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Based on a critical discourse analysis of texts published in the religious and educational journal “Bozhiya Niva” for 1905-1907 the article reveals the attitudes of these texts’ authors to the First Russian Revolution; clarifies headings and genres where the “revolutionary” topic was actualized in the journal; defines some rhetorical techniques, key words which helped to describe revolution and some contexts in which they were used most often; determines the measures of “salvation from the revolution” proposed as effective and what aftereffect of readers was expected after these measures. The monthly pedagogical journal “Bozhiya Niva” was published by the Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra with subtitles “Troitsky interlocutor for parochial schools” (1902-1905), and “Troitsky interlocutor for Orthodox school and family” (1906-1917). The magazine editor was the bishop (later the archbishop) Nikon (in the world N. I. Rozhdestvensky), a supporter of the “popular” Orthodoxy. The magazine’s key topic from January 1905 to December 1907 was the revolutionary threat. Advanced articles, didactic texts from the internal review of “Our Diary”, critical reviews of periodicals were devoted to it, besides it was raised in the bibliographic section. The following main issues related to the revolution were reflected in the magazine: 1) the fear of revolution, which was one of the symptoms impending the monarchy’s disintegration (described by metaphors of disease, death, destruction), the triumph of atheism, mass egoism and militant utilitarianism; 2) the Russian intellectuals, who uncritically assimilated Western ideas, as the turmoil of social upheavals, and the Russian people, strong with their sincere Orthodox faith, as the main savior of the country; 3) the theme of children’s suffering and sacrifices related to the pernicious experience of the revolution as the triumph of the “modern plague of nihilism” and “western ideas” 4) heroes-rescuers of Russia from revolutionary ideas.