A Book About Freedom. Escape Legalism, Reach Love

In this book, Archpriest Sergey Ovsyannikov searches for the path to freedom together with the readers. Once, many years ago, Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh, while ordaining the future Father Sergey, told him: Learn to be yourself. To be free and to be yourself – are they not the same? This, as well as how humanity lost freedom, about fear and passion as dead ends on the path and about creativity as a way to liberation – this is what this book is about. For the author himself, the turn to inner freedom happened many years ago in prison, where the words resonated for him: Freedom can only be in God. With an honest look at our entire life and even the whole human history, it turns out that one of its main motifs is the search for freedom. People constantly strive for freedom and endlessly suffer from its absence. This thirst encompasses all spheres of life – from art and politics to physiology and everyday life. Where does this come from in our nature? Why is it so difficult to escape from internal slavery? And most importantly – how to become free? Recommended for publication by the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church IS R17-713-0491.