The book contains articles by Church historians and theologians who studied the life path and work of the great Russian saint in various aspects. Opens the collection "The tombstone of the monk Dosifei (Toporkov)" - a contemporary and fiery admirer of the personality of a spiritual mentor. Further, in the first section, the works of Church historians, researchers and preachers of the 19th century are presented, starting with essays by Metropolitan Makarii (Bulgakov), V.O. Klyuchevsky, A.V. Kartashev, Count M.V. Tolstoy, - and concluding with the works of our contemporaries - Metropolitan. John (Snycheva), Met. Pitirima (Nechaeva).