st. spyridon is visiting me trimifuntsky and jew alexander malchevsky father alexander good morning. good morning, in my opinion, the observation of the priests. uh, mostly people are either from religious families, or in whose lives there was some kind of turning point, as was your case. my family was completely non-religious. well coming to god happened at the age of somewhere a priest. and how did this consciousness come to you. as a result, it all started with what you know, as usual, with my parents, we came to the temple to light a candle, maybe come to some celebratory service. it's, uh , really either easter or christmas . when i came to the temple, i began to pay attention to , uh, what was happening there. i began to listen. uh, to singing to reading to what the priest says and i began to feel. here is some special presence of god a in the temple. yes, i became more interested in worship and at some point i realized that my life should be connected with this. hmm and how did your family react to your decision to become a priest. well, my parents always took this position, t