Alexei Osipov

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Alexei Osipov
Алексе́й О́сипов
Osipov in 2015
Born	(1938-03-31) March 31, 1938 (age 87) Soviet Union
Education	Moscow Theological Academy (ThD)
Honours	Order of Friendship
Website	http://alexey-osipov.ru/
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Alexei Ilyich Osipov[a] (Russian: Алексе́й Ильи́ч О́сиповborn, born March 31, 1938) is a Russian Orthodox theologian, professor and lecturer from the Moscow Orthodox Theological Academy.

He is also a widely popular Orthodox pedagogue, publicist and defender of Russian Orthodoxy, being a slavophil, apologist of Eastern Christianity as based on teachings of Church Fathers and exposer of deficiencies of western Catholic teachings.[citation needed]

He was born in Belyov, Tula oblast, RSFSR, USSR.[citation needed]

After finishing school he refused to enter any university and in home conditions he undertook the study of theology under the guidance of hegumen Nikon (Vorobyov) for 3 years. In 1958 he entered the 4th (final) grade of Moscow Theological Seminary, having passed exams for the previous three years. Next year he entered Moscow Theological Academy which he finished in 1963.[citation needed] In 1985 he was given a doctorate in theology.[1]

Since 1965 he has been a lecturer of basic theology, and since 1975 a professor.[citation needed]

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• 2017 - Order of Friendship[2]

Osipov opposed the canonization of the Romanovs, saying "[Nicholas] suffered not for his Christian convictions but as a political figure".[3]

On January 23, 2023, Osipov was sanctioned by the government of Ukraine as part of a sanctions package against numerous leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church. Ukrainska Pravda reported that Osipov had expressed public support for Russia during its invasion of Ukraine.[4]

in English:

• Downloadable English translation (in Word Doc.) of Osipov´s "Soul´s life after death" (Posmertnaya Zhizn Dushi). Moscow: Danilovskiy Blagovestnik, 2005; 4th edition: Moscow, 2007.
• The search for truth on the path of reason. Moscow: Sretensky Monastery and Pokrov Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-9842848-0-1

in Russian:

• Translation of the order of Morning and Evening Church services by the Greek service instruction book of 1951 in comparison with Russian synodal edition (manuscript, Library of Moscow Theological Academy).
• The basics of theology (Osnovnoye bogosloviye). Course of lectures for students of Moscow Theological Academy. Moscow, 1994.
• The search for truth on the path of reason. Moscow: Danilovskiy Blagovestnik, 1997.
• Orthodox understanding of the meaning of life. Kyiv, 2001.
• Soul's life after death (Posmertnaya Zhizn Dushi). Moscow: Danilovskiy Blagovestnik, 2005; 4th edition: Moscow, 2007.

• Official website (in Russian)
• Osipov's English YouTube channel
• Osipov's Russian YouTube channel
• A selection of his writings (in English)