"In the distance of life is a gaze ..."

The author of the book of memoirs is a hereditary clergyman, Archpriest Peter Pneum. The memoir genre of the work sometimes echoes the epic genre: before the reader"s eyes, a full -flowing river of life flows, sometimes dangerous for its proxy and unexpected turns. The author writes about the years of the war, about his studies at the seminary and the Academy and further about the long -term ministry of the secretary of the Rostov diocese during the difficult relations of the Church with the state of the second half of the 20th century, about the wise and uncompromising protection of the God -established law enforcement, about the life of the parishes, about the unforgettable very close , often touching communication with such church hierarchs as Patriarchs Alexy (Simansky), Pimen (Izvets), Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov), Archbishop Andrey (Sukhenko), Saint Crimean Luke, etc., as well as meetings with a huge string of people of the believing people . The book is intended for a wide range of readers