CHAPTER 6
IGOR ZUMERICK WAS BORN in the well— known city of Canterbury, which was in the south east of England , belonging to the county of Kent . It was the main religious center in the United Kingdom for housing the Archbishop of Canterbury , spiritual leader of the Church of England , with spiritual headquarters at Canterbury Cathedral , a kind of Pope of the Anglican Church.
Canterbury is a popular tourist destination, one of the most visited cities in the UK , mainly due to the cathedral that bears the municipality's name, its economy is heavily dependent on tourism. It has been occupied since the Palaeolithic period and served as the capital of the Cancian and Jutos Celts of the Kingdom of Kent .
Many historic structures dot the area, including a city wall founded in Roman times and rebuilt in the 14th century, the ruins of St Augustine's Abbey and a Norman castle , and perhaps the oldest school in England, King's School .
Modern add — ons include the Marlowe Theater and St Lawrence Ground cricket ground, home of the Kent County Cricket Club. There is also a substantial student population, brought about by the presence of the University of Kent , Christ Church University of Canterbury, the Faculty of Creative Arts, and the American University.
Canterbury remains, however, a relatively small city in terms of geographic dimensions when compared to other British municipalities.
Canterbury was once a Roman administrative center called Duroverno dos Canciaos, in Latin called Durovernum Cantiacorum.
With the end of the Latin domination, the city was invaded by the barbarians Jutes , who were the seat of the Kingdom of Kent . In 597, the missionary Augustine landed in Canterbury with the aim of initiating the evangelization of the Anglo-Saxons .
Geoffrey Chaucer 's medieval work, The Canterbury Tales .
IGOR GROW UP IN THE CENTER that surrounded the holy Anglican Church, which was part of the kingdom of England and loved everything that revolved around it. And so, as happened for many generations in his family, he was chosen by God to be the priest and that happened, because he was only left after a tragic accident with his family.
His father, William Zumerick, was an art teacher and Igor grew up fully aware that everything that would not one day be a prominent artist, at most could be something more oriented towards Wassily Kandinsky or Juan Miró, but he felt that he would not. would have the same luck, so he decided to study art history and was a deep connoisseur of many British artists, especially the unfortunate William Blake.
ON HIS GRADUATION DAY, his entire family was on the University of Kent campus and it had been a magical day, however, just hours after the event ended, while celebrating with his friends, he received the tragic call. And what was supposed to be a tragedy, made Igor know his first experience with God.
He was running on a motorcycle to reach the scene of the accident as soon as possible, when a car closed him and to avoid the imminent accident that would take his life, he was thrown into the woods. Luckily for him, he fell into a small lake, which he believed had been placed there by God to save him.
During the funeral came the second and definitive experience, for during the priest's sermon, he heard a clear voice calling him and just like William Blake, who had visions of angels putting sequins on trees, and saw an open bible in the abbot's hand. calling.
Igor knew what he should do from that moment on.
FACULTY, like anywhere else in the world, was a place of discovery and one of the things that most impacted young Igor's life was the overwhelming passion he felt for a girl named Yuliya Barah, a young woman of Austro— Hungarian descent who, after In World War I, his grandparents settled in England and were always known for their genius, their passion for the arts and the obscure world of esotericism.
Yuliya was the first and only girl Igor slept with in his life, but then in the last days of college, Yuliya disappeared and Igor, who was already troubled by the problem of his parents' death, vehemently opted for celibacy.
As much as time passed, he never forgot everything they lived together.
WHEN HE BEGAN HIS Ecclesiastical Studies, Igor was the top student in his class and over the course of time, his fame as a prominent scholar and expert in ancient code-breaking caught the attention of MI6, who needed talented young people on their team, especially in those technological times.
With a very keen nose, he helped his team to solve the various existing problems and not infrequently, the Bishop of Canterbury called him to praise him for the beautiful work done on behalf of the British Crown.