MISSIONARY ACTIVITY OF SERGIUS PRYAKHIN DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

The article examines the activities of the Orthodox missionary of the Samara diocese Sergius Pryakhin and his methods of interaction with Christian confessions, characterizes the tasks of the diocesan internal mission of the Samara diocesan missionary council, reveals the process of struggle of the Russian Orthodox Church, sectarian and Old Believer communities for control over the religious consciousness of the population of the Samara region during World War I.