THE ESSENCE OF THE SPIRITUAL AND MORAL EDUCATION OF UKRAINIAN YOUTH IN THE PEDAGOGICAL VIEWS OF H. VASCHENKO

The conducted study of the complex of scientific works made it possible to conclude that in the formation of spiritual and moral traditions among young people, H. Vashchenko assigned a great role to the Christian faith. H. Vashchenko saw service to God and society as a way of personal movement to mastering the best traits embodied by the national educational ideal - this is the goal of educating Ukrainian youth. Based on the set goal, we formulate the task of spiritual and moral education of the individual as the awareness of spiritual and moral values and the formation of the best moral norms that direct the activity of the individual to a high goal: truthfulness, restraint, a sense of moral obligation, discipline and organization, honesty and principles, cheerfulness and vivacity, diligence, sexual abstinence, respect for parents and elders. Based on the views of the scientist regarding the definition of the goal of education as the main issue of pedagogy, it is understood as the directing of mental, spiritual, moral qualities to master the best examples of the educational ideal, then they determine the content of the educational process, its form, the organization of children's lives. 
Therefore, we can confidently state that summarizing the task of clarifying the place of spirituality and morality as the basis of national views in the work of H. Vashchenko, we come to the conclusion that the basis of pedagogical views is: 1) his pedagogical concept of spiritual and moral upbringing and education of Ukrainian youth; 2) he considers Christianity, its spiritual values, moral norms and cultural achievements to be the fundamental factor of Ukrainian spirituality and morality, the main and powerful educational force of influence on Ukrainian youth, the Ukrainian people in general; the main source of spirituality is faith in God; 3) the Ukrainian educational ideal, cemented by the national idea, which is strategic in the national system of education and upbringing of youth, contains spiritual and moral constants; 4) the national idea must be clearly formulated and play the role of a consolidating, unifying force for the nation in the name of «serving some high idea: the Motherland, truth, beauty»; 5) the core of the concept of spiritual and moral education is the focus of the educational process on realizing the human need to achieve perfection, the Ukrainian educational ideal as a paragon; as a phenomenon of social consciousness, the national idea should be based on universal, national values: national consciousness, national dignity, national traditions, customs, beliefs. 