The article considers the organizations of modern Orthodoxy, represented in the religious landscape of modern Volgograd. The author analyses the degree of influence of different Orthodox currents on the social and religious life of the city. Their development prospects are forecasted.

There is considered the use of such information technologies as social networks and free Internet resources in study of the works of the Russian classic literature, shown the potential of such technologies at literature lessons by particular examples.

There is considered the motivation of joining the Russian Orthodox Church to the Bologna agreement, analyzed the work of the Education Committee in preparation for three-level system of education. There is shown the process of establishment of Church postgraduate and doctoral study as the centre for training the higher qualification staff, evaluated the prospects of reforms of the system of church education.