Person Open DS/UK/13871 His Eminence; Anthony of Sourozh (19 June 1914-4 August 2003); Swiss-born Russian bishop, writer and broadcaster Anthony of Sourozh His Eminence 19 June 1914-4 August 2003 Swiss-born Russian bishop, writer and broadcaster Male (cisgender) Andrei Borisovich Bloom | Anthony Bloom Lausanne, Switzerland (born)

Russia, Iran, France (residence - childhood)

Russian Swiss Religious Practitioner; Bishop Multiple / Mixed No known disability Christian Son of Xenia Bloom and Boris Edvardovich Bloom Nephew of Alexander Scriabin (composer) Heterosexual Anthony of Sourozh, commonly known as Anthony Bloom, was a writer and broadcaster on prayer and the Christian life. He was a monk and Metropolitan bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was founder and for many years bishop - then archbishop, then metropolitan - of the Diocese of Sourozh, the Patriarchate of Moscow's diocese for Great Britain and Ireland (the name 'Sourozh' is that of the historical episcopal see in Sudak in the Crimea). As a bishop he became well known as a pastor, preacher, spiritual director and writer on prayer and the Christian life. He spent his early childhood in Russia and Iran. During the Russian Revolution the family had to leave Iran, and by 1923 they were settled in Paris, where he was educated. He graduated in physics, chemistry and biology, and took his doctorate in medicine at the University of Paris. In 1939, before leaving for the front as a surgeon in the French Army, he secretly professed monastic vows in the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1943 he was tonsured and received the name of Antony. During the occupation of France by Nazi Germany he worked as a doctor, and took part in the French Resistance. After the war he continued practising as a physician until 1948, when he was ordained to the presbyterate and sent to Britain to serve as Orthodox Christian chaplain of the Fellowship of Saint Alban and Saint Sergius, a society established to foster understanding and friendship between the Russian Orthodox and Anglican churches. In 1950 he was appointed vicar of the Russian Patriarchal parish in London. In 1957 he was consecrated as bishop, and as archbishop in 1962 in charge of the Russian Orthodox Church in Great Britain and Ireland. In 1963 he was appointed exarch of the Moscow Patriarchate in Western Europe, and in 1966 was assigned the rank of metropolitan bishop. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_of_Sourozh (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbaulcombe 3/13/2014 RAHAKirkbride 10/25/2023 6f14cce1-f109-4731-b889-6e24b7b09e23