CURRENT RELIGIOUS TEACHERS OF KYIV SEMINARY FOR YOUNG LADIES IN THE MATERIALS OF “KYIV DIOCESAN GERALD” (THE LAST THIRD OF 19TH – EARLY 20TH CENTURY)

Abstract

The article identifies the features of mentioning the current religious teachers of Kyiv Seminary for Young Ladies (official name in mentioned years – Kyiv Women’s Institute named after Nicholas I) on the pages of the official press organ of the diocese, required for subscription in all its parishes, including Kyiv – the magazine «Kiev Diocesan Gerald» related to the last third of the 19th – early 20th cent. (before the World War I). The author studied the publications in the official and unofficial parts of all issues of the outlined period, during which, the teachers of the Law of God at Kyiv educational institutions separated into a specialized and self-organized group of priests, instead reducing activity in the diocesan administration (except for the Kyiv eparchial school council), according to H. Kalinich, whose article deals with the prosopography of those religious teachers. Leaving aside the materials of the official part, the content of which depended little on the editorial board (however, in its own way it worked on the image of the legislators of the religious teachers of Kyiv Seminary for Young Ladies), it is possible to make the following conclusions. In order to submit materials to the magazine, F. Khoroshunov either looked for some extraordinary informational reason or realized the opportunity to publish his own studies about the institution where he held the position. I. Artynsky wrote about his spiritual pain, probably no longer able to keep his thoughts to himself. Therefore, the submission of author’s works to the «Kiev Diocesan Gerald» was not usual for all religious teachers of the Institute. It is not often that these teachers fall into the circle of the main characters of publications, and do not become only co-bishops or members of societies. It is noticeable that these legislators were written about first of all when they prepared high-quality printed work or oral sermons/speeches. There were no materials about the negative actions of the Institute religious teachers.