Actual problems of studying the history of the church press within the University course "History of Russian journalism of the twentieth century"
The article is devoted to the studying personalities in the history of the church press of the Soviet era and accordingly to reflection of such a research in the University course “History of journalism of the twentieth century.” As an example, the A.V. Vedernikov’s activities in the Publishing Department of the Russian Orthodox Church and in the “Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate” in the 1950s is considered. Analysis discovers that Vedernikov had a significant impact on the revival and development of the church journalism and publishing in the Russian Orthodox Church. Another conclusion is that a limited amount of teaching hours for the University course “History of Russian journalism” makes actual a special course on the history of the church press.