Memoirs of former "church Суркова", archpriest Vsevolod Чаплина, till recently responsible for the relationships of Russian Orthodoxy Church with the state and society, is a frank recital of "church bureaucrat" of the service of клирика and internal device of church organism.A father Vsevolod for twenty years lived together with Church three epochs - soviet, "Перестроечно"-ельцинскую and modern. On his eyes she changed, and he accepted the most direct participating in these changes.From the story of father Vsevolod you know:- as and who is managed by a church structure actually|- why he had to leave the high post|- as Church co-operates with the state, and the state - with Church|- why theocracy is the best framework of society for Russia|- as, how many and what church institutes earn on and where spend earned|- why parish priests now drink far fewer, than before..and many other details доселе unknown to the reader.Undoubted literary talent of author allowed to unite in one book veritable publicism incandescence and merry church fairy-tales, reflections about the fates of faith and Russia (up to extreme economic reforms and changing of elites) and genre parish stages bright portraits of church Primates (including present Patriarch) and society медийных persons, "клир and мiръ".