The book includes Old Russian texts "Kyiv-Pechersk Paterik" and "Volokolamsk Paterik," their translations by O.A. Olshevskaya, additions "The Life of Cassian Barefoot" and "The Life of Photius Volotsky," appendices containing "Typological and textual analysis of lists and editions of Kyiv-Pechersk paterica" and "History of the creation of Volokolamsk paterica, description of its editions and lists," discrepancies and comments.