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Orthodox Education in Digital Space: A Web-Based Content Analysis of Online Provision in Russia
Mikhaylova O., Sukhova E.
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Online religious education has expanded rapidly across faith traditions, yet the digital educational landscape of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has not previously been mapped empirically. This study reports a systematic web-based content analysis of 102 online Orthodox educational resources in Russia, collected in December 2025 and coded across 28 variables covering provider type, educational formality, content, delivery, access, and pedagogy. Results reveal a pluralised field in which independent Orthodox projects constitute the largest provider category (35.3%), exceeding official ROC institutions (25.5%). Formal programmes account for most provision (59.8%), but more than half of all resources show no indication of Church endorsement. Access within the sampled field was often conditional rather than fully open: 65.7% of resources required payment, 95.1% required registration, and no standalone native mobile applications linked to sampled providers were identified in major app stores or through provider websites at the time of data collection. Commercial providers dominate training for teachers of OPK (Foundations of Orthodox Culture), a module within the state-mandated ORKSE curriculum (Foundations of Religious Cultures and Secular Ethics). Interpreted through scholarship on digital religion and mediatization, these findings suggest that online Orthodox education in Russia combines provider pluralisation with patterned access restrictions, raising questions about doctrinal authority, quality assurance, and educational equity in digital religious space.
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