Istoriya bolee dvukh let blokirovannogo nemetskimi i finskimi voyskami Leningrada privlekaet povyshennoe vnimanie, odnako do sikh por religioznaya zhizn' blokadnogo Leningrada ostaetsya maloizvestnoy. V knige proslezhivaetsya istoriya obshchin vsekh konfessiy v blokirovannom gorode i vyyasnena rol' tserkovnogo faktora v oborone Leningrada. Krome togo, byla izuchena religioznaya politika vlastey goroda - ee kolebaniya, prichiny izmeneniy, osobennosti v otnoshenii razlichnykh konfessiy, masshtaby repressiy svyashchennosluzhiteley. Kniga osnovana na ranee neizvestnykh dokumentakh rossiyskikh i nemetskikh arkhivov. Monografiya ne tol'ko vo vsey polnote vossozdaet zhizn' veruyushchikh v blokadnom Leningrade, no i vskryvaet dukhovnyy smysl protivostoyaniya Tserkvi bezbozhiyu i uzhasam voyny. Kniga rasschitana na vsekh interesuyushchikhsya istoriey Rossii i ee religioznykh organizatsiy v XX veke.