Russian Archpriest. Chaplain and theologian. He Studied medicine, then physics and mathematics in the department at Novorossiisk University, graduated from St. Sergius Artillery School. He participated in World War I, and the Civil War. He emigrated in 1920 to Yugoslavia. He graduated from the Theological Faculty of Belgrade University (1925), and was teaching religion. In 1930 he moved to France. He studied in the religious-pedagogical school, from 1932 to 1940. Associate Professor of the Theological Institute in Paris, where he studied law and Greek. Conducted workshops on the Orthodox theological courses (1930). A member of the Brotherhood of St. Sophia. He took an active part in the Russian Student Christian Movement (RSCM). In 1940 he was ordained to the priesthood. In 1941-1946, rector of the Russian Orthodox parish in Tunisia, and became an Archpriest (1945). In 1950 he defended at the Theological Institute in Paris a thesis on the device of the Church. At the institute, he got the position of full professor, and Doctor of theology. Member of the 1st (Paris, 1953) and one of the initiators of Paris VIII-th (1961) Liturgical Congresses. He taught theology at the Higher Women's Courses, and has lectured on the history of the church. In 1952 he was appointed chairman of the commission and Canonical Canonical Adviser Diocesan Administration, then chairman of the Spiritual court. He was awarded a gold cross with ornaments (1954). Since 1956 the chairman of the editorial board of the Church bulletin of the Western European Diocese. Vicar of St. Sergius Church in Paris (1963), chaplain (1963). Author of books published in Paris: "The canons and the canonical consciousness" (1933), "Joining the Church" (1952), "the Lord's Supper" (1952), "The Church of the Holy Spirit" (1971), etc. Published writings of the Theological Institute Orthodox thought.