Fathers of the Solovetsky Monastery and their sufferings, A monk roused to defend the monastery, This manuscript was made around 1800 by an often persecuted group of Russian Christians, the 'Old Believers.' Because this group frequently had its books confiscated and was denied the use of printing presses, its members continued to write important books such as this one by hand

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