Christ landed in Horodny

There is only one line in the annals, which tells about the appearance of the false Christ in Hrodna – and from it, as if from a seed, the story of Yuras Bratchyk, first beaten by life as a wandering actor and swindler, and then as a people’s patron, fighter, philosopher, grows. Uladzimir Karatkevich, who wrote a novel in the era of militant atheism, managed to flourish his work with quotations from the Gospel and descriptions of miracles performed by the Horaden Christ. The writer did not forget about the dragons that once inhabited Lake Lepel. In the end, Karatkevich brought his hero to paradise, which is very reminiscent of a wealthy Belarusian backyard…