The book by Olesya Nikolaeva - reflections on the relationship between Orthodoxy and creativity, culture and the Church. This question is relevant and complex: today in society, on the one hand, creativity is cultivated as the only true form of life, on the other, all forms of creativity are denied, and there is a desire for simplification. But culture can also open up as a path to the transformation of the soul and the world. This book is about holiness and the temptations of creativity. Recommended for publication by the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.