The “Nashists”, so unceremoniously abandoned by the authorities, thought for a long time about what they should do now, and came up with an idea - they would teach Orthodoxy in schools. Activists of the pro-Kremlin youth movement will come to classrooms this fall with their textbook “Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture,” writes Novye Izvestia.
The “Nashists” have grandiose plans. They wrote the manual themselves and want to teach it themselves. In the fall they intend to come to classrooms in many Russian cities, including Moscow. At least, this is what Boris Yakemenko, member of the Public Chamber and curator of the Orthodox Corps of the Nashi movement, claims. However, as Ekho Moskvy reports, the Ministry of Education refuses to comment on this matter. Experts even call the idea of the “nashiists” another attempt to save the organization from collapse. This organization has no future. They will no longer see such privileges as under President Putin. Many people remember the words of an anonymous informant in the Presidential Administration, who in an interview with Kommersant called the activists of the movement “jubilant bastards.” Indeed, less than ten percent of devoutly religious people in our country. There are even fewer young people. So the topic for revitalizing the organization was poorly chosen.
In which schools the movement activists will teach “Fundamentals of Orthodoxy,” the organization’s leadership could not clarify. According to Boris Yakemenko, this will depend on how many educational institutions give their consent.