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| Source: ancientfaith.com |
| Fr. Georges Florovsky is arguably one of the greatest and most influential Orthodox theologians of the 20th century. I did my best to read everything that he wrote that was translated into English or actually written in English. He very much shaped my approach and understanding of Orthodox theology in my formative years. I never met him, and the first time I saw him he was vested in his priestly vestments and lying in his coffin! For I served his funeral as an acolyte in 1979 while a student at St. Vladimir's Orthodox seminary. I "inherited" a chair of his at this time and to this day it is the chair at my home office desk. Fr. Florovsky was truly a towering figure! Christians are not committed to the denial of culture as such. But they are to be critical of any existing cultural situation and measure it by the measure of Christ. Yet problems and needs of ‘this age’ in no case and in no sense can be dismissed or disregarded, since Christians are called to work and service precisely ‘in this world’ and ‘in this age.’” |
- Fr. Georges Florovsky, Christianity and Culture
Today marks the 46th anniversary of the repose of Archpriest Georges Vasilievich Florovsky(September 9, 1893–August 11, 1979). Dean of Saint Vladimir's Seminary from 1951 until 1955, Fr. Georges is remembered as one of the most important and profound Orthodox theologians of the twentieth century. Members of the Seminary community will conduct the memorial service today at the grave of Fr. Georges and his wife Mka. Xenia (1893–1977) at St. Vladimir's Russian Orthodox Christian Cementery in Trenton, NJ. May God remember them always in His Kingdom!
