The Deacon and Death

A pre-revolutionary village, poor church parishes, a difficult, exhausting life down to the very bottom. But what bright and vivid types! What an energy of kindness, openness… These stories, which while the author was alive were widely published in newspapers and magazines and also came out as separate books, still continue to enchant the reader with their sincerity and simplicity. Their heroes—clergy and laypeople—are usually village priests and their parishioners, with their everyday problems and inner crises, bright dreams and harsh reality, joys and sorrows.