Archimandrite Pavel (Gruzdev) 1910 - January 13, 1996 “Father Pavel is a mystery,” they now say in Verkhne-Nikulsky. Where are the origins of this riddle and the roots of this secret? Is it not in an ancient land that went under the waters of the man-made Rybinsk Sea, on the shores of which for almost thirty years and three years he offered prayers to God, acted like a fool, joked and laughed, planted a garden and went mushroom picking, a Mologa settler, a former prisoner of Vyatlag, “a seasoned prisoner and monk” experienced,” as Father Pavel said about himself? Why did he repeat so often: “I am the last...”? Maybe the last one is from Mologa? The life of Archimandrite Paul seems to be intertwined with a parable - you won’t understand where reality ends and tradition begins.