The priest's son, Luka Artobolevsky, is in the eleventh grade, preparing to enter the philological faculty, reading Sartre, in love with his classmate, and feels that he is inevitably growing up. The strict rules in his family, the observance of all fasts and canons contradict his desires. He is trying to understand – what and for what he believes, and whether those who guide him are truly sinless.
Meanwhile, a strange monk appears in the church, teaching the boy questionable things and urging him to run away from home – to where real life is.
The coming-of-age novel turns into an adventurous story, a book about faith and disbelief – into an engaging odyssey.
Will he return home? If yes, then when and in what way?