The study of intangible ethno-cultural heritage in the framework of networking between educational and religious organizations

Background. The article is devoted to the problem of students studying the intangible ethnocultural heritage of the peoples of Russia, namely traditional Russian holidays, including religious ones. Traditions, as part of an intangible ethno-cultural heritage, accompany a person throughout life, but often adults stop explaining their importance to teenage children, transferring this responsibility to school. In turn, the school, of course, solves this problem through extracurricular activities, but it does not always have enough resources of its own to cover the entire range of Russian traditional holidays. Realizing the importance of passing on traditions to the younger generation, the author of the article suggests expanding the school's capabilities through networking in extracurricular activities with religious organizations with appropriate infrastructure and work experience. In the configuration proposed by the author, the religious organization will act as a platform and co-organizer of extracurricular activities held by the school on the subject of traditional holidays, including religious ones. Purpose. The analysis of the features of the network interaction of educational and religious organizations aimed at students studying traditional Russian holidays, including religious ones. Materials and methods. The main methods of this research are the theoretical analysis of scientific literature on the research problem; descriptive method; conducting a survey of participants in network interaction; qualitative analysis of the survey results of respondents. Results. As a result of the research, the analysis of the features of the network interaction of educational organizations in the Moscow region with the Religious Organization “The Court of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia of the Church of the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica in the village of Dmitrovsky, Moscow region, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)” was carried out, within which the annual author's program for organizing and holding festive events for schoolchildren was built and tested. The article examines the period from 2014 to 2023, during which the author of the article held the position of rector of the patriarchal Metochion and head of the presented cultural and educational program, which includes such traditional Russian holidays, including religious ones, as: Maslenitsa, Easter, Family Day, Love and Fidelity, the Nativity of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the Day of Remembrance of the Great Martyr Demetrius Solunsky, the Nativity of Christ. The article presents the specifics of the implementation, as well as defines the pedagogical conditions for the effective implementation of network interaction between a general education and a religious organization aimed at students studying traditional holidays, including religious ones, as part of extracurricular activities.