On the Possibility of a Synthesis of Secular and Religious Values in the Context of Modern Humanitarian Knowledge

In the sphere of Russian humanitarian knowledge, there is a tradition of separating the secular and religious education. The author substantiates that the spiritual and cultural basis of the modern Russian society should be based on universal human values, as well as on centuries-old heritage of the national culture. Orthodox Patristics discourse is derived as a possible model for a kind of Russia's spiritual Renaissance and as the basis of the Russian humanitarian education. The article represents the author's position in consideration of the secular and religious (Christian) norms of morality from the point of view of their unity, significance for both churched and unchurched people. The ideas and concepts of Eastern Patristics are justified by the author as universal spiritual values, ideals, that in the modern world should be the object of not only theological or philosophical reflection, but also be a part of a general humanitarian education.