In recent years, interest in the history of the Church and problems of religion as an important spiritual value has increased sharply. It became obvious that without knowledge of the history of the Christian Church, its role and influence on the spiritual, political and cultural development of many peoples of the world, a correct understanding of the deep processes of social development in Russia and Western countries is impossible.

The textbook “Lectures on the History of the Christian Church” examines the most important stages of the two-thousand-year history of Christianity in the West and in the East, in more detail – the history of the Russian Orthodox Church from 988 to 2000. Much attention is paid to the history of the formation of the Christian Church in IV century, a description of the dogmatic teaching and internal life of the Church is given, portraits of the most prominent church figures throughout its history from the Church Fathers to the Russians are presented new martyrs of the 20th century

The book is addressed to students of humanities universities and everyone interested in the history of the Christian Church.