Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh, Asceticism and Marriage, Translation from English by Dragoş Dâscă, book printed with the blessing of His Eminence Teofan, Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bucovina Romanian Orthodox Church, “Doxologia” Publishing House
Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh, Asceticism and Marriage, Translation from English by Dragoş Dâscă, book printed with the blessing of His Eminence Teofan, Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bucovina Romanian Orthodox Church, “Doxologia” Publishing House
Author(s): Laurențiu Victor ChilibaruSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Editura Universității Aurel Vlaicu
Summary/Abstract: Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh, Asceticism and Marriage, Translation from English by Dragoş Dâscă, book printed with the blessing of His Eminence Teofan, Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bucovina Romanian Orthodox Church, “Doxologia” Publishing House, Iaşi, 2014; His Eminence Anthony Bloom, Metropolitan of Sourozh, was born at Lausanne, on June 19, 1914. He attended university studies in physics, chemistry and biology, obtaining a Bachelor of Science Diploma in 1938 and, an year later, his doctorate in medicine at the Sorbonne University in Paris. During the Second World War, he worked as a surgeon. In 1943, he was tonsured at the Podvorja monastery. In 1948, he was ordained priest, arriving after that in England, as a spiritual shepherd for the orthodox Brotherhood of the Alban and Sergius Saints. In 1966, he was raised to the rank of Metropolitan of Sourozh of the Russian Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. He passed to the Lord on August 4, 2003.
Journal: Teologia
- Issue Year: 66/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 186-192
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English