%0 Journal Article
%T Impossible Mission: Metropolitan Antoni Bloom Against the Background of the Russian Religious Emigration of the 20th Century
%A Kucy, Aleksy
%J Slavonic Culture
%V 2018
%R 10.4467/25439561KSR.18.007.9365
%N Vol. XIV
%P 151-168
%K Russian emigration, the Orthodox Church, metropolitan Antoni Bloom
%@ 2451-4985
%D 2018
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/kultura-slowian/article/niewykonalna-misja-metropolita-antoni-bloom-na-tle-rosyjskiej-emigracji-religijnej-xx-wieku
%X Dedicated to the liturgical life of the Church, endowed with the genuine inclination to spiritual reflection and contemplation, with his fervent prayer and encouraging word, Metropolitan Anthony lit faith and the love of God in countless human hearts, and not just those of the students of Orthodoxy but of other religions, too. He embarked upon his personal journey to God at the age of 14 when he experienced a personal mystical encounter with Christ during his first thoughtful and in-depth reading of the Gospel. The accompanying transformation of consciousness consisted in a new perception of the world and people through the lens of God’s love and determined the extraordinary way of life of the future superior of the Orthodox Church in England.