One day, in 1988, a blind pilgrim from Moscow came to our monastery. She so impressed me with her strong…

Not that Ira disliked the stepfather, just did not accept. Well, what kind of dad is he? Ira never had…

Grandma, Grandma, can't you really say fu-fu and spit over your left shoulder?- You can't, my dear, it's all pagan…

Every morning there was a small announcement in the elevator.More often than not, the content was, "Smile, today is a…

One Saturday, Nikolai Serbsky took a donkey and sat on it "boss and holocausts" and even backwards. That's how he…

Every morning Sasha heard her grandmother quietly recite prayers. The words were incomprehensible, only “Amen,” and “Lord, have mercy.” The…

One boy, 9 years old, the son of a murdered peasant, was dragged naked into the snow in the cold…

1968. Odessa. Late autumn. It's cold and damp outside. I'm 5 and a half years old. I'm sitting at the…

Night.Sitting with a friend at night outside McDonald's, eating some American buns with patties and potatoes. There's a knock on…

I went home from practice tonight. I see my grandfather, a very old man, fell on the asphalt and could…