The school tour of the XI All-Russian Olympiad “Fundamentals” has started Orthodox culture", reports Patriarchia.ru.

The “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture” Olympiad is annually included in the list of subject Olympiads for RSOS schoolchildren in the subjects “History” and “Theology”. Based on the results of the examination of materials from the first Olympiad, which was carried out by the All-Russian Council of Olympiads, the Orthodox Olympiad was assigned the second level. This is the only confessional Olympiad among subject Olympiads.

The Olympiad “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture: “Holy Rus', keep the Orthodox Faith!”” has been held since 2008 by the Orthodox St. Tikhon’s Humanitarian University. The event is held with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' with the support of the Synodal Department of Religious Education and Catechesis, the Ministry of Education Russian Federation, Russian Union of Rectors, Russian Council Olympiads for schoolchildren, Foundation presidential grants.

Students in grades 4-11 from state, municipal and non-state institutions can take part in the Olympiad on a voluntary basis. educational organizations implementing general education programs, including educational organizations of the Russian Federation located outside its borders.

The Olympiad is held in a set of subjects related to the study of the history and culture of Orthodoxy. Every year, more than 350 thousand participants from 10 thousand schools (every fifth school) in Russia, representing 80 regions, take part in it.

The school tour takes place in full-time in places. The teacher responsible for the school registers on the website http://opk.pravolimp.ru, submits an application, downloads assignments in his personal account and, after the school tour, posts the results on the website.

In 2018-2019 academic year tasks for the school tour Olympiad will be distributed for the following categories of students: 1) for students in grades 4-5, 2) for students in grades 6-7, 3) for students in grades 8-9, 4) for students in grades 10-11.

Students in grades 4 in the module “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture” will be able to take part in the Municipal Tour along with students in grades 5-11 in accordance with the Olympiad schedule.

Students in grades 4-5 in the module “Secular Ethics” are invited to take two tours: a school (autumn) tour from September 2018 to January 2019 and a municipal (spring) tour in March 2019.

Topics of the Olympiad for the 2018-2019 academic year:

  • “Speculation in stone”: stone church architecture of Ancient Rus'

The topic draws attention to the history of the appearance of temples and monasteries during the period of stone construction, their architecture, initiators and architects, the painting system, as well as memories of temples, reflection of the images and fate of these temples in painting and literature.

The topic allows you to delve into the mission of the holy brothers, better understand their feat, consider the fruits of the mission in Slavic countries - primarily in Bulgaria and Serbia, in which their works contributed to the final establishment of Christianity, see the cultural ties of Russia with other Slavic countries and the significance of the mission for the spread and the establishment of the Christian faith on Russian soil.

  • "Youth: freedom and responsibility."

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School tour of our anniversary X All-Russian Olympiad “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture: “Holy Rus', keep the Orthodox Faith!” takes place face-to-face on site.

Consultation on the organization and conduct of a school tour for the organizers of the Olympiad (grades 4-11) will take place on September 11, 2017 at 15:30 in the Primorsky District IMC (Omskaya 17), room. 321.

The teacher responsible for the school submits an application on our website, downloads assignments in Personal account and after the school tour, posts the results on the website.

In the 2017–2018 academic year, tasks for the School Tour Olympiad will be distributed for the following categories of students: 1) for 4th grade students, 2) for 5th grade students, 3) for 6th grade students, 4) for 7th grade students x grades, 5) for students of 8th grades, 6) for students of 9th grades, 7) for students of 10–11th grades. Students of 4th grade in the module “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture” will be able to take part in the Municipal Tour along with students of 5-11th grade in accordance with the Olympiad Schedule.

The school tour of the Olympiads is of an educational nature, so it will be useful for students, regardless of the module they study as part of the ORKSE, to complete this work.
Topics of the Olympiads for the 2017-2018 academic year: MAIN TOPIC: “Teach me, O God, to love You with all my mind, with all my thoughts...: spiritual poetry by K.R. and Count A.K. Tolstoy." The spiritual poetry of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov (K.R.) and Count Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy is not only a pearl Russian literature, but also a shining example worldview in the tradition of the Holy Tradition of the Church. Each of them was not only a talented poet, but also a unique personality, life path which today is a model of service to one’s favorite cause and the Fatherland. Anniversary: ​​2017 – 200th anniversary of the birth of Count A.K. Tolstoy; 2018 is the 160th anniversary of the birth of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov.

