The Sretenie store at the Sretensky Stavropegic Monastery was opened in 1997 and immediately became one of the largest Orthodox bookstores in the capital. It presents products not only of the Sretensky Monastery itself, but also of almost all church publishing houses in Russia and neighboring countries, as well as books, audio and video products of secular publishing houses on historical, cultural and church topics.

The store, which has recently expanded its space, offers the widest and most varied selection of books in several departments.

Here are books of Holy Scripture, theological works, works of Church history, prayer books, calendars, liturgical literature and notes, biographies of saints and devotees of piety, their works, as well as socio-political publications, journalism, magazines, fiction, albums. In the children's literature department there is a large selection of well-illustrated, Orthodox and simply educational publications that contribute to the development in children of love for God, for national culture and history. A special place in the store’s assortment is occupied by collectible and gift editions, trimmed with metal, leather, and velvet.

Qualified sales consultants will tell you in detail about the books presented, about the expected new products, and will help you make the right choice.

In the utensils department, candles, lamp oil, crosses and icons, priestly vestments, incense, scarves, belts and much more are always on sale. A separate room is occupied by a specialized icon store. There is a wide selection of old icons and the largest assortment of icons in Moscow painted by modern masters, as well as enamel, cast icons and crosses, ceramic plastic, and icon cases.

The store is located five minutes from the Chistye Prudy and Turgenevskaya metro stations and a seven-minute walk from the Lubyanka and Kuznetsky Most metro stations at the address: Bolshaya Lubyanka Street, building 17.

The store is open daily from 9.00 to 20.00, without lunch breaks and seven days off.

The Orthodox book store SRETNIE on Bolshaya Lubyanka is something special. I have never seen such huge specialized bookstores! Sretenie has two separate entrances to two different stores united by a single name. The first entrance from the Sretensky Monastery is the largest icon store, but the second porch is precisely the entrance to the bookstore.

This place completely shocked me and pleasantly surprised me not so much with the huge area of ​​the store located on two levels, but with a truly colossal range of products. It’s just like in Greece - everything is there!

At the entrance to the store you are greeted by a small hall, in which there is a free water cooler, a payment machine, wooden benches for relaxation, lockers for luggage and stands with announcements of new products. Going through the door to the right from the hall you can get into a small store, I would say, related goods, or more correctly, church utensils, etc. Here you can buy home icons, candles, amulet, etc. goods sold in every church shop, but presented here very widely. But to the left from the hall already described above you find yourself in an abundance of books that is simply amazing.

In the first hall, in addition to educational and patristic books, journalism and reference literature from various publishing houses, the visitor will find books from the Sretensky Monastery’s own publication. The second hall accommodated a variety of sheet music, historical and philosophical books, akathists, calendars, etc. In the third hall, the visitor will find fiction, prayer books, and patristic and historical books that would not fit in the other halls. This is my favorite room. And the fourth room is mostly children's books and various albums.

Do you think that's all? Nothing like this! From the second hall there is also a descent to the lower level. There are several rooms with films, audio books, church hymns and classical music. True, the air conditioner works downstairs and therefore it makes sense to insulate yourself when going down there. There, too, the choice makes your eyes run wild. So while you choose, it’s no wonder you’ll freeze.

I wouldn’t call the prices in the store either low or high, but due to the assortment, you can choose something to suit your pocket. You can pay for all purchases at the cash desk of any of the halls. It is very comfortable. In addition, they accept not only cash, but also bank cards. I also liked that the morning and evening services of the Sretensky Monastery are broadcast through speakers in the halls. So if you suddenly get lost in time, then there is every chance to come to your senses in time. So I highly recommend Candlemas to everyone! Simply a great store!

The Orthodox publishing house of the Sretensky Monastery was established in 1994 in Moscow at the Sretensky Stavropegic Monastery. Today it is one of the largest and most respected Russian publishing houses producing Christian literature on various topics. The publishing house has repeatedly become a laureate of prestigious book competitions. Its spiritual leader and editor-in-chief is.

In 2004, the official website of the Sretensky Monastery publishing house was opened - the online book store “Sretenie”.

The publishing house's assortment includes more than a thousand titles of books, albums, magazines, and calendars. Liturgical books, lives of saints, patristic heritage, calendars and home economics magazines, historical literature, encyclopedias, reference books and dictionaries, magnificent gift editions - you will find all this in the catalogs of our store. The publishing house actively cooperates with modern writers and poets and regularly publishes new Orthodox fiction. The books of the Sretensky Monastery from the “Green Series of Hope”, which includes 13 books by modern Orthodox writers: Tikhon Shevkunov, Andrei Tkachev, Nina Pavlova, Olga Rozhneva, Vladimir Krupin, Olesya Nikolaeva and others, are very popular.

Books from the Sretensky Monastery in the online store

You can order publications of the Sretensky Monastery in our online store at publishing prices. We work with the supplier directly, without intermediaries, and therefore we can offer our customers the same prices as the Sretensky Monastery bookstore. Place an order for the publications you like right now, choose a convenient payment method, and we will quickly and carefully deliver your purchase by Russian Post, courier or to the nearest pick-up point in your region!

The Sretensky Monastery was founded in 1397. At the place where the icon of the Vladimir Mother of God was found. According to legend, it was this meeting that helped protect the city from Khan Tamerlane, who retreated to the south.

The Sretensky Monastery became a monastery in 1677, when the newly rebuilt one was consecrated in honor of the Presentation of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God.

After the revolution, most of the monastery's buildings were rendered unusable. It was never restored until the 1990s.

But today it is the Sretensk Theological Seminary and one of the largest Orthodox publishing houses in Russia.

Publishing house

The Sretensky Monastery Publishing House in Moscow publishes most of the books in demand by the Orthodox audience. These are different, cheap and expensive editions of the Bible, modern Orthodox prose like "", these are essays and Orthodox ascetics. Particularly popular is prose about spiritual life for a wide range of readers.

All these books are in our store and you can purchase them at retail at publisher prices.

Orthodoxy Ru

The Pravoslavie.Ru portal, which every Christian with Internet access knows about, is also a project of the Moscow Sretensky Monastery.

This portal publishes all materials of clergy, priest-publicists and theologians of Russia. There is an Orthodox calendar and a section for questions for priests.