Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh: A Life

Andrei Bloom (1914-2003) better known as Anthony Bloom, or Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh, led an extraordinary life. He was an individual who sought to be in touch with his God yet in solidarity with and responsibility for a tragically disconnected society; a man of God who ?knew the world?. From the difficulties of Russian ?migr? life that conditioned him as ?a monk without a monastery?, through the trials and suffering of war and revolution, to his calling as Priest and Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church in Great Britain, he moved between many changing landscapes, striving always to take his bearings in prayer and contemplation. In spite of the collapse of their whole way of life, his parents brought him up to be a generous and courteous friend to those around him. As a surgeon and doctor in German-occupied France, he would provide treatment to those in need irrespective of ethnic or ideological affiliation. In his character, joy in the good and the beautiful was compounded with ardour and tragic depths. This biography explores how Metropolitan Anthony sought the mind of Christ to cultivate and control his own loving heart and occasionally harsh exigence. Avril Pyman draws on a mosaic of available evidence to offer deeper insight into the life and times of a remarkable spiritual teacher, charismatic speaker and priest whose cosmopolitan background, character and experience of science and medicine made a unique and significant contribution to Orthodox Christian thought and practice throughout the world. Dr Avril Pyman was awarded her PhD by the University of Cambridge in 1958 and continued as a British Council research scholar in Leningrad. Pyman taught Russian and Russian Literature at the University of Durham and is now retired. She is the author of many articles on and translations of Russian literature and of ?The Life of Aleksandr Blok? (2 vols) 1979-1980; ?History of Russian Symbolism?, 1984, and ?Pavel Florensky - A Quiet Genius?, 2010. ?Dr Pyman re-created the life and times of Metropolitan Anthony as only an old friend could.? Elizabeth Theokritoff, co-editor, ?Cambridge Companion to Orthodox Christian Theology? (2008). ?Metropolitan Anthony could not have hoped for a finer biographer than Dr Pyman, whose superb scholarship is enriched by her lively narrative and personal insights.? Joan Delaney Grossman, Professor Emerita of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California at Berkeley. ?This biography shows how his influence as a preacher was rooted in his personal experience of Christ and his life of prayer.? John Binns, Vicar of St Mary the Great, Cambridge, author of ?An Introduction to the Orthodox Churches?, 2002

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ISBN - 9780718894498

Dimensions - 23.4 x 15.6 x 1.6 cm

Page Count - 295