True preservation of tradition is not simply a monotonous repetition of the past; it is infusing the history of bygone days with the living breath of modernity. These words perfectly apply to the work of our film's hero. He is building Orthodox churches now, in the 21st century, in Russia. Time passes, circumstances, conditions, and technologies change, but the spirit of our ancestors remains eternal. The ability to combine history and modernity, living life and literary truths—this is the essence of the work of a modern architect.




A woman and a girl on a motor ship (view through the door windows to the sea) transition to the captain's seat on the deck.
The sea.
A man walks down the aisle and takes a seat on the passenger deck.
People are sitting in chairs.
Water.
The edge of the stern with covered lifeboats.
The stern, mooring rope.
The stern, water.
Green shore.
Panorama of passengers.
A man in black clerical vestments knocks on wood with a wooden mallet.
Panorama of a brick fence with a gate and wicket (from above).
A man sits on a bench.
A bench by the gate.
A mobile phone lies, ringtone plays.
A man approaches the bench, picks up the phone.
A man with a beard and mustache.
CAPTION: Andrey Anisimov.
A man with a beard and mustache.
A man talking on the phone.
The starboard side of the motor ship.
The stern.
Moored at the pier.
Two men supervise the mooring.
Men in orange vests prepare to lower passengers from the deck to the pier.
Passengers disembark the ship.
Passengers.
A boy in a cadet cap.
A sun is painted on a wooden fence.
A disassembled piano stands.
A woman with a small boy.
A woman unbuttons her jacket.
A broken piano on the street against the background of a fence.
A male artist paints a picture on a pier.
Water.
Ships.
A man with a beard and mustache.
A model of a church is shown on the monitor.
People and a priest are sitting on a sofa in a room.
CAPTION: Moscow, Andrey Anisimov's workshop.
Blueprints on the table.
A man's hand.
People and a priest are sitting on a sofa in a room.
A group of people in a room discussing a project over a cup of tea.
A man with a beard and moustache People in an office discussing a project A man with a beard and moustache A priest A man with a beard and moustache A woman's hand painting icons A man and a girl with a fragment of a painting A man and a girl transfer huge pieces of fragments of a painting onto tracing paper A panorama of a church with extensions (from above) A man and a priest walking towards a church A man and a priest walking towards a church A man with a beard and moustache A man talking to a priest A man talking to a priest A panorama of a painting in a church A man talking to a priest An image of a medieval maiden A man talking to a priest A panorama of painting on the walls in a church A priest in a church CAPTION: Bishop Pankraty (Zherdev) A priest in a church Men's hands holding a compass A man with a beard and moustache A man with a beard and moustache Models of churches with photographs in an album.
A man with a beard and moustache.
A young man assembling a model of a future church (fast motion).
Panorama of the church and its buildings from above.
A river.
A motor ship sailing along the river.
Trees.
A man with a priest in a room.
CAPTION: Andrey Anisimov.
Archpriest Fyodor Konyukhov.
A small figurine of a saint holding sea vessels.
A man with a priest in a room.
Panorama of a white traveler's boat.
A wax figure of Fyodor Konyukhov.
A man with a priest in a room.
Panorama of a motor ship sailing along the water.
Forest on the shore.
A man with a beard driving a car along a city street.
A man with a beard driving a car along a city street.
A cameraman with a camera in the front passenger seat.
Panorama of a city street crossing from a car window.
A man with a beard driving a car along a city street.
People near the church fence.
A table with various goods for sale.
A child in a stroller.
Indoor flowers, a white church, a man with a beard, a church.
CAPTION: Moscow, Church of St.
Seraphim of Sarov.
Parishioners, the rector, and priests in the church, candles are lit.
The rector of the church.
Andrei Anisimov in the church.
CAPTION: Archpriest Andrei Vorobyov.
A panorama of the church's interior and interior architecture.
The rector of the church.
Andrei Anisimov in the church.
Parishioners entering and leaving the church.
A panorama of the road along the fences to the church.
People pass by.
Four women pass through an arch.
Seagulls perch on the roof and chimneys.
A man in black priestly robes walks and hammers on wood.
A man with a beard looks out a recessed window inside.
He passes through the doors of the rooms and comes out into the large hall.
A panorama of Anisimov's faces emerges from the church doors onto the street and descends the steps.
A panorama of the courtyard and buildings of the temple.
The face of Jesus above the entrance.
Lacework under the domes and in the architecture.
Faces of saints in architecture.
A panorama of nature.
Temple.
A man with a beard in a room.
Paintings on the wall.
Brick vaults.
A man with a beard in a room.
A panorama of nature.
Yellow stones, trees, water.
Chapel (from above).
CAPTION: Chapel of Sergius and Herman of Valaam.
A panorama of an icon on a stone in the temple.
Water, shore.
Painting on the wall.
Stones for a mosaic.
A panorama of a mosaic.
A man and a woman in a workshop.
A girl in a yellow blouse lays out a sketch in gold mosaic at a table in the workshop.
A man and a woman in a workshop.
Hands lay out a mosaic from stone on the table.
A huge mosaic panel in the workshop.
A woman in a workshop.
A man with a beard in the temple.
Two men near architectural carvings.
A group of people in a workshop.
A man with a beard in the temple.
A panorama of arches and paintings.
Light bulbs and lanterns.
A man with a beard in a church.
Panorama of the church, buildings near the church (from above).
CAPTION: Saint Petersburg, Zelenogorsk.
Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin.
A man with a beard in a church.
A male parishioner in a wheelchair.
Panorama of the church interior.
A priest with a mustache and beard in the church hall.
CAPTION: Archpriest Grigory Tomilov.
Panorama of stone lace in architecture.
A priest with a mustache and beard.
Panorama of nature.
Banks, a motorboat going on the water.
Panorama of nature.
A boat near the steps leading to the church.
Forest.
A man with a beard talks to a priest (view from above, zoom out).
Panorama of nature, fields (from above). (Change of frame) Highway.
Cars driving.
Overpass.
Multi-story buildings.
A man with a beard near a white church.
CAPTION: Church of the Holy Martyrs Vera.
Hope, Love, and Their Mother Sophia.
Camera operator with a camera.
A young man in dark glasses on the street.
A man with a beard near a white church.
Camera operator with a camera.
A man with a beard climbs the steps and enters the church.
A man with a beard in the church.
Stone carving, painting, icons.
Poland: the interior of the church.
A man with a beard in the church.
Stone carving, painting, icons.
Carved forging in the form of peacocks holding a cross.
Poland: an icon with crosses on chains and rings.
A man with a beard in the church.
Stone carving, painting, icons.
The passage to the dome.
The image of Jesus Christ is inlaid with mosaics; the dormer windows are framed with painting.
Poland: nature, church.
Church on an island.
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