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Illustrations  Mother Nektaria, Optina Pustyn Monastery  Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra, Sergeev Posad  Making candles at Optina Pustyn Monastery  Relics of Elder Ambrose, Optina Pustyn Monastery  Library of St. John’s skete, Optina Pustyn Monastery  St. John’s skete entrance, Optina Pustyn Monastery  Bells, Optina Pustyn Monastery  Danilov Monastery, Moscow  Don Monastery, Moscow  Novodevichy Monastery, Moscow  All Saints Church and Monastery, Moscow  Placing cross on restored church, Optina Pustyn  Grave of Elder Makarii, Optina Pustyn  Patriarch Alexei II at canonization of Optina Elders  Procession at canonization of Optina Elders  Author with three Russian nuns  Tables  . Number of Functioning Prayer Buildings,    . Religious Believers according to the  Census   . Monasteries of the Orthodox Church Abroad before World War II   . Monasteries in the Soviet Union by Republic as of   ...

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