MISSIONARY SERVICE OF RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN LATE 19– EARLY 20TH CENTURIES ON EXAMPLE OF BRYANSK DISTRICT OF ORYOL PROVINCE
The object of study is the missionary activity of the Orthodox Church at the regional level. The directions and methods of missionary work of the Church in the region in the II half of XIX – early 20 th centuries. The reasons for the Russian Orthodox Church to intensify internal mission are identified.