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Optina Pustyn
The Soviet authorities destroyed the five churches of Optina Pustyn, and used the monastic buildings were as a school and a home for the elderly. Today there are 150 monks, the churches, more beautiful than ever, house the Elders’ relics; the skete functions, the Elders’ cottage is as it was before the Revolution, and crowds come from all parts of the country.
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