Specificity of "monasterial" and "monastic" in the orthodox Christian culture
In Orthodoxy there have been formed two types of culture that reflect the search for his "purely" expression - the monastic and convent. Monastic culture, or culture of holiness, realizes the task of conservation and preservation of the purity of the religious experience of living the gospel and related ascetic practices. Monastic culture is the transformation of the "new man in Christ" all aspects of their cultural activities.