On principles of teaching of Russian language arts (Russian language arts and the church Slavonic language)

The article focuses on the new discipline «Russian Language Arts» that would unite the fragmented knowledge of Russian Literature and the Russian Language received by the schoolchildren and students in Philology. At the same time the author claims that «Russian Language Arts» is a single discipline that combines school and university teaching. The article pointed out the negative circumstances that impede the formation of the discipline: the isolation of particular disciplines within the terms of Russian Language Arts; isolation from the spiritual sources of Russian culture - from Orthodox Christianity, etc.