LOCAL TOPIC: “Tsarist Crimea” (Crimea under the Romanovs). Crimea was the latter’s favorite place to stay Royal family. It was there that they wanted to spend the rest of their days after the overthrow of the monarchy. Rich and, as usual, complicated story The peninsula was decorated with this deep affection of the royal house. The topic allows us to take an absentee trip to the Tsarist Crimea and try to understand what exactly aroused the royal sympathies and what Crimea itself received as a legacy from the kings who loved it.

Anniversary: ​​2018 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of St. imp. Nicholas II. The theme of the XXVI International Educational Christmas Readings “Morality and the Future of Humanity” will also be a common thread in the tasks of all rounds of the Olympiad.

Once again we will go through the school stage step by step.

Step 1. A school representative (teacher, head teacher, director, but not a student) submits an application on the website opk.pravolimp.ru/documents. Possible difficulties when submitting an application: You could not find your school in our school database. We recommend reading special news: Instructions and answers to frequently asked questions. Search for a school in the school database on the website.

Step 2. The application has been submitted. We receive in your Personal Account: assignments in word and pdf format; keys; forms of diplomas of 3 degrees without stamps (the seal and signature are given by the school, since the tour is a school one).

A few words about your personal account: Your personal account is the inscription at the very top line of the site on the right in yellow letters “Personal Account”. To enter it, you need to click on this inscription. You must select the OPK tab. Each tour has a “show/hide details” entry. Accordingly, by clicking on it, you will see the above materials for this tour. If you click on the “show/hide details” link one more time, they will disappear (this is done for the convenience of working with various tours in your personal account). You can read and see more about what your Personal Account looks like in the article: Instructions and answers to frequently asked questions

What to do with tasks in your Personal Account?

Download, print according to the number of participants and conduct a round of the Olympiad. You can print out assignments in Word format in the font required for students. Then check the work using the keys and upload the results to the website. Uploading results - in your Personal Account. It is more convenient to download results using an Excel file; You can read more about how to do this in paragraph 4 of the article: Instructions and answers to frequently asked questions

Why upload lists of participants to the site:

  • so that schoolchildren can receive a certificate of participation in the All-Russian Olympiad;
  • so that teachers who conducted tours in their classes and school administrators could receive letters of gratitude;
  • so that the schoolchildren who showed good results, could take part in subsequent rounds of the Olympiad.
How to conduct a tour in the classroom, to whom to offer tasks and how much time to give to complete the tasks of the school tour?

We believe that it is best to conduct the Olympiad among students of the ENTIRE school, regardless of whether they have studied the subject or not. The guys, even if they don’t know the answers, will learn something new about the culture and history of our country as a result of the Olympiad. The optimal time for a school tour is 45 minutes.

How to identify school tour winners?

For those participants (winners and runners-up of the school tour) who want to take further part in the municipal tour, the school tour will end on November 10! After this, it will no longer be possible to download lists of participants.

What to do after completing the school tour?

At the end of October there will be news about municipal tours. The municipal tour starts on November 15 and ends on December 15!

The winners and prize-winners of the school tour can participate in the municipal round, and only those schools that conducted the school tour and uploaded the results to the website.

For additional information, see the website

On April 12, the second federal round takes place at the Orthodox St. Tikhon’s Theological University All-Russian Olympics schoolchildren on the basics of Orthodox culture.

Here are some of the questions and tasks of the Olympiad:

  1. This holiday originated in Russia back in the 17th century, but began to be solemnly celebrated only in the 20th century. Local cathedral 1917-1918 decided to celebrate it exactly one week after All Saints' Day(i.e. on the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost). In 1941, the beginning of the Great Patriotic War coincided with this holiday.
  2. In what year was the first metro line put into operation in the USSR, and the New Year tree was also allowed?
  3. The Psalter, a book written by King and Prophet David, begins with the words “ Blessed is the man who does not follow the counsel of the wicked..." What words does it end with?
  4. This pious girl married the Byzantine Emperor Theophilus, who was a convinced iconoclast. After the death of her husband, she had to manage an entire empire until her son Mikhail grew up. During her reign, a number of military victories were won, the state treasury was replenished, and most importantly, church cathedral, who restored icon veneration in the empire. A special holiday was established in memory of this event.
  5. Who is this saint and what is the name of the holiday?
  6. What does the word have in common? metamorphosis with the name of one of the twelve holidays?
  7. In the novel by F.M. Dostoevsky, Semyon Marmeladov, when meeting Rodion Raskolnikov, exclaims: “Behold the man!” Where did this phrase come from and who does it belong to?
  8. In parentheses indicate Orthodox holiday, on the day of celebration of which events related to the Great occurred Patriotic War(you only need to indicate the number under which the holiday is recorded).

