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Sergei Bulgakov (1879-1944) is considered by some to be the greatest Russian Orthodox theologian of the twentieth century. Early in the century, he progressed from Marxism through idealism to an acceptance of the Christian faith, becoming a Russian Orthodox priest in 1918. He was one of the most active figures in the Russian religious renaissance. During the 1920s, following in the footsteps of Vladimir Solovyov and Pavel Florensky, be began to develop a profound and original vision of Sophia. He was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1922 and moved to Paris, where he began the most fruitful period of his life. By the mid-1930s, his work had won enough disfavor with the Church hierarchy that he was censured and barred from teaching and performing priestly duties. Nevertheless, at his funeral he was eulogized as a ""Christian sage, a teacher of the Church in the purest and most lofty sense ... enlightened by the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Wisdom, the Spirit of Understanding, the Comforter,"" to whom he'd devoted his life. The image to the right shows Sergei Bulgakov with Pavel Florensky. Boris Jakim is one of the foremost translators of Russian religious thought into English. He has translated S.L. Frank, Vladimir Solovyov, Pavel Florensky, and Sergius Bulgakov. Fr. Robert Slesinski is a priest of the Byzantine Catholic rite and the author of Pavel Florensky: A Metaphysics of Love. Constantin Eseevich Andronikof was born in Russia in 1916 in St. Petersburg. He was educated in France and graduated in philosophy and literature from the University of Paris in 1940, and from the St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in 1944. He later worked for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and served as an English and Russian interpreter to several French presidents, de Gaulle. In 1953, together with Hans Jacob and Andre Kaminker, he founded The International Association of Conference Interpreters. Andronikof became best known as a prolific French translator of Russian Christian thinkers, especially of the theological works of Fr. Sergei Bulgakov. He published several works on Christian festivals. From 1991 to 1993 Andronikof served as dean of St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris. Caitlín Matthews is internationally renowned for her research into the Celtic and ancestral traditions. She is the author of 36 books, including The Celtic Tradition, The Encyclopedia of Celtic Wisdom, and Sophia: Goddess of Wisdom.

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