Priests live in another dimension, or rather, on the edge of dimensions. Those standing before God at the altar are illuminated by a special Light, contact with Eternity, but outside the gates of the temple the world begins, boiling and seething with passions. There are no direct preaching edifications in Father Nikolai’s stories, but his heroes will certainly be remembered forever: after all, these are people who instill faith in goodness, in love and in God. The author accurately conveys the spirit of the era: the disastrous 20-30s, the 80s that gave hope, the disappointment of the 90s and the current, not yet fully comprehended time.