Abstract: The process of revival of the Russian Orthodox Church in the late XX – early XXI centuries is accompanied by significant changes in its sociopolitical status. The Church regained high public authority by reestablishing and strengthening relations with the government, which granted the right to such types of activity as educational, missionary, social, and charitable. The church construction, which was discontinued for over 70 years, led to the loss of succession in engineering design and absence of systematic scientific and engineering developments that are intended to meet the modern needs and demands in the area of design of churches. These factors determine the heightened scientific interest to this topic. The goal of this research consists in determination of trends and problems in the scientific studies dedicated to the modern architecture of the Orthodox Church. The authors set the task to analyze, systematize and characterize the range of scientific publications written by the Russian scholars on the modern architecture of the Orthodox Church. This article considers the results of national scientific research (dissertations, scientific articles) on the modern architecture of the Orthodox Church that were published over the period from 1990 to the present.

Abstract: The goal of the work is to identify the leading trends and prospects for the development of modern Orthodox temple architecture in the city of Irkutsk. The object of this study is modern projects of temples and temple complexes. The subject of the research is the specificity of the characteristics of modern religious buildings in the territory of the city of Irkutsk. The tasks facing the author of the article are to identify problems and distinctive features, as well as to highlight the main trends currently observed in the modern Orthodox religious architecture of Irkutsk. The research is based on the analysis of functional, architectural, artistic and stylistic features of a number of projects of iconic architecture executed by Irkutsk architects at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. The novelty of the work lies in the fact that for the first time an attempt is made to analyze and systematize the directions of the development of the architecture of the modern church in the selected geographical area. The main trends, problems and regional peculiarities of the Orthodox Church building of the newest time in the territory of the city of Irkutsk are revealed. The conclusion addresses the diversity of trends in the development of the cult architecture observed in modern Irkutsk.