Georges Florovsky (Russian Георгий Васильевич Флоровский; * August 23, 1893 in Odessa; † August 11, 1979 USA) was one of the most eminent orthodox theologians of the 20th century and one of the first hour protagonists of the ecumenical movement.

Works

• Eastern Fathers of the Fourth Century. Paris, 1931.
• Ways of Russian Theology http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/florovsky_ways.html
• The Catholicity of the Church
• The Lost Scriptural Mind
• On Church and Tradition. An Eastern Orthodox View. (http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/church_tradition_florovsky.htm
• The Limits of the Church, Church Quarterly Review, 1933 http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/who/crete-01-e.html
• St. John Chrysostom. The Prophet of Charity http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles4/FlorovskyChrysostom.shtml
• The Ascetic Ideal and the New Testament. Reflections on the Critique of the Theology of the Reformation http://www.stpaulsirvine.org/html/ascetic_ideal.htm englisch online

Literature

• Andrew Blane: Georges Florovsky. Russian Intellectual and Orthodox Churchman, ISBN 0-88141-137-X
• * Peter A. Chamberas, Georges Vasilievich Florovsky : Russian intellectual historian and orthodox theologian - 1893-1979 - Religious Historians, East and West, Modern Age, Winter 2003 (FindArticles online Version)