This school was opened in 2006. She is blessed by the ever-memorable His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II. The practice of teaching includes the modern achievements of pedagogy and the main traditions of the Russian school.
What is its difference
Gymnasium of Vasily the Great educates students in the Orthodox worldview and values. She educates patriots. People trained at such a school will in life refer to the evangelical moral foundations, which will allow them to maintain humanity and faith in themselves in case of difficulties. The gymnasium of St. Basil the Great has support from the charity foundation.
What standards does Orthodox education include?
An integral property of a person, which is considered a synthesis of education and culture, is education. The main task is to educate children in social responsibility, the ability to assess the spiritual meaning, as well as cultural and social. Each person must go this way to true enlightenment, so that in the future with pride he will be called just a Man. And the correct upbringing and education should begin at a young age, when there is still no formed personality with its own values and personal worldview.
Gymnasium of Basil the Great is based on Orthodox values, because young people who have been educated here, grow up spiritually developed, active people. Created modern training courses that are knowledge-intensive. They include Church Slavonic, Latin and Greek. Be sure to study the law of God. The development of logic and rhetoric is also included in the program. Children learn their native language and understand calligraphy.
According to the standard of a successful student of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, the gymnasium teaches natural sciences and humanities. The field of social sciences is also not disregarded, here is the European standard. This includes such disciplines as computer science, economics, foreign languages, law.
The Vasily the Great Orthodox Gymnasium gives pupils a secondary education, which is fully consistent with the framework that has been accepted by the state, because there is no need to be afraid that the child will learn something wrong.
What are the main goals
The most important thing is to fulfill a public mission. Gymnasium of Vasily the Great provides an opportunity for children who are raised in Orthodox families to receive a decent quality education, which is based on a holistic, internally non-contradictory worldview. The priority is morality, harmonious personality, purity of the generation that is growing, based on Orthodox values.
Educational activity is also being formed , according to which children learn the desire to improve, learn new things.
Gymnasium of St. Basil the Great helps high school students in determining their profession. For this, a system of specialized education has been introduced, and there is also an individual approach to each, according to which a personal training plan is developed for each student.
All conditions have been created for high school students so that they can show their abilities and develop talents.
Realization of goals
Prominent domestic as well as foreign figures in such fields as science or culture are involved in the educational process. They teach copyright courses, come as a guest invited to a creative evening. Excursions or expeditions are carried out, for example, pilgrimage or educational tourism. Pupils have the opportunity to communicate with the shepherds of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Grammar school of Basil the Great refers in education to the noble ideology. Students are trying to convey that behavior in society should be highly moral. Accordingly, courage, honesty, education should be inherent in the graduate. Moreover, there is no question of their achievement of fame or fortune. The education of such ideals contributes to the fact that the graduate can proudly say that he is a Man, with a capital letter. Thus, the intellectual and professional elite of Russia is replenished.
What are the results
Gymnasium of Vasily the Great, reviews of which are quite positive, was relocated to a new gymnasium building located in the village of Zaitsevo, Moscow Region.
The walls here are decorated with classical creations written by great Russian artists. The second floor in the main building is decorated with ceremonial portraits of Russian autocrats. At the moment, the construction of a temple related exclusively to the gymnasium itself is almost completed.
Schools supplementing education appeared, which also did not go unnoticed by the gymnasium students. Pupils have already managed to participate in a charity event, an olympiad, choose their own motto and achieve success in sports events, and worthy enough.