The book is devoted to the problems of human existence beyond death. How to understand eternity? What is an ordeal? Can God-Love to give life to someone who, as he knows, will go into eternal torment? Are there after death our passions? Are there any real means of helping the deceased? What is the effect of prayer on the state of the soul after death? Can not leave anyone indifferent these deep questions, the mystery of human life in two dimensions - time and eternity. Book Professor of the Moscow Theological Academy Alexei Ilyich Osipov, compiled on the basis of his public lectures and answer questions from the audience, will help the reader to rethink largely known before, to look at the world through the prism of patristic teaching.