Background
Florovsky, Georges was born on August 28, 1893 in Odessa, Russia. Son of Basil and Claudia (Poprouzhenko) Florovsky.
Florovsky, Georges was born on August 28, 1893 in Odessa, Russia. Son of Basil and Claudia (Poprouzhenko) Florovsky.
Diploma graduate studies U. Odessa, 1916, research fellow, 1916-1919. Doctor of Divinity, Saint Andrews U. (Scotland), 1937. South.T.D., Boston University, 1950.
Doctor of Theology, U. Salonica, 1959.
Doctor of Laws, Notre Dame University, 1966. Doctor of Divinity, Saint Vladimir’s Seminary, Crestwood, New York, 1968.
Yale, 1973, Princeton, 1974.
Came to the United States, 1948, naturalized, 1954. Lecturer philosophy U. Odessa, 1919-1920. Lecturer philosophy of law Russian Faculty Law, Prague, 1922-1926.
Professor patristics Orthodox Theological Institute, Paris, 1926-1948.
Ordained priest Greek Orthodox Church, 1932. Professor divinity Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, New York City, 1948-1955, dean, 1950-1955.
Adjunct professor of history and theology Eastern orthodoxy Union Theological Seminary Adjunct Professor religion Columbia, 1950-1955.
Associate professor Greek Archdiocese Holy Cross Theological School, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1955-1959.
Professor Eastern church history Harvard Division School, 1956-1964, professor ereritus, 1964-1979. Senior visiting fellow council humanities, visiting professor religion and Slavics, Princeton, 1964-1972, visiting lecturer Princeton Theological Seminary, 1972-1979, professor patristic theology and philosophy of religion Holy Cross Theological School, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1963-1965. Visiting lecturer church history Boston University, 1954-1955.
Member academic council Ecumenical Institute for Advanced Theological Studies Jerusalem, 1945-1979. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Royal Academy of Athens (Greece) (correspondent.
Member), American Society Church History, World Council Churches (member provisional committee 1938-1946.
Married Xenia Simonov, April.