Monks of the Solovetsky Monastery

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   Say we must that civilians didn't go to the monastery for rubles and they often became monks without a monetary contribution - they brought their talent to the cloister. They were never asked about their past. The desire to work together, shoulder-to shoulder was overwhelming, and all the ill feelings connected with worldly injustice were left on the mainland shore behind the waves of the sea.

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