Dr Avril Pyman was awarded her PhD by the University of Cambridge in 1958 and continued as a British Council research scholar in Leningrad. Pyman taught Russian and Russian Literature at the University of Durham and is now retired. She is the author of many articles on and translations of Russian literature and of The Life of Aleksandr Blok (2 volumes, 1979-1980); History of Russian Symbolism (1984) and Pavel Florensky - A Quiet Genius, 2010)

Dr Pyman re-creates the life and times of Metropolitan Anthony as only an old friend could. We encounter one of the great Christian apologists of post-war Britain, someone for whom 'to live is Christ' - and a man Russian to the core, impossible to understand apart from the larger-than-life world of the Russian emigration and its complex relationship with the Soviet and post-Soviet 'motherland'.

• List of IllustrationsForewordAcknowledgements1. From Prince to Pauper: Origins and Childhood, 1914-19222. Alienation and Revelation: Growing up in Exile, 1922-19293. Conflicting Vocations: The Formation of a Monk "in the World", 1928-19374. Surgeon in the French Army and Monk in the Surgery, 1937-19495. Priesthood, Move to London, Ministry in the Russian Orthodox Church in Great Britain, 1949-19576. Fame in a Divided World, 1957-19637. The International Arena, 1963-19748. The Consolidation of the Second Diocese of Sourozh, 1974-19899. Mission to Russia and New Problems in England, 1983-200310. AgonyEndnotesGlossary of Proper NamesIndex of Proper Names

Dr Avril Pyman was awarded her PhD by the University of Cambridge in 1958 and continued as a British Council research scholar in Leningrad. Pyman taught Russian and Russian Literature at the University of Durham and is now retired. She is the author of many articles on and translations of Russian literature and of The Life of Aleksandr Blok (2 volumes, 1979-1980); History of Russian Symbolism (1984) and Pavel Florensky - A Quiet Genius, 2010)

Dr Pyman re-creates the life and times of Metropolitan Anthony as only an old friend could. We encounter one of the great Christian apologists of post-war Britain, someone for whom 'to live is Christ' - and a man Russian to the core, impossible to understand apart from the larger-than-life world of the Russian emigration and its complex relationship with the Soviet and post-Soviet 'motherland'.

• List of IllustrationsForewordAcknowledgements1. From Prince to Pauper: Origins and Childhood, 1914-19222. Alienation and Revelation: Growing up in Exile, 1922-19293. Conflicting Vocations: The Formation of a Monk "in the World", 1928-19374. Surgeon in the French Army and Monk in the Surgery, 1937-19495. Priesthood, Move to London, Ministry in the Russian Orthodox Church in Great Britain, 1949-19576. Fame in a Divided World, 1957-19637. The International Arena, 1963-19748. The Consolidation of the Second Diocese of Sourozh, 1974-19899. Mission to Russia and New Problems in England, 1983-200310. AgonyEndnotesGlossary of Proper NamesIndex of Proper Names

Dr Avril Pyman was awarded her PhD by the University of Cambridge in 1958 and continued as a British Council research scholar in Leningrad. Pyman taught Russian and Russian Literature at the University of Durham and is now retired. She is the author of many articles on and translations of Russian literature and of The Life of Aleksandr Blok (2 volumes, 1979-1980); History of Russian Symbolism (1984) and Pavel Florensky - A Quiet Genius, 2010)

Dr Pyman re-creates the life and times of Metropolitan Anthony as only an old friend could. We encounter one of the great Christian apologists of post-war Britain, someone for whom 'to live is Christ' - and a man Russian to the core, impossible to understand apart from the larger-than-life world of the Russian emigration and its complex relationship with the Soviet and post-Soviet 'motherland'.

• List of IllustrationsForewordAcknowledgements1. From Prince to Pauper: Origins and Childhood, 1914-19222. Alienation and Revelation: Growing up in Exile, 1922-19293. Conflicting Vocations: The Formation of a Monk "in the World", 1928-19374. Surgeon in the French Army and Monk in the Surgery, 1937-19495. Priesthood, Move to London, Ministry in the Russian Orthodox Church in Great Britain, 1949-19576. Fame in a Divided World, 1957-19637. The International Arena, 1963-19748. The Consolidation of the Second Diocese of Sourozh, 1974-19899. Mission to Russia and New Problems in England, 1983-200310. AgonyEndnotesGlossary of Proper NamesIndex of Proper Names