Contents PEDAGOGICAL SCIENCES Yufereva N.E. How to Talk About the Bible in a Secular School: approaches to the teaching PHILOSOPHICAL SCIENCES Neklyudov I.V. Exegesis of Hexameron in Middle and Late Byzantine Iconography Orlova E.A. Some Features of Christian Religious Symbolism in the Mother of God Psalter Pavliuchenkov N.N. Questions of religion and Knowledge of God in the Writings of Priest Pavel Florensky Pavliuchenkov N.N. The experience of Church Apologetics in the Philosophical and Theological heritage of Priest Pavel Florensky Chesnokova M.G. The role of poetry in the life of an individual and society: a philosophical and a psychological approach Chursanov S.A. The Content and Functioning of the Concept of "Individual" in Modern Orthodox Theological Anthropology HISTORICAL SCIENCES Zherebtsov M.V. Archpriest and missionary Alexander Voskresensky Ilyashenko A.S. The impact of social upheavals on the demographics of some countries Kulikova L.V. Monastic missionary service in Povetluzhye on the example of the mission of St. Barnabas of Vetluzh Smulov A.M. Some significant factors that reduce the effectiveness of the mission of the ROC, its monasteries and monastics in the late XIX - early XX centuries Smulov A.M. The main problems of missionary activity the Russian Orthodox Church in the late XIX - early XX centuries Tkalich A.I. Historical milestones of the Orthodox mission in the far northeast Eneeva N.T. Christianization of Europe in the I-XI centuries. Milestones of history PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES Magay A.I., Riazanova T.B. Dialogue approach in understanding mental health problems Serova O.E. Psychology of will and character in the context of Orthodox asceticism Shubina E.F. This is what the soul of a contemporary person lacks

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