Contents
Church history research studies
Tupikin R. V. (metropolitan of Smolensk and Dorogobuzh Isidor)
The formation of higher theological education in the Smolensk diocese:
the newest period (1988 – 2008)
6
Ovchinnikov V. I. (archbishop of Elista and Kalmyk Justinian)
Orthodoxy in Bessarabia in the 1930s
19
Shirokov P. F. (hieromonk Ferapont)
The Smolensk Theological Seminary during the reform of the 60s of the 19th century
(based on the reports made by the auditors of the Educational Committee)
33
Zvonarev S. L. (archpriest Sergiy Zvonarev)
The relationship between the Moscow and Jerusalem Patriarchates in the 60s — early 70s
of the XX century based on the materials of church and state archives
41
Lavrinov V. V. (archpriest Valery Lavrinov)
«I have never been a scoundrel, a bastard, a traitor to anyone in my life…»:
archbishop Nikolai (Lvov). (Based on the materials of the archival and investigative case)
54
Theological research studies
Rebizov O.G. (priest Oleg Rebizov)
The activity of the Prophet Elijah in the context of the history and culture of the Ancient Near East
of the IX century BC
76
Ivanov A. M., Aksyonova E. K.
The history of the prayer house of the Jewish religious community in the second half
of the 20th century in the city of Roslavl
86
Humanities
Mishchenko M. A. (priest Maxim Mishchenko)
Ethical reasons for the ban on human cloning in the critical concept of Jean Baudrillard
92
Kachurina E. B.
The features of studying English by bachelors of theology
105
Local history studies
Zolotov N. S. (hegumen Nikolai)
On the history of the activity of Orthodox brotherhoods in the Russian Empire at the end of the XIX century (on the example of the Brotherhood of St. Abraham, the Wonderworker of Smolensk)
112
Information about authors
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