Keyword: «orthodox education»

Confessional female education has several specific features: class isolation, strict subordination of the diocesan to the bishop, inseparability of the educational and edifying processes. Russian historiography studied the specificity of female education in the post-reform period, associated with the breakdown of the traditional patriarchal model of female education understanding. Within the framework of historical feminology and gender studies, the question was raised about the professional self-realization of diocesan schools students. Purpose of the study: firstly, to introduce the information about the activities of the Omsk Women's Diocesan School in 1906-1917 into scientific circulation. Secondly, to identify the specifics of female theological education in the Siberian province. The sources of the research were: clerical works and other materials of a regional nature, a significant amount of which is presented in the fund of the Omsk Spiritual Consistory, the diocesan periodical "Omsk Diocesan Gazette", where the reports of the diocesan observer and the statements of the Diocesan School Council were published. Based on the reports of the diocesan observer on the condition of parish schools and literacy in teaching and education, the teaching and methodological process, teaching staff and the condition of teaching and educational work are reconstructed. The Omsk diocesan school for women was supported by contributions from the diocesan purse, the income of the diocesan candle factory and private donations. The educational process was aimed at obtaining an education sufficient for teaching in primary school. In contrast to the tendencies of strict regulation of church practical implementation in women's education, noted by researchers using the example of the European Russia, the students of the Omsk Women's Diocesan School performed completely “non-female” mission in the church, such as lighting lamps, giving a lectern, carrying out candles at the entrances and to the Gospel reading, which is usually the prerogative of the sacred sexton. Changes in the teaching staff indicate a gradual prevalence of male teachers and an increase in the educational graduation level. The theoretical significance of the work lies in the fact that the presented material and conclusions can be used in further research of the history of the Omsk diocese in the 20th century, as well as in the study of the history of spiritual education in peripheral dioceses. The practical significance of the work lies in the possibility of using its materials in educational work: in the preparation of specialized courses on the history of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as for preparation of articles, reports at scientific events of various levels.