Little is known to the general public about this man. The main work of his life has never been published in its entirety over the last century, but at the same time it is difficult to compare with it in power, courage, and power of expressiveness any other book written about following Christ in the twentieth century. This man is Archimandrite Spiridon (Kislyakov), this book is “Confession of a Priest before the Church.” Anarchist, rebel, eccentric, fearless missionary, archpriest Avvakum of the 20th century, a mystic who found his way to Damascus during the First World War, an accuser who “after all this” was pitied and saved by Patriarch Tikhon... A forgotten name returns, a great book about true freedom in Christ comes out. A story about his mission, about meetings with the intelligentsia in the dying Russian Empire, with the prophets of a new culture in the demonic fire of the revolution, work among convicts, numerous dramatic scenes of war, death, madness, and in the midst of all this amazing hymns to the Lord, so sincere and strong, that this sounds like a revelation amid the horrors of the world, a revelation that “like a trumpet voice” still sounds today.