The Editorial board of the Russian Journal of Church History is pleased to announce that we are now publishing preprints of accepted articles before the publication of the printed version of the issue. All articles published electronically in the "Online First" section have undergone a full-scale review, selection, and editorial processing procedure and, after forming the appropriate issue, are published in the printed and electronic versions of the Russian Journal of Church History. The publication date of the article should be considered as the publication of its electronic version in the "Online First" section. Thus, the version of the article posted in the "Online First" section should be considered the final version of the article and it can be referred to as an accomplished publication.

Editorial changes may be made to the text of the article before its official publication, without affecting the meaning of the content.

An article published in the "Online First" section should be quoted using the unique doi article number before the publication of the printed version of the article.

A sample for quoting an article posted in the "Online First" section:

For citation:

Ivanov I. I., Petrov P. P. Historical analysis. Russian Journal of Church History. 2025; doi: 10.15829/2686-973X-2025-00 (In English) or (In Russ.) 

00 – is the number of the article in the electronic editorial system. 

Immediately after the publication of the printed version of the journal issue, the article is removed from the "Online First" section and appears in the current issue section. ("Current issue"). Sample for citation of an article after its publication in the printed version of the journal: standard citation indicating the issue, page numbers and doi.