9. Here is a fragment of the “Sermon on the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus'”, compiled by the great ascetic of piety of the twentieth century, Archimandrite John (Krestyankin). April 11 marked the 100th anniversary of his birth. Which newly glorified saints are we talking about?

“Now, in the year of jubilee, the Lord has given Russia new intercessors, filled with God's grace. IN different time they lived and different roads walked along the path of God to the Kingdom of Heaven, but their hearts burned so brightly with love for God that this light did not fade away in time, but reached us and now shines for us on our path to God...

Now at the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, dedicated to the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus'... proclaimed His Holiness Patriarch Moscow and All Rus' Pimen: “It has pleased the Holy Spirit and us to number among the holy saints of God:

The blessed Grand Duke of Moscow ________________________________(1350-1389), who showed the feat of the righteous and godly life...who gave his life for his friends (John 15:13). He defended the faith of Christ, founded many monasteries, built churches and gave charity to the poor.

Venerable ___________________________________ (1360-1st half. XVc.), faster and ascetic, famous icon painter, theologian, who perfectly expressed the dogma of the Triune God in his icon _______________________.

Rev. _________________________________ (1470-1556), locally revered Radonezh saint, wonderworker, ascetic monk and teacher of monastic life. As a spiritual teacher, he deepened the patristic tradition.

Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus' ____________________________ (1482-1563), who showed a feat of virtuous and fasting life, for which he was awarded the gift of clairvoyance and miracle-working. His church activities are marked by the fight against heresies, as well as the collection of spiritual treasures of the Russian Church.

Schema-Archimandrite ___________________(__________________________) (1722-1794). He revived the school of eldership in Rus'.

Blessed _________________________________________________(XVIII– beginningXIXc.) She carried the feats of love for her neighbors throughout her long-suffering life, received the love of God in the gift of clairvoyance and miracles, and human love, which has not faded for the second century.

Bishop _________________________ (_________________________) (1807-1867), an ascetic of piety, a teacher of Christian life and a spiritual writer.

Hieroschemamonk _____________________________________ (1812-1891) - an elder, shepherd and preacher, a worker of love for God through people.

Bishop ________________________________________________(1815-1894). He demonstrated the height and holiness of life, preserving Orthodox purity and divine enlightenment in his fruitful service to the Church.”

We will ask the Lord for blessings, and from all Russian saints - prayers for the entry into the second millennium, so that their prayers will not become scarce in Rus' Orthodox faith in all purity, so that neither we nor our descendants forget God’s commandments and covenants. And we will also thank the Lord for the millennium that has passed into eternity.

Our God, glory to You for everything and for everything forever and ever! Amen".

10. Describe the first photograph: what is captured on it, in what time interval could it have been taken? What connects these two photographs?

In the 2017-2018 academic year, the Orthodox St. Tikhon's University for the Humanities is holding the X Jubilee All-Russian Olympiad “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture: “Holy Rus', keep the Orthodox Faith!”

February 18, 2018 on the basis of a municipal budgetary institution additional education The “Interschool Training Combine” will host the final (regional) stage of the Olympiad “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture” in the 2017-2018 academic year (hereinafter referred to as the Olympiad) among students in grades 5-11.

14 students from general education organizations will take part in the Olympiad (MBOU secondary schools No. 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, Gymnasium No. 1).

We wish good luck to the Olympic participants!

Full information about the Olympiad is available on the website: www.pravolimp.ru.

Dear participants of our Olympiads!

Congratulations on the beginning of the new school year! May he bring us all a new store of interesting and useful knowledge, which we can direct to deeds of love and mercy for the good of our Motherland, and for the glory of God! We really want the competitions held by the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Humanitarian University to contribute to general education, mutual understanding, friendship, honesty, for the Light of Christ enlightens everyone!

School tour of our anniversary X All-Russian Olympiad “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture: “Holy Rus', keep the Orthodox Faith!” takes place face-to-face on site. The teacher responsible for the school submits an application on our website, downloads assignments in his Personal Account and, after the school tour, posts the results on the website.

In the 2017–2018 academic year, tasks for the School Tour Olympiad will be distributed for the following categories of students: 1) for 4th grade students, 2) for 5th grade students, 3) for 6th grade students, 4) for 7th grade students x grades, 5) for students of 8th grades, 6) for students of 9th grades, 7) for students of 10–11th grades.

