Alexander Men
Alexander Men · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Russian Orthodox priest and religious philosopher (of Jewish descent)
1935, Moscow, Soviet Union — 1990, Semkhoz, Sergiyev Posad, Russia
Russia (Soviet Union)
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Alexander Men was a Russian Orthodox priest, theologian and religious philosopher who became a spiritual guide to many during the Soviet era and was murdered with an axe in 1990, a killing that remains unsolved. He wrote widely on the history of religion and on Christ, and championed a tolerant, open Christianity. He was of Jewish descent, born to a Jewish family in Moscow and baptised as an infant.
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Russian Orthodox priest and religious philosopher (of Jewish descent)
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