Religious Journalism and Russian Literature on Clergy, 19th — Early 20th Centyry

The article examines the fictional works of the second half of the 19th and early 20th century that deal with the minor members of the clergy and analyzes the assessment of these texts in the church criticism. The fictional images of dyachoks (vergers) seem more diverse than those of the priests and the deacons. The image of an old verger, bearing strong similarity to that of the «little man» and disappearing by the end of the 19th century, holds a special place in these narratives.