Constantin Andronikof
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Prince Constantin Andronikof (July 16, 1916 – September 12, 1997) was a French
theologian, interpreter and translator.
He was born in a notable Georgian
aristocratic family of Andronikashvili
in Petrograd, Imperial Russia. During the Russian Civil War
of 1917, he left Russia with his mother and grandmother. They arrived in Paris, France in 1920. His father Jessie was arrested by the Bolshevik
s and later shot during the Great Purge
of 1937.
Constantin Andronilof graduated from La Sorbonne with degrees in: Philosophy, Comparative Literature, Esthetic and Science of art, History and Philosophy of Sciences (free license), license of russian teaching, Certificate of Classic studies and got a diploma of Superior Studies (memo on the religious philosophy of Khomiakov).
He also studied theology from 1941 to 1945 at St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute
(of which he subsequently became professor).
From 1945 to 1958, he participates as an interpreter to all the conferences and diplomatic encounters at the level of ministers or advisers, of Chief States (Presidents) and to certain military conferences, to economical commissions, cultural, financial, scientific and technical, for the english and russian languages, and charged of the report during the secret sessions.
On the 1st of July 1947, he becomes holder of the post as the Official Interpreter of the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
On the 10th of September 1947, his first son is born: Emmanuel (known mathematician, 1947-1995).
In 1958, becomes de facto official Interpreter of the President of France and of the Government since the new Constitution.
Is called from this title by different Ministries (and of the Defense) and by the Prime Minister.
From 1958 to 1976, he participates at all the political conferences and meetings implying France with anglophones and russophones : "at the summit", official visits of Chief of States and of their government, but also official ministries visits (Prime Ministers, Foreign Affairs, Financial Affairs, Cultural Affairs, Health Affairs) but also regular bilateral commissions (such as the Little Commission and the Big Commission with the Soviets, the ambassadors conferences on the outcome of Berlin...)etc.
Participating to a conference means to be in one but also prepare it and do its reports...
He serves as the Official Interpreter for the english and russian languages to three French Presidents: General de Gaulle, Pompidou and Giscard D'Estaing.
Constantin Andronikof is best known as the most prolific French translator of Russian religious thought, especially of the theological works by Fr. Sergei Bulgakov
.
From 1991 to 1993, he is the Dean of St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris.
On the 12th of September 1997, he dies at the age of 81 years, in his home and during his sleep.
He is barried at the Russian orthodox cemetery "Sainte Geneviève des Bois" close to Paris alongside his family (wife, son, mother, etc.).
Books
La Mort aux Etoiles, (under the pseudonym of André Comnène),Calmann Lévy, 1946 (out of order)
Le Sens des Fêtes (le cycle fixe), Cerf, 1970 (out of order); trad. ital., Rome, 1973
Le Cycle Pascal (Le sens des fêtes II), L'Age d'Homme, 1985; trad. ital.,Turin, 1986
Le Sens de la Liturgie, Cerf, 1988
Des Mystères Sacramentels, Cerf, 1998
La Montée au sycomore-Essai d'Anthropologie orthodoxe, (in preparation)
Cours de gnoséologie, (in preparation)
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
theologian, interpreter and translator.
He was born in a notable Georgian
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
aristocratic family of Andronikashvili
Andronikashvili
The Andronikashvili sometimes known as Endronikashvili was a princely family in Georgia which claimed their descent from the Byzantine Comnenid dynasty and played a prominent role in political, military and religious life of Georgia...
in Petrograd, Imperial Russia. During the Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...
of 1917, he left Russia with his mother and grandmother. They arrived in Paris, France in 1920. His father Jessie was arrested by the Bolshevik
Bolshevik
The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists , derived from bol'shinstvo, "majority") were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the Second Party Congress in 1903....
s and later shot during the Great Purge
Great Purge
The Great Purge was a series of campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin from 1936 to 1938...
of 1937.
Constantin Andronilof graduated from La Sorbonne with degrees in: Philosophy, Comparative Literature, Esthetic and Science of art, History and Philosophy of Sciences (free license), license of russian teaching, Certificate of Classic studies and got a diploma of Superior Studies (memo on the religious philosophy of Khomiakov).
He also studied theology from 1941 to 1945 at St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute
St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute
The Institut de théologie orthodoxe Saint-Serge in Paris, France, or St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute is a private school of higher education in Orthodox theology, founded in 1925, in conformity with French legislation and the norms of European university education, accredited by the...
(of which he subsequently became professor).
From 1945 to 1958, he participates as an interpreter to all the conferences and diplomatic encounters at the level of ministers or advisers, of Chief States (Presidents) and to certain military conferences, to economical commissions, cultural, financial, scientific and technical, for the english and russian languages, and charged of the report during the secret sessions.
On the 1st of July 1947, he becomes holder of the post as the Official Interpreter of the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
On the 10th of September 1947, his first son is born: Emmanuel (known mathematician, 1947-1995).
In 1958, becomes de facto official Interpreter of the President of France and of the Government since the new Constitution.
Is called from this title by different Ministries (and of the Defense) and by the Prime Minister.
From 1958 to 1976, he participates at all the political conferences and meetings implying France with anglophones and russophones : "at the summit", official visits of Chief of States and of their government, but also official ministries visits (Prime Ministers, Foreign Affairs, Financial Affairs, Cultural Affairs, Health Affairs) but also regular bilateral commissions (such as the Little Commission and the Big Commission with the Soviets, the ambassadors conferences on the outcome of Berlin...)etc.
Participating to a conference means to be in one but also prepare it and do its reports...
He serves as the Official Interpreter for the english and russian languages to three French Presidents: General de Gaulle, Pompidou and Giscard D'Estaing.
Constantin Andronikof is best known as the most prolific French translator of Russian religious thought, especially of the theological works by Fr. Sergei Bulgakov
Sergei Bulgakov
Fr. Sergei Nikolaevich Bulgakov was a Russian Orthodox Christian theologian, philosopher and economist. Until 1922 he worked in Russia; afterwards in Paris.-Early life:...
.
From 1991 to 1993, he is the Dean of St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris.
On the 12th of September 1997, he dies at the age of 81 years, in his home and during his sleep.
He is barried at the Russian orthodox cemetery "Sainte Geneviève des Bois" close to Paris alongside his family (wife, son, mother, etc.).
- Русские писатели эмиграции: Биографические сведения и библиография их книг по богословию, религиозной философии, церковной истории и православной культуре: 1921–1972 / Составитель Н. М. Зернов.- Boston: G. K. Hall & Co., 1973.
- L'Oreille du Logos: In memoriam Constantin Andronikof. – Lausanne: L'Age d'Homme, 1999. С. 94-100.
- Носик Б. М. На погосте XX века. – СПб.: Золотой век; Диамант, 2001. С. 42-44.
Books
La Mort aux Etoiles, (under the pseudonym of André Comnène),Calmann Lévy, 1946 (out of order)
Le Sens des Fêtes (le cycle fixe), Cerf, 1970 (out of order); trad. ital., Rome, 1973
Le Cycle Pascal (Le sens des fêtes II), L'Age d'Homme, 1985; trad. ital.,Turin, 1986
Le Sens de la Liturgie, Cerf, 1988
Des Mystères Sacramentels, Cerf, 1998
La Montée au sycomore-Essai d'Anthropologie orthodoxe, (in preparation)
Cours de gnoséologie, (in preparation)