People of the Sky. How They Became Monks

To leave everything and go to a monastery. It seems that today it is harder to do this than ever before. Why do our contemporaries take this step? What paths lead to the monastery? How does tonsure change life – both external and internal?
The book is based on the series of programs by Yulia Varentsova "How I Became a Monk" on the channel "Spas".

Those who share their new life in a monastic guise include:

• renowned tenor Hieromonk Photy (Mochalov),
• head of the Accounts Chamber Department, Abbot Philip (Simonov),
• resuscitation doctor Hieromonk Theodorite (Senchukov),
• former theater and film actress, Nun Olga (Gobzeva),
• President of the International Orthodox Sretensky Film Festival "Meeting", Nun Sofia (Ishenko),
• economist of Moscow's Holy Daniel Monastery, Abbot Innocent (Olkhovoy),
• head of the events and competitions sector of the Synodal Department of Religious Education and Catechization of the Russian Orthodox Church, Hieromonk Trifon (Umalatov)