I know this is a long shot but....
Does anyone know the name of a movie that was recently released in Russia about an orthodox monk? I saw a brief clip while watching Russia today this morning but I missed the name.
Thank You in Advance 
jacqueline
"Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and for ever." ( Heb.13:8 )
It is a fictional story... You can rent it on Netflix now.
Wikipedia:
"The film is focused on father Anatoly's repentance of his sin (therefore the virtually continuous occurrence of the Jesus Prayer); but the transgressions of the depicted character (a fool for Christ) and their impact on the others are the means by which the actual plot develops. Thus, talking on character's self-awareness, film's director Pavel Lungin said he doesn't regard him as being clever or spiritual, but blessed "in the sense that he is an exposed nerve, which connects to the pains of this world. His absolute power is a reaction to the pain of those people who come to it;" while "typically, when the miracle happens, the lay people asking for a miracle are always dissatisfied" because "the world does not tolerate domestic miracles."
Dmitry Sobolev, the scenarist, further explains: "When people ask for something from God, he is often wrong because God has a better understanding of what a person wants at that moment."[1] Pyotr Mamonov, who plays the lead character, formerly one of the few rock musicians in USSR, converted to Eastern Orthodoxy in the 1990s and lives now in an isolated village. Pavel Lungin said about him that "to a large extent, he played himself." Mamonov received a blessing from his confessor for playing the character.[1]
The simplicity, the humbleness, the remoteness, the miracles converge into creating a timeless snapshot of the Orthodox spirituality, apart from the historical circumstances. Patriarch Alexei II of Russia praised Ostrov for its profound depiction of faith and monastic life, calling it a "vivid example of an effort to take a Christian approach to culture."[2]"
"Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and for ever." ( Heb.13:8 )
"Exposed nerve" . That definitely defines the Orthodox blessed saints. May I dare offer another physical analogy...the saints are to the world, as root canal is to a person who neglects his teeth. You cannot avoid the truth of the matter. It is revealed and it will be a struggle to correct. But, you know that it has to be done.
I haven't seen it yet, but this movie is exceptional. I'm surprised that they(the media controllers) released it.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. (Ps. 50)
