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