Archimandrite Tikhon (in the world Georgy Shevkunov), a graduate of VGIK, and now rector of the Moscow Sretensky Monastery, tells about a world that is almost unknown to the general reader. In the best traditions of church humor — fun and instructive. And so that you listen to him with your mouth open.
1. Bogatyri. Archimandrite Tikhon (in the world Georgy Shevkunov), a graduate of VGIK, and now the rector of the Moscow Sretensky Monastery, wrote a real heroic epic. The monks of the Pskov-Pechersk Monastery played the role of heroes: Father John (Krestyankin), to whom the whole of Russia went to consult, Archimandrite Alipy (Voronov), who saved the Pskov-Pechersk Monastery from closing. And also Father Nikolai Guryanov from Zalit Island, who had the gift of clairvoyance, American Bishop Vasily Rodzianko, who did not refuse requests to anyone, “great old women” — nuns from the village of Diveevo.
2. Smile Archimandrite Tikhon talks about a world that is almost unknown to the general reader. In the best traditions of church humor — fun and instructive. And so that you listen to him with your mouth open. About what Archimandrite Alipy once answered to Minister of Culture Furtseva when asked why he, such an educated person and artist, ended up in a monastery, in the company of «obscurantists». Alas, it is impossible to quote his answer, but you will have to laugh. Or, for example, about how Bulat Okudzhava was baptized and what dream Andrey Bitov once saw.
3. Closeness to Heaven. Before us is a fascinating, huge, epic world of freedom, fearlessness, childish trust in God, precautionary love for each other. But Archimandrite Tikhon does not at all drag the reader by the arms and legs to his city of Kitezh and faith. It only shows that this world is real, it is a part of our life, and therefore how close Heaven is to each of us.