Before you, dear reader, is a book about the Old Russian apocrypha of the 11th-17th centuries. From it you will learn how the apocrypha appeared in Russia, how their fates developed, what role they played in the spiritual life of our ancestors. Religious searches, philosophy, history, morality - these are the mighty layers of cultural heritage that the apocrypha has brought to our days from the depths of centuries. Therefore, special attention is paid to the ancient monuments themselves. Non-canonical texts are published according to Old Russian originals with translation into modern Russian.