The conflict around the community of the Ascension Church of Barnaul, led by priest Georgy Titov, did not arise out of nowhere. This is an example of how the power of one person - Barnaul Bishop Maxim - can gradually and steadily destroy a parish. In 2008, Father Georgy Titov headed the legal department of the diocese, knew all the internal accounting well and did not want to put up with what, in his opinion, was incompatible with his Christian conscience, but was blessed by the bishop.