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.

The article deals with the reasons for further reformation of the system of spiritual education in the Russian Orthodox Church, the features of the transformation of clergy training in the development of a common curriculum. The author gives the assessment of the content of the theological and classical components of training of bachelor able to withstand the challenges of time.

There is considered the issue of formation of the model of a modern priest and the improvement of the quality of training of the Russian Orthodox Church clergymen at various stages of reformation of its system of spiritual education in the post-Soviet period. Special attention is paid to the correspondence of the professional and spiritual and moral qualities of modern priests to the church ideal of a clergyman.

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.