Orto.docx. Notes of a Unperceptive Priest

Witty, polemical, and touching - the new book by Archpriest Sergei Adodin "Orto.docx. Notes of a Unperceptive Priest" will likely leave no one indifferent. The author's articles have been published on the Orthodox portal for several years and consistently attract readers' attention with original humor and relevant themes. How to build a strong family? Should we believe in prophecies? Why do we suffer failures? What are the consequences of scientific discoveries? All of this reflects our questions, our doubts, and our pain. The author finds examples from life and, using them as a starting point, unravels the tangled issues of modern problems. He makes us look at ourselves from a slightly different perspective. More often with tragicomic paradoxes: "Should I get married or enter a monastery? To the elder. Help my parents dig the vegetable garden or preserve the grace of communion by not answering calls? The elder knows..." And sometimes with a warning: "It is not worth desponding if I have not experienced any special feelings after the sacraments or after visiting holy places, for that is not at all what Christ will ask me on the judgment day." Or with a bright sermon: "It seems, what sorrow can charm those who know for sure that Christ has risen? Death is defeated, hell has lost its sting, and we will be resurrected never to die again." Most importantly, Father Sergei candidly shows his own spiritual journey, inspiring a sincere search for faith in Christ, which proves to be the only true beacon.