Gentle Light (1990-1999)

Monk goes against the evening sky.

Church of the Ascension in Kolomna.

Monks pray.

The monk carries a Bible.

The Bible - close-up, run over.

Opens the cover.

Engravings on biblical themes.

Male Chamber Choir sings "Hymn" under the direction of Andrei Malyutina, holding candles.

"Trinity" Rublev.

Dome.

The choir sings in the church.

View of the Novodevichy Convent, a reflection in the water.

Excerpts from feature films ("Peter I", "Capture of the Winter Palace", etc.).

Newsreel footage of World War II.

Footage of events in 1993.

Optina Hermitage.

Patriarch Alexy II visits the Optina Monastery.

Bless the priests.

The domes of the Orthodox church.

The cross on the church (through the tree branches).

Rural Orthodox Church (winter).

The bell ringer rings the bell in the belfry.

Worshippers at the temple, pray, light candles.

Choir sings "Hymn."

Worship.

Sings the chorus.

Parishioners listen.

Communion.

Temple (in the summer, sunset).

Choir sings in church.

Orthodox Monastery (winter).

The lake, trees without leaves.

The wooden village church (winter).

River in the ice.

Sings the chorus.

The interior of the church icons.

Sings the chorus.

Ivan the Great Bell.

Cathedral of the Assumption in the Kremlin.

Cathedral of the Annunciation.

Pass the priests in ceremonial robes.

The bell-ringer.

Procession.

The Bell Tolls - close-up.

They ring the bell.

Go through the clergy.

The temples of the monastery.

Ivan the Great Bell.

Cathedrals of the Kremlin.

Choir sings in church.

Out of the church after the service, held at Winter Street.