The role of the Holy Innokentyevsky Women's Monastery in the penitentiary system of the JAR

In this article we can observe the socio-cultural activities of the Holy Innokentyevsky women's Orthodox monastery and its role in the executive system of the Jewish Autonomous Region. The penitentiary system in the Jewish Autonomous Region is represented by the Birobidzhan educational colony, a pre-trial detention center, a medical correctional institution, a colony-settlement and a general regime of the correctional colony. The sisters of the monastery in them carry out spiritual, social, educational, functions through by various master classes, competitions, holidays. In addition, the these people organize conversations within the walls of correctional institutions on the basics of the Orthodox faith, which contribute to the acceptance of the sacrament of baptism by prisoners.