Gloria mundi

Geroini͡u nedarom nazvali Glorii͡a (v per. s lat. - slava): udacha, vezenie, populi͡arnostʹ soprovozhdai͡ut eë s trëkhmesi͡achnogo vozrasta. Uzhe togda - fotografii dli͡a reklamy, sʺëmki v klipakh i serialakh. No seĭchas eĭ, 15-letneĭ, na pervom kurse GITISa, tosklivo i odinoko: ne skladyvai͡utsi͡a u neë otnoshenii͡a s odnokursnikami, kazhdyĭ zani͡at tolʹko soboĭ, do drugikh nikomu net dela - bolʹshinstvo raduetsi͡a chuzhoĭ neudache, zaviduet chuzhomu uspekhu. Gloria mundi (v per. s lat. - zemnai͡a slava) otstupila ot neë. Iz-za svoego odinochestva, otsutstvii͡a druzeĭ i vzaimoponimanii͡a Glorii͡a s radostʹi͡u otkliknulasʹ na prizyv poi͡ushchikh u metro rebi͡at prisoedinitʹsi͡a k ikh kompanii - statʹ chlenom molodëzhnoĭ neoprotestantskoĭ t͡serkvi "Druzʹi͡a Dukha". Novye druzʹi͡a s vostorgom prini͡ali eë, voskhishchalisʹ eë sposobnosti͡ami, otkryli v neĭ nevedomye eĭ samoĭ dukhovnye darovanii͡a. Glorii͡a doverilasʹ im i potom gorʹko pozhalela ob ėtom… Dli͡a srednego i starshego shkolʹnogo vozrasta.

The heroine was not named Gloria for nothing (in the translation from Lat. - fame): luck, luck, popularity accompany her from the age of three months. Even then — photos for advertising, shooting in music videos and TV series. But now she, a 15-year-old, in the first year of GITIS, is sad and lonely: her relationships with her classmates do not work out, everyone is busy only with themselves, no one cares about others — most are happy with someone else's failure, envious of someone else's success. Gloria mundi (translated from Latin. - earthly glory) retreated from her. Because of her loneliness, lack of friends and mutual understanding, Gloria gladly responded to the call of the guys singing at the subway to join their company — to become a member of the youth neo-Protestant church "Friends of the Spirit". Her new friends enthusiastically accepted her, admired her abilities, and discovered spiritual gifts unknown to her. Gloria trusted them and then bitterly regretted it... for middle and high school age.