Students of 4th grade in the module “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture” will be able to take part in the Municipal Tour along with students of 5-11th grade in accordance with the Olympiad Schedule.

Students in grades 4-5 in the module “Secular Ethics” are invited to take two tours: a school (autumn) tour from September 2017 to January 2018, and a municipal (spring) tour in March 2018.

The school tour of the Olympiads is of an educational nature, so it will be useful for students, regardless of the module they study as part of the ORKSE, to complete this work.

Topics of the Olympiads for the 2017-2018 academic year:

MAIN THEME:

“Teach me, God, to love You with all my mind, with all my thoughts...: spiritual poetry by K.R. and Count A.K. Tolstoy"

The spiritual poetry of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov (K.R.) and Count Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy is not only a pearl of Russian literature, but also a striking example of worldview in the tradition of the Holy Tradition of the Church. Each of them was not only a talented poet, but also a unique personality, whose life path is still a model of service to his beloved cause and the Fatherland.

  • 2017 – 200th anniversary of the birth of Count A.K. Tolstoy;
  • 2018 is the 160th anniversary of the birth of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov.

LOCAL TOPIC:

"Tsarist Crimea" (Crimea under the Romanovs)

Crimea was the favorite place of residence of the last Royal family. It was there that they wanted to spend the rest of their days after the overthrow of the monarchy. The rich and, as usual, difficult history of the peninsula was decorated with this deep affection of the royal house. The topic allows us to take an absentee trip to the Tsarist Crimea and try to understand what exactly aroused the royal sympathies and what Crimea itself received as a legacy from the kings who loved it.

  • in 2018 the 150th anniversary of the birth of St. imp. Nicholas II

The theme of the XXVI International Educational Christmas Readings “Morality and the Future of Humanity” will also be a common thread in the tasks of all rounds of the Olympiad.

Once again we will go through the school stage step by step.

A school representative (teacher, head teacher, principal, but not a student) submits an application.

Possible difficulties when submitting an application: You could not find your school in our school database.

The application has been submitted. We receive in your Personal Account:

Assignments in word and pdf format;

Diploma forms for 3 degrees without stamps (the stamp and signature are given by the school, since the tour is a school one);

A few words about your personal account:

Your personal account is the inscription at the very top line of the site on the right in yellow letters “Personal Account”. To enter it, you need to click on this inscription.

In your Personal Account there are bookmarks for the names of all competitions (OPK, OVIO, Axios, ORKSE...). You must select the OPK tab.

Each tour has a “show/hide details” entry. Accordingly, by clicking on it, you will see the above materials for this tour. If you click on the “show/hide details” link one more time, they will disappear (this is done for the convenience of working with various tours in your personal account).

What to do with tasks in your Personal Account?

Download, print according to the number of participants and conduct a round of the Olympiad. You can print out assignments in Word format in the font required for students. Then check the work using the keys and upload the results to the website. Uploading results - in your Personal Account. It is more convenient to download results using an Excel file; You can read more about how to do this in paragraph 4 of the article: Instructions and answers to frequently asked questions

Why upload lists of participants to the site:

So that schoolchildren can receive a certificate of participation in the All-Russian Olympiad;

So that teachers who conducted tours in their classes and school administrators could receive letters of gratitude;

So that schoolchildren who show good results can take part in subsequent rounds of the Olympiad.

How to conduct a tour in the classroom, to whom to offer tasks and how much time to give to complete the tasks of the school tour?

We believe that it is best to conduct the Olympiad among students of the ENTIRE school, regardless of whether they have studied the subject or not. The guys, even if they don’t know the answers, will learn something new about the culture and history of our country as a result of the Olympiad.

The optimal time for a school tour is 45 minutes. Conducting the Olympiad will take one lesson, which can be either additional to the schedule or replace a lesson or class hour.

How to identify school tour winners?

For those participants (winners and runners-up of the school tour) who want to take further part in the municipal tour, the school tour will end on November 10! After this, it will no longer be possible to download lists of participants.

What to do after completing the school tour?

At the end of October there will be news about municipal tours. The municipal tour starts on November 15 and ends on December 15!

The winners and prize-winners of the school tour can participate in the municipal round, and only those schools that conducted the school tour and uploaded the results to the website.

The winners and prize-winners of the Olympiad “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture” will be determined based on the results of the Regional round.

As for the Superfinal in Moscow, this issue is still being discussed. We would really like to hold it in the year of our anniversary X Olympiad.

We wish you success and remind you of the Olympic principle: “the main thing is not to win, but to participate!”