Today approximately eighty students of both sexes are separately educated in the Gymnasium. Moreover, theological studies are taught in the Gymnasium at the financial expense of the regional civil government.
We firmly believe that we need to have two basic approaches to education: the compulsory universal one, and one of Christian spirituality, approaches which do not contradict, but rather serve to supplement one another. The main objectives of the Gymnasium are

The upbringing of children conducted in the spirit of both Orthodox Christianity, and the highest level of our Russian cultural traditions;
The highest quality, effective instruction of all state educational requirements, intrisically intertwined with spiritual and moral Christian values and achieved by the interaction of all subjects;
The highest level of instruction incorporating the teaching of ancient and modern languages, history, culture, and spiritual disciplines; and
The fundamental understanding of an integral Orthodox world outlook in order to assume responisible positions in today's society.
Futhermore, to assist in the formation of an harmonic (well-balanced) personality, the Gymnasium:
Instills necessary skills of prayer in our students, strongly emphasizes the importance of mercy, periodically organizes trips for students to visit orphanages and homes for the elderly; and teaches the young to actively participate in the Holy Liturgy;
Reveals both the essense and meaning of an active Orthodox spiritual life;
Offers the opportunity to each student to reveal, and thus , develop one's interests and abilities in various fields of activity; and finally,
Organizes, and therefore, exposes students to such events as concerts, exhibitions, competitions, pilgrimages, and the viewing of religious films.

Many teachers of the Gymnasium attend refresher courses at the Orenburg Teacher's Career Training Institute. In fact, a number of instructors annually attend the Nativity Educational Lyceum in Moscow. Teachers also participate in numerous seminars and conferences to become better informed concerning the most appropriate ways to more spiritually and morally educate our young generation.

Headed by Archbishop Vereysky Eugin (who is the Rector of the Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary), the Educational Committee of the Holy Synod approved both the Gymnasium's academic curriculum (spread over a period of eleven years), and the two year program at our School of Theology.

The Gymnasium offers a wide range of general and vocational courses: ecclesiastical Slavonic language, lives of the great saints, Old and New Testament scripture, Orthodox Christian catechism, Church ethics, rrules of worship and Church regulations, symbolics, general Church history, history of the Russian Church, Church singing, solfeggio, conducting Church choirs, and the history of chanting (singing) in Church; in senior classes the study of various sect (non-Orthodox) confessions, and comparative, moral, dogmatic, and doctrinal theology.

Our Gymnasium's students wear special uniforms especially designed for the school. Various obediences in the sanctuary, on the kliros, on the farm, in the refectory, and in other areas are systematically assigned to students. All expenses associated with the training and maintenance of the students at the Gymnasium are the financial responsibility of the Holy Trinity Cloister of Mercy. Of particular benefit to the libraires of the Gymnasium and the School of Theology is the Orthodox Christian literature gathered over the last several years.