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Alexey GeorgievskyRussian theologian and philologist
Date of Birth: 14.01.1904
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Content:
- Early Life and Education
- Involvement in Church Affairs
- Academic Career at Moscow Theological Academy
- Other Church Activities
- Later Life and Legacy
Early Life and Education
Career in Education and SeminaryNikolai Alekseevich Dmitrevsky was born into the family of a psalmist in the Ilyinsky Church in Cherkizovo, Moscow. He graduated from the Perervinskoye Theological Seminary in 1918, a Soviet high school in 1922, and the State Institute of Word in 1926, earning a degree in philology. Until 1943, he taught Russian language and literature at various educational institutions.
Involvement in Church Affairs
In 1943, Dmitrevsky became a member of the commission responsible for preparing and opening theological schools in Moscow. From 1944 onward, he served as an associate professor of liturgy and as the academic secretary of the Theological Institute (which later became the Moscow Theological Academy).
At the Local Council of 1945, Dmitrevsky headed the electoral committee responsible for selecting the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. He presented a report on the Council's composition and authority at the Council's session on February 2.
Academic Career at Moscow Theological Academy
From 1958 to 1974, Dmitrevsky held the position of professor of liturgy and the stylistics of the Russian language at the Moscow Theological Academy, where he was later awarded the title of заслуженный профессор (Honored Professor). In 1948, he delivered a report on the church calendar at the Conference of Primates and Representatives of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches, which was held to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the autocephaly of the Russian Orthodox Church. He advocated for the preservation of the Julian calendar within the church and criticized the Gregorian calendar.
Other Church Activities
Dmitrevsky served as a member of the council and administration of the Moscow Theological Academy. From 1950 to 1953, he was the acting secretary of the editorial board of the "Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate."
In 1951, Patriarch Alexander III of Antioch and All the East awarded Dmitrevsky the Order of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. The award ceremony took place at the Lopukhin building of the Novodevichy Monastery, presided over by Archimandrite Basil (Samakha), the rector of the church at the Antiochian Metochion.
From 1954 to 1959, Dmitrevsky was a member of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate.
Later Life and Legacy
Nikolai Alekseevich Dmitrevsky passed away on December 4, 1984, at the age of 81 after a prolonged illness. He is interred in the Preobrazhensky Cemetery in Moscow.
