Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh (19 June 1914 - 4 August 2003), Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was founder and for many years bishop, archbishop then metropolitan of the Diocese of Sourozh, the Patriarchate of Moscow's diocese for Great Britain and Ireland (the name 'Sourozh' was transferred from the historical episcopal see in the city now named Sudak in the Crimea).
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Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh (19 June 1914 - 4 August 2003), Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was founder and for many years bishop, archbishop then metropolitan of the Diocese of Sourozh, the Patriarchate of Moscow's diocese for Great Britain and Ireland (the name 'Sourozh' was transferred from the historical episcopal see in the city now named Sudak in the Crimea).
The future Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh (Russian: Антоний, Митрополит Сурожский, Antonij, Mitropolit Surožskij) was born Andrei Borisovich Bloom on 19 June, 1914, in Lausanne, Switzerland, to Xenia and Boris Edwardovich Bloom. On his mother's side, he was the nephew of the composer Alexander Scriabin.
He spent his early childhood in Russia and Persia. During the Russian Revolution the family had to leave Persia, and in 1923 they settled in Paris where he was educated, graduating in physics, chemistry and biology, and taking his doctorate in medicine, at the University of Paris.
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