of Information Retrieval Systems. Full-time form of education . The founder and first dean was Emelyanov Nikolai Evgenievich. The first enrollment of students took place in 2008.
Students receive practical skills in working with the main modern operating systems, programming languages, DBMS and will perfectly master some of them in accordance with the chosen specialization.
Accumulated at PSTGU many years of experience in applied developments in the field of information technologies associated with the maintenance of the well-known database "Suffered for Christ" and the database "Iconography of Church Art".
Vestnik PSTGU
"Bulletin of the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University" is intended to publish "the main results of dissertation research for the degree doctor and candidate of sciences, the results of other research in scientific areas developed at PSTGU, as well as for the publication of original scientific materials of interest to socio-humanitarian science, having theoretical and practical significance.
Since 2010, the PSTGU Bulletin has been included in the list of leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and publications of the VAK.
Publishing house PSTGU
Founded in 1992. The publishing activity of PSTGU is carried out in various directions - the publication of books by famous theologians, philosophers and church writers written in the 19th-20th centuries, and the publication of scientific works by university teachers, the publication of manuals for students of theological educational institutions, the publication of missionary public literature about the Orthodox faith and life. Publishing work on the tragic history of the Russian Orthodox Church of the 20th century occupies a significant place in the life of the university.
Branches
In addition to campuses, “distance learning points” or branches were created in Moscow so that residents of different cities in Russia and the CIS could study in absentia without coming to Moscow. Credit and examination sessions were held on the ground by visiting teachers of PSTGU. There were 18 such branches in total. But later the Ministry of Education demanded that the branches be closed. As Archpriest Vladimir Vorobyov noted: “Thanks to these branches, in those years when there were no Orthodox personnel far from the capitals, it was possible to train teaching and administrative staff on the ground. Among the graduates of our branches are not only priests, but also a lot of employees of various diocesan departments, teachers of local seminaries and religious schools, departments of theology in state universities. Thus, the branches radically helped in solving the most urgent personnel problems of that time.
Instead of branches, Internet education was opened at the Faculty of Additional Education.
It implies a certain historical form of organization of human joint life activity, which arises as a result of the need to satisfy the needs of society. Institutions are aimed at the implementation of various communicative functions and are characterized by their ability to determine people's behavior with the help of established
rules ( public opinion), taboos (prohibitions) and so on. Actually, this term in various contexts can act in four main meanings:
- a group of persons personifying the institution;
- an organization designed to perform certain functions;
- some through which meaning is given to relations in society;
- set of institutions;
- concentrated in one sphere of life of a group of people.
The structure of social institutions contains the following elements:
Modern sociologists, as a rule, distinguish four main specific spheres of social life. It is in them that relations and institutions are formed.
Economic social institutions: examples and essence
Public social institutions: examples and essence
This refers directly to the relationship within society between different age, gender, national and other
groups. This also includes categories associated with social prescriptions and taboos. For example, family, upbringing, friendship, social movements And so on.
Political social institutions: examples and essence
Actually, this is all that covers the corresponding sphere of life. That is, relations in the system of the state - civil society. The institutions represented here are the legal and judicial systems, government and parliament, civil rights and political parties, the army and legal institutions.
Spiritual social institutions: examples and essence
It is the patrimony of culture and intangible sciences, education, religion, art and so on.
Orthodox St. Tikhon University for the Humanities is non-state educational institution higher professional education, implementing educational programs of professional higher and postgraduate, pre-university and additional professional education, performing fundamental and applied Scientific research in a wide range of sciences, educational areas and specialties.
The University was founded by the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) represented by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus' and the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992 as the Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute.
Education in full-time departments - free (upon receiving the first higher education)
The university accepts citizens for training in full-time on the basis of agreements no tuition fees, part-time and correspondence forms on the basis of contracts with payment of the cost of education by legal entities and (or) individuals.
PSTGU became the first secular university in the history of Russia, where a layman can receive a complete higher theological education. According to His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, "St. Tikhon's University provides an opportunity for people, regardless of their social status and gender, to receive a theological education and become useful to the Church."
Education at all faculties is based on the principle of basic fundamental university education, based on deep learning national history, philosophy and foreign languages. (17 modern and ancient foreign languages are taught at PSTGU).
Master's degree
After completing the four-year bachelor's training, the student has the opportunity to continue his studies for a master's degree. The master's program operates in 9 areas:
- Theology,
- religious studies,
- Story,
- Philology,
- Teacher Education,
- Economy,
- art history,
- Decorative and applied arts and folk crafts,
- Conducting.
Second degree
PSTGU provides an opportunity to get a theological education for people who already have a higher secular education. Among our graduates is the Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation A.V. Konovalov; Director of the Department of Interethnic Relations of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation A.V. Zhuravsky; Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Director of the Polar Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.K. Zhirov and others.
Directions of preparation:
The University has 10 faculties:
Faculty of Theology- directions (undergraduate) "Philology", "Philosophy", directions (bachelor's and master's) "Theology" and "Religious Studies"..
Missionary faculty– directions (bachelor's degree) "Religious studies", "Culturology", "Tourism", "Social work".
Faculty of Education– direction (bachelor's and master's) "Pedagogical education (primary education)".
Faculty of Philology- direction (undergraduate and graduate) "Philology" (domestic and foreign philology).
History department- direction (undergraduate and graduate) "History".
Faculty of Church Arts- specialty "Painting" (departments of restoration, icon painting, monumental art); directions (bachelor's and master's) "History of Art", "Decorative and Applied Arts and Folk Crafts.
