The article presents the analysis of short stories devoted to the theme of childhood which were written by priests Yaroslav Shipov, Vladimir Chugunov and an archpriest Savva Mikhalevich. An effort was made to reveal the each author’s style of writing to find out the ways each author chooses to bring readers to important philosophical problems concerning religion. Special attention is paid to the poetic manner of discovering children’s characters which are in the center of narration. The analysis of young characters’ psychological state is made, the position of the grown-up authors and narrators taken into consideration. The author reveals the predominant stylistic traits and leading motives having influenced the writers’ ideological accents.

childhood, child, spirituality, action, author-narrator, recollections, happiness, angle of representation, retrospection.

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