Special issue "Christianity in Gagauzia"

Konstantin A. Bargan, Patriarchal archdeakon
Opening remark of the editor of the issue ...........5

Vitaly E. Boikov
About some features of the religious identity of the Gagauz
in the Soviet period ...........8

Vyacheslav P. Stepanov
P.E. Zaderatsky and his contribution to the study of Transdanubian settlers ...........20

Stepan S. Bulgar
From the history of the priests of the Chakir family and Orthodox churches
in the Gagauz villages of Greece and Bulgaria ...........31

Elizaveta N. Kvilinkova
"Having chosen the Orthodox faith for themselves, the Gagauz have chosen their
fate": about the significance of religious identity in the ethno-cultural code ...........46

Petr Kochanzhi, priest
Pastoral and teaching activities of Archpriest Grigory Babchenko ...........63

Diana E. Nikoglo, Natalia G. Golant
Some features of the ideas of the Gagauz about their religious affiliation
(based on press materials, in scientific publications and writings
of history buffs) ...........70

Ivan I. Duminika
Bulgarians and gagauzians in the Novo-Nyametsky monastery
(second half of the 19th — early 20th centuries) ...........98