Background
Kovalevskii, Petr was born on December 16, 1901 in Petersburg.
Kovalevskii, Petr was born on December 16, 1901 in Petersburg.
Graduated from the Sorbonne in 1922.
Emigrated during the Civil War, 1920. Settled in Paris. Lecturer in Russian at the Sorbonne, 1930. Professor at the St. Sergius Theological Institute, 1925-1950.
Active in Russian Orthodox Church affairs and in the oecumenical movement. Published works on the Russian emigre community after
1917.
Religious edicts impose irrational rules on people’s behaviour.
Every person has rights to express his or her opinion, but the opinion could be expressed if it was in accordance with the general interests of Soviet society.