From the experience of organizing and conducting the regional Olympiad for schoolchildren on the Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture (based on material from the Kursk region)
The history and purposes of the regional Olympiad for schoolchildren on the Basics of Orthodox Culture, the basic principles of making tasks and selecting content are dis-cussed. The author believes that the Olympiad is an important means of spiritual and moral education in a modern school, therefore she refers to the history of the Olympiad.