Monasticism is the support on which the whole Church rests.

Monasticism is such an estate in human society that St. Demetrius of Rostov likens to dry stake. The church, according to the saint, is a vineyard, and monks are dry stakes. Anyone who understands something in agriculture knows that if there are no stakes, then the branches fall to the ground and do not bear fruit, they rot. In order for the vineyard to bear fruit, there must be stakes that hold it ... Monasticism is the support on which the whole Church rests.