Adam, Eve and Ryazan. Notes on Russian Space

These are touching and profound stories that can be called the theology of everyday life. The author – a priest and architect – describes life simply, but in a way that we see it as an exit to another dimension.... The crows swaying in the wind, an old woman for whom God lit a candle in the shape of a tulip, Tarkovsky's son and the village parishioners, Rome, which is just the outskirts of Ryazan, and cats – the angels of childhood… We suddenly gain the ability to see the world through the eyes of a philosopher, an artist, and a Christian, and once again discover for ourselves: the world is not boring, not evil, it is great and warm, and God is everywhere in it. Approved for distribution by the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church IS R19-913-0501.