This book will acquaint the reader with the main monasteries of the Orthodox world. From the first Russian monastery of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra to the newest, whose ministry began in the most difficult period for Russian Orthodoxy - a period of terrible persecution. The most important milestones of history associated with monasteries, the great monks and monks who inhabited them, miracles and exploits in the name of faith and the Fatherland, all this is a driving force that preserves the nation, and an integral part of each of us...