SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES OF THE EASTERN URALS MONASTERIES AND THEIR SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE
Social activities of Eastern Urals Monasteries at the end of the 19 <sup>th</sup> and at the beginning of the 20 <sup>th</sup> centuries included preaching, the cult of the Saints arranging, religious art and education promoting, orphans’ treatment and charity. A large scale of Еkaterinburg eparchy monasteries’ social activities set an example for monasteries’ economy efficiency, and the fact is proved by the first introduced archival documents.