Missionary and Other Stories

The stories of Yulia Rostovtseva are very different, but they all share one thing: they are tales of repentance and the finding of God. Adults and children, graduate students and machinists, church officials and neophytes – the heroes of these works go through a difficult path from sin and disbelief to the acquisition of grace-filled Light.

All human life consists of "coincidences." And the main feature of Yulia Rostovtseva's stories is the recognition of God's hand among these "coincidences." Everything: from what was seen the night before to a passing pedestrian on the street weaves together into a single tapestry of divine Providence, at the center of which stands the literary hero.

Such stories teach us to look at the world differently and to ask ourselves: am I not missing some indication from Heaven, for everything is by Providence…