Conversations With My Heart: Contemplations On God and the World

by Anastasy Gribanovsky (Author), Archbishop Averky (Taushev) (Author), Nicholas Kotar (Author)

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Metropolitan Anastasy was a leading figure of the Russian emigration following the Communist takeover of his country. A man of erudition, he formed a bridge between two worlds - the Imperial Court of the last Tsar and the transient 20th century Russian diaspora. These reflections from his diary in the calamitous post-revolutionary period offer the groanings of his heart and musings on the eternal mercy of God which he writes are part of my very essence. They draw upon wisdom from sources as diverse as writers of classical antiquity, authors, composers and inventors of the age of enlightenment, offering unique perspectives on these. This volume is enhanced by a short life of the author written by Archbishop Averky (Taushev) together with several black and white photographs.

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Metropolitan Anastasy was a leading figure of the Russian emigration following the Communist takeover of his country. A man of erudition, he formed a bridge between two worlds - the Imperial Court of the last Tsar and the transient 20th century Russian diaspora. These reflections from his diary in the calamitous post-revolutionary period offer the groanings of his heart and musings on the eternal mercy of God which he writes are part of my very essence. They draw upon wisdom from sources as diverse as writers of classical antiquity, authors, composers and inventors of the age of enlightenment, offering unique perspectives on these. This volume is enhanced by a short life of the author written by Archbishop Averky (Taushev) together with several black and white photographs.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 176
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Printshop of St Job of Pochaev
Published: 31 Mar 2019
ISBN 10: 0884654729
ISBN 13: 9780884654728

Author Bio

Metropolitan Anastasy (Gribanovsky) (1873-1965) was the second First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. He was born into a priest's family in the Tambov Province of Imperial Russia and studied at Moscow Theological Academy under Archimandrite (later Metropolitan) Anthony (Khrapovitsky). He was ordained a priest and in 1906 consecrated as a vicar bishop in the Moscow diocese. Bishop Anastasy earned a reputation for erudition and wisdom and was highly regarded in the Royal Court and by his brother bishops. When the office of Patriarch was restored by the All-Russian Council of 1917, then-Archbishop Anastasy was tasked with composing the rite of Enthronement. Between 1936-1964, he led the Russian Church Abroad through the fateful years of World War II and the re-settlement of the Russian diaspora throughout the globe. He reposed in the Lord in 1965 and is buried in a crypt beneath the altar of the main cathedral of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY.

Nicholas Kotar is a freelance translator from Russian into English, and a conductor of Russian sacred choral music.

Archbishop Averky (Taushev) (1906-1976) was born in Imperial Russia. After the Russian Revolution he taught and served in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Germany before being assigned in 1951 to teach at the Holy Trinity Seminary in New York.