At present, the formation of spiritual and moral education of young people is of particular importance. The stratification of Russian society, as well as the degression of the role of Orthodox cultural values, have led to their devaluation in the minds of young people, deintellectualization of the younger generation, replacement of authentic canons and morals that have been formed over centuries with imaginary ones. A whole generation has grown up deprived of their root foundations, whose place has been taken by foreign examples of mass culture. The article considers the problems of traditional spiritual and moral education as one of the forms of personality development in Orthodox pedagogy. The relevance of this study in understanding the spiritual and moral functioning of young people from the standpoint of integrative pedagogical activity, which is determined by significant problems of educating young people in the Orthodox tradition. For a more complete disclosure of the picture of understanding the spiritual and moral education of young people in the Orthodox pedagogical tradition, the article reworked the experience of domestic theologians and representatives of religious-idealistic philosophy. The forms and methods of transmitting Orthodox educational values in work with modern youth who find themselves at a spiritual crossroads are also presented.