EDITORIAL-PUBLISHING PROBLEMS AND THE ROLE OF PERSONALITY IN THE FORMATION OF THE ISSUE "ORENBURG EPARCHIAL JOURNAL"
The published article is devoted to the history of creation, problems of editorial and publishing work during the first decade of «Orenburg eparchial journal»?s existence (1873-1882).The most important published materials are briefly described. Much attention is paid to the role of personality in the existence of this edition. The necessity of active participation of the eparchia?s in the management of the journal and publication of his works in it is emphasized. This theme is revealed for the first time in the article by the example of the Bishop of Orenburg and Ural Veniamin from 1879 to 1882, who greatly contributed to overcoming the crisis in the editorial work of the journal. It is his great merit that the journal gradually becomes diverse in content, interesting and useful for the Orenburg city and peasent clergy of the 1880s. The article emphasizes that Bishop Veniamin not only took an active part in the management of the journal, but was the author of articles in which he touched upon the most important Christian-philosophical problems, explained the essence of biblical concepts, the deep content of Scripture and Christian parables. Like many similar editions of other eparchias, «Orenburg eparchial journal» gives researchers a variety of material for the study of folk culture of the second half of XIX- beginning of XX centuries.