PASTORAL CARE FOR THE SICK AND THE DYING

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh (nee Andrey Borisovich Bloom, 19.06.1914-04.08.2003) was the Head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Great Britain and Ireland from 1957 till 2003, from 1966 till 1974 he also served as the Patriarchal Exarch in Western Europe. Honoris Causa Doctor of Divinity of Aberdeen and Cambridge Universities, Hon. DD of Moscow and Kiev Spiritual Academies for theological and missionary work. Ills word, broadcast by the BBC and spread by means of Samizdat was greatly valued by the believers in the USSR. His books on prayer and spirituality have been translated in many languages worldwide. From 1991 his texts are being widely published in Russia.