The film tells about one of the tragic pages of Russian history, called the schism, about the archpriest Avvakum, the main scholar and a remarkable writer. Staging: old books are burning. A rock band is performing. Tundra landscape. Old Believer crosses. Views of the village of Grigorov, where Archpriest Avvakum was born. Children swim in the pond, fish. Church. Book "Life of Archpriest Avvakum". Paintings dedicated to the split of the Russian Orthodox Church. V. Surikov's paintings "Boyarynya Morozova", "Conquest of Siberia by Yermak". Moscow city. Cathedrals and churches of the Kremlin. Andronikov monastery. Landscapes of Siberia. The Resurrection Cathedral in the New Jerusalem Monastery (Moscow Region). Solovetsky Monastery.