In memoriam: Father Alexis Kniazeff (1913-1991)
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This article pays tribute to Father Alexis Kniazeff (1913-1991), rector of the Saint Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris from 1965 until his death, a major figure of Orthodox theology in the diaspora. It takes the form of a funeral homily delivered by Father Boris Bobrinskoy at the burial service, transcribed as a memorial. The text traces the essential dimensions of the deceased's personality and work: a man of prayer and accomplished liturgist, teacher of the Old Testament and pioneer of Orthodox Mariology, chaplain to Russian youth in exile and participant in ecumenical dialogue. A disciple of Father Sergius Bulgakov, Kniazeff embodied the transmission of the great tradition of the Russian religious academies to subsequent generations. The article constitutes a historical testimony to the intellectual and spiritual life of the Russian Orthodox emigration in France in the twentieth century.
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