Faculty of church singing- specialty "Artistic direction of the opera - symphony orchestra and academic choir", direction (bachelor's degree) "Conducting";
Department of secondary vocational education- Choir School - specialty "Choral Conducting".
Social Sciences– direction (undergraduate and graduate) "Economics", "Sociology".
Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics - direction (bachelor's degree) "Mathematical support and administration of information systems".
Faculty of Additional Education- programs professional retraining, advanced training programs, short-term distance courses advanced training in theology and the basics of Orthodox theology and culture.
branch pre-university training provides training for applicants in all areas of the University.
Students of all faculties receive a basic theological education. The list of theological disciplines and their content correspond to the programs adopted in higher spiritual educational institutions Russian Orthodox Church.
A postgraduate course and a dissertation Academic Council for the defense of theological and church-historical dissertations for the degree of candidate, master, doctor of theology, doctor of church history has been opened.
Lectures and seminars are held in the buildings of the University at the following addresses: st. Novokuznetskaya, 23 B; st. Ilovaiskaya, 9; 1st Novokuznetsky lane, 4; st. Bakhrushina, 8, etc. The university has 6 icon-painting workshops, 2 mosaic and fresco workshops, 3 church sewing workshops, 1 icon restoration workshop.
International activity
PSTGU carries out a wide the international cooperation. The geography of international contacts of the university includes the countries of Eastern, Western and Northern Europe, Asia, Middle East, North America and Australia. The university has a number of joint scientific and educational programs with such foreign universities as the Orthodox St. Sergius Theological Institute (Paris, France), St. Vladimir Theological Academy (USA), University. Humboldt University (Berlin, Germany), University of Friborg (Switzerland), Catholic University of Milan (Italy), Catholic University of Paris (France), Institute for Eastern Christian Studies (Niemengen, Holland), Patriarchal University. Andrew the First-Called (Georgia).
The most successful students of PSTGU pass extra education, internships and practice in foreign training centers. University teachers travel to give lectures, conduct academic and scientific work to foreign educational and scientific institutions. Foreign experts speak to our students with lecture courses.
student life
In 2010, the consecration of the campus took place on Ilovayskaya street, 9 (m. Maryino, Bratislavskaya). It includes a hostel, an educational building, a refectory, a library and a chapel.
In their free time, our students are active student life. From the first year, everyone participates in the liturgical life organized by faculties. Festive performances, concerts, meetings with famous hierarchs, learned theologians, etc. are held at the faculties. The all-university futsal team successfully takes part in various competitions.
We are waiting for you at the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University!
The concept of a social institution in the spiritual sphere
The spiritual sphere of society includes:
- spiritual production (creation of spiritual ideas and values);
- spiritual reproduction;
- distribution of spiritual ideas and values;
- consumption of spiritual ideas and values.
Spiritual production is the "core" of each spiritual social institution:
- Institute of Science;
- institute of religion;
- Institute of Culture and Art, etc.
Remark 1
Spiritual production from a sociological point of view is viewed as an institutionalized spiritual activity of certain groups of people (artists, scientists, church leaders, etc.).
Functions of spiritual production:
- Social-integrative function. The inclusion of individuals and groups of people in the system of spiritual and social connections and relationships.
- Production of new ideas, knowledge, technologies of spiritual creativity. Creating optimal conditions for creative activity.
- production of public opinion. He considers ways of actively forming public opinion in the direction necessary for certain structures.
Spiritual production is closely connected with institutional forms, since only in them does spiritual activity acquire a normatively expressed and organized character.
Under certain conditions, the institutionalization of spiritual activity is a means social control or isolating the impact of free spiritual production.
Institute of Science
Definition 1
The sociology of science considers science as a social institution, studies the mechanisms of its inclusion in the system of interaction of social structures, its place in society, the activities of scientific communities and their integration into various types and forms of material and spiritual production.
For the full and normal functioning of the institute of science, the following mandatory principles are necessary (R. Merton):
- Universalism - the truth and objectivism of knowledge do not depend on the method of obtaining it.
- Universality, or communalism - scientific knowledge should be publicly available.
- Selflessness - you can not use scientific knowledge for the sake of personal interests.
- Organized skepticism - a critical assessment of the results of scientific work by the scientific community is necessary.
Aspects of studying science as a social institution:
- intra-institutional aspect: forms and spheres are considered scientific activity, institutions and organizations for the functioning of scientific communities and teams, the regulatory framework for scientific activity, social approaches to the work of scientists (including value preferences and orientations, types of social behavior);
- external institutional aspect: considers the place of the institute of science in society, its interaction with other social institutions.
Considering science as a social institution provides for its characterization:
- social roles;
- social functions;
- social control.
Functions of the Institute of Science:
- production and generation of scientific knowledge;
- creative and practical function;
- interaction with production and management institutions;
- communicative;
- cultural and ideological.
Institute of Religion
Levels of study of the institute of religion:
- Value-normative. It is a set of beliefs, prescriptions, symbols regarding sacred objects and phenomena.
- Behavioral - worship, the behavior of believers.
Tasks of the sociology of religion:
- To study religion as a social institution, its place in society.
- Explore religion in an unbiased and objective manner.
- Considering the relationship of the institution of religion with other spiritual institutions to abandon their opposition.
- Analyze social behavior other social communities included in the sphere of activity of the Institute of Religion.
Functions of the Institute of Religion:
- integrative, promotes the rallying of large groups of people around certain religious symbols, rituals, values, etc.;
- normative, religion has its own system of standards and norms of behavior, brings them into line with those in force in society;
- communicative.
