Main description of the Voskresenskiy new Jerusalem Monastery of 1875 and Patriarch Nikon’s books
69 manuscripts with supplementary entries by Patriarch Nikon are described in detail in the Main Inventory of the Resurrection Monastery of 1875. The peculiarities of their presentation are revealed in comparison with the descriptions of the Resurrection collection of the 19th century - I.P. Sakharov, P.M. Stroev, archimandrites Amfilokhiy (Kazan-Sergievsky) and Leonid (Kavelin), who followed the method of cathologizing the Greek manuscripts by F.Kh. Mattei. The differences in book descriptions are explained by the goals of the researchers. A review of Patriarch Nikon's book investments revealed his plan to educate the Orthodox brotherhood from the inhabitants of New Jerusalem, read in the holy fathers and hagiography, biblical and theological literature and church legislation, capable of comprehending the Russian Church in its unity and the stronghold of Ecumenical Orthodoxy. Fragments of the Inventory of 1875 are published.