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Michel Evdokimov

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Michel Evdokimov
Михаил Евдокимов
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Evdokimov in 2012
Born
Michel Pavlovich Evdokimov

(1930-09-19)19 September 1930
Menton, France
Died1 July 2025(2025-07-01) (aged 94)
Occupation(s)Theologian
Priest

Michel Pavlovich Evdokimov (Russian: Михаил Павлович Евдокимов; 19 September 1930 – 1 July 2025) was a French theologian and priest of the Russian Orthodox Church.[1]

Biography

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Born in Menton on 19 September 1930, Evdokimov was the son of Paul Evdokimov and Nathalie Brunel. He earned an agrégation in English and taught at the École alsacienne before earning his doctorate in 1979.[2] He was then a professor of comparative literature at the University of Poitiers and specialized in French, English, and Russian literature, notably the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky.[3] He also taught at the Collège des Bernardins and was president of the Inter-Church Relations Committee at the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of France. He was engaged in ecumenism with his father, with whom he founded an Orthodox church in Châtenay-Malabry. He was also a choirmaster at the Paroisse de la Très Sainte Trinité before becoming a priest.[4]

Evdokimov died in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois on 1 July 2025, at the age of 94.[5]

Essays

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  • Lumières d'Orient (1981)
  • Pèlerins russes et vagabonds mystiques (1987)
  • L’Orthodoxie (1990)
  • Le Christ dans la tradition et la littérature russes (1996)
  • Une voix chez les orthodoxes (1996)
  • Les Chrétiens orthodoxes (2000)
  • Ouvrir son cœur - Un chemin spirituel (2004)
  • Petite vie du père Men (2005)
  • La Prière des chrétiens de Russie (2007)
  • Prier 15 jours avec Saint Séraphim de Sarov (2008)
  • Prier 15 jours avec Alexandre Men (2010)
  • Huit saints pour notre temps (2012)
  • Deux martyrs dans un monde sans Dieu - Dietrich Bonhoeffer et Alexandre Men (2015)

References

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  1. ^ Provost, Yannick (1 July 2025). "Décès du père Michel Evdokimov". Orthodoxie.org (in French). Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  2. ^ "A. S. Khomiakov juge et critique de la culture en Occident : contribution à l'histoire de la spiritualité en Europe". Système universitaire de documentation (in French).
  3. ^ "Michel Evdokimov". La Procure (in French). Archived from the original on 16 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Introduction". Paroisse de la Très Sainte Trinité (in French).
  5. ^ Robert, Domitille; Tresca, Malo (2 July 2025). "Mort du prêtre orthodoxe Michel Evdokimov, « un homme qui créait des ponts »". La Croix (in French). Retrieved 5 July 2025.