The documentary is devoted to Solovetsky
monastery – the first fortification of Christian and
Russian culture in harsh Pomorie; it is about great
shrine of the ancient sanctity, martyr and new martyr
sanctity. The story starts from the history of
monastery’s creation six centuries ago, from the time
of appearance on the island of Reverend Savvati,
German and Zosima. Chronicle shots tell about terrible
period for archipelago, when starting from 1928
a special purpose camp was established there, about
terrible suffering and tortures that the convicted
endured; about monkhood, and of course about current
days of the monastery.