In the article some aspects of social service of the Russian Orthodox Church from the end of XIX century to the beginning of XX century are under research: discussion on the research of history of the social service of the Orthodox Church in the historiography of the XX century, the general levels of the social service on the example of the Ryazan eparchy in the same period. The author stresses that the social service of The Orthodox Church in that period got realized in unselfish and unpaid social activity.
