History of the Don Diocesan Vedomosti

Abstract

With the advent of printing and the mass appearance of literature, people have a need for periodicals. Periodicals began to enter people's daily lives. With the growth of literacy, people's need for reading materials has increased. The Orthodox Russian Church also did not stand aside and began publishing its periodicals. The purpose of this article is to study the development and formation of the «Don Diocesan Vedomosti» as a church periodical. The relevance of studying a specific topic lies in the fact that the analysis of the origin of the given journal makes it possible to discover a large layer of information related to the existence of church periodicals in the province. The main source for the disclosure of the given topic was the organ of the church periodical press «Don Diocesan Vedomosti», at various times also called «Don Orthodox Bulletin» and «Don Christian Thought». Despite the great importance of the topic for a complete study of church history, the number of studies that allow us to get a complete picture of it remains quite small. The “Don Diocesan Vedomosti” is an important source of information about the life of the Don Diocese and the Don Army Region, where the magazine was distributed. Studying this printed organ allows you to find out the thoughts, views and needs of those people who lived in those days.