Boris Bobrinskoy :

This article is a personal testimony by Father John Breck, professor emeritus at the Saint Sergius Institute in Paris, dedicated to the figure of Father Boris Bobrinskoy, Orthodox theologian and spiritual father. Written in the form of a memorial evocation, it traces more than fifty years of relationship between the two men, from their first meeting in Neuchâtel in the late 1960s to the final years of Father Boris's life at Bussy-en-Othe. The author describes the decisive role played by Bobrinskoy in the conversion of his family to Orthodox Christianity, in his priestly ordination, and in his vocation as a teacher of theology. The principal contribution of this testimony lies in the light it sheds on the pastoral and spiritual dimension of Bobrinskoy, whose influence was exercised as much through personal accompaniment as through a theology deeply rooted in liturgical and ecclesial life.