Old believers customs of mentoring as an example of continuous educational tradition

The tradition of mentoring in modern community of Old Believers is analyzed in the article. The peculiarity of the phenomenon is in its stability sustained throughout all the history of Old Believers. The basis of the research is the content of the official sites of Old Believers' agreements of Russia and former Soviet republics (states of former Soviet Union). The authors have found that the phenomenon of mentoring is still widely used in Old Believers communities (environment), but nowadays besides the main spiritual function, the mentor has acquired additional functions, including educational ones. The information presented in the article might be of interest for the specialists in the field of lifelong learning, religious scholars, theologians, and teachers of religious schools and seminaries