The Cathedral Clergy

The Cathedral Clergy is a novel by Nikolai Leskov, a series of "romantic chronicles" (as the author called them) of the imaginary town of Stargorod. Priest Savely Tuberozov, a spiritual leader of a small Russian Orthodox community (sobor) in a provincial town of Stargorod, who firmly believes in his spiritual and social mission, but not in making compromises of any kind, comes into conflict with his church seniors and the local authorities.