Biography
Professor Lossky was born in 1903 in Göttingen, Germany. His father, Nikolai Lossky, was professor of philosophy in Saint Petersburg. Lossky lived with his family in Petrograd from 1920 until his father and family were exiled from Russia in 1922. He studied at the Faculty of Arts at Petrograd University continued his studies at Prague and eventually graduated at the Sorbonne in Paris with a specialized studies in medieval philosophy. After a stay in Prague, he moved to Paris two years later and remained there until his death in 1958. He served as the first dean of the St. Dionysus Institute in Paris, where he also taught dogmatic theology. Lossky is best remembered for his book, The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church.
Lossky was profoundly changed as a child when he witnessed the trial which led to the execution of Metropolitan Benjamin of St Petersburg by the Soviets. Metropolitan Benjamin was later canonized by the Orthodox Church.
Lossky died in Paris.
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