The basis of this book was made up of recently declassified documents from the State Archive of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the archive of the Main Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, containing unique information about the life and works of the Holy Confessor Archbishop of Crimea Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) and the history of the Crimean diocese led by him in 1946-1961. Illustrated with photographic documents, many of which are published for the first time. The book is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the death of St. Luke.