We just learned about the Lavra caves for monks.
Another part of the life of monks was a writing called the Ladder of Divine Ascent.
This was a book that gave people some rules and ideas about things they should do to be better servants of God.
There were 30 steps to the ladder, and they covered things like obeying God, asking for forgiveness, not doing bad things, not thinking you are better than other people, and inner peace.
Many monks read these words and tried to follow them to be better servants.
(from: wikipedia - ladder of divine ascent)
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