Религиската едукација – македонското и европското искуство

Abstract

The educational process at the most prominent schools in Byzantium supposed the basic ‎religious knowledge, including the biblical texts and writings of the church fathers. The ‎beginning of Slavic literacy and literature is connected with clear religious purposes. The most ‎prominent among the disciples of St. Cyril and Methodius was St. Clement o f Ohrid, who have ‎continued their missionary activities and established a well-organized school in Ohrid, where in ‎seven years, 3500 students were educated. The first universities in Western Europe evolved ‎from much older Christian cathedral schools and monastic schools. Prior to the establishment of ‎universities, West European higher education took place in Christian cathedral schools or ‎monastic schools. Both in the East and in the West, the religion and religious education was ‎considered in the educational process. This article presents also an attempt to give an overview ‎of religion education in Macedonian and European schools at present, which represents a wide ‎range of different solutions. The reason for this is the diversity of educational systems, then the ‎relationship between the State and religious communities, as well as the diversity of national ‎religious histories. In some European countries the curriculum for religious instruction depends ‎on the Constitution itself, in some cases it is conditioned by the signed concordats or it is based ‎on the contractual relationship between the religious communities and the State. The concept ‎and content of the subject is various in different countries, and in recent decades the civic and ‎ethical role of religious education has been increasingly insisted on, perceived as a possible ‎quality contribution to peaceful coexistence in the face of increasing diversity of religious and ‎non-religious convictions.‎