The Search for Holiness in The Young Pope: An Orthodox View

by Sergei Kruglov

The HBO series The Young Pope, directed by Paolo Sorrentino, generated unexpectedly involved and heated discussion among Orthodox Christians in Russia. It seemed as though every self-identified believer in Russia watched it. Some spat and condemned it. The majority admired it. But nobody remained indifferent or reserved judgment until the first season’s end.

Sergei Kruglov

Sergei Kruglov is a poet, writer, and Orthodox priest. He is serving in the Savior Cathedral in Minusinsk, Russia. Kruglov’s poems and prose have been published in Russia, France, Germany, Italy, Serbia, Slovakia, Hungary, and the USA. He is the author of ten poetry volumes, several non-fiction books on the church subjects, a contributor to the Pravmir internet Orthodox portal, and from 2013 to 2016 was the author and anchor of the radio show “Poetry. The Movement of Words.” He is the poet laureate of the Andrei Bely Prize (2008), “Moscow Account” (2008), “ANTOLOGIA” (2016.

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