№ 807-811. Monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church

The stamp features the monastery and its founder Daniel of Moscow. St. Daniel Monastery was founded in 1282 by the son of Prince Alexander Nevsky - Prince Daniel, the father of Moscow princes.

The stamp features the monastery and its founder Sergius Radonezhsky. Holy Trinity and St.Sergius Lavra was founded by St. Sergius Radonezhsky on the hill Makovets not far from the vilage Radonezh in 1337.

The stamp features the monastery and its founders St. German and Sergius of Valaam. The monastery is considered to be founded in the beginning of the 14th century, but some ancient annals bear evidence there were conventuals in Valaam in the 10th century.

The stamp features the monastery and its founder savva Storozhevsky. St.Savva Storozhevsky Monastery in Zvenigorod was founded in 1398 in Zvenigorod on the hill Storozh near the Moskva. St Savva Storozhevsky was a wonder-worker, one of the first followers of St Sergius Radonezhsky.

The stamp features the monastery and one of the first hegumens - a martyr Kornilius Pskovo-Pechorsky.The Dormition Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery was founded in 1470 in a deep hollow between two hills three km away from the hill Pechora.