Background
Arsen'ev, Nikolai was born on May 16, 1888 in Stockholm. Son of a diplomat.
philosopher theologian author poet
Arsen'ev, Nikolai was born on May 16, 1888 in Stockholm. Son of a diplomat.
Graduated from Moscow University, 1910.Lecturer at Moscow University, 1914.
Professor of Western European literature at Saratov University, 1918. Fled to Poland in 1920. Lived in Berlin. Professor at Koenigsberg University (Eastern Prussia),
1921.
Gave frequent lectures at Warsaw University, Riga, and many other European cities. Authority on Orthodoxy, Russian cultural traditions, and later highly respected participant of the oecumenical movement. After World War II in DP camps in Germany.
Moved to the USA. Professor at St.Vladimir seminary, New York, and Montreal University, from 1948.
