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'''Nikolai Nikolaivich ==Life==Afanasiev''' (was born in Odessa on [[September 4]], 1893-1966) (НИКОЛАЙ НИКОЛАЕВИЧ АФАНАСЬЕВ) was , the son of Nikolay Grigoryevich Afanasiev, a prominent lawyer, and Proskovya Yakovlevna. After studying mathematics at university, he served in the White Army artillery during the civil war following the Russian priest and theologianRevolution. He married his wife, Marianne, in Prague in 1925.  {{stub}}

==Life==Afanasiev was born in Odessa on [[September 4]], 1893, pursued graduate studies at the son University of Nikolai Grigorevich Afanasiev, a lawyerBelgrade, and Proskovya Yakovlevna. After studying mathematics at universityunder Alexander Dobroklonsky, he served in the White Army artillery during the civil war following noted historian of the Russian RevolutionChurch. He married received his doctorate in 1927 after defending his wifedissertation, Marianne''Authority of the State and Oecumenical Cathedrals''. He taught at the Orthodox [[seminary]] in Skopije from 1925-1930, and then began teaching church history and [[canon law]] at the [[St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute (Paris, France)|St Sergius Institute]] in Prague in 19251930.

Afanasiev pursued graduate studies at the University of Belgrade, studying under A. P. Dobroklonsky, the noted historian of the Russian Church. He received his doctorate in 1927 after defending his dissertation, ''Authority of the State and Oecumenical Cathedrals''. He taught at the Orthodox seminary in Skopije from 1925-1930, and then began teaching church history and canon law at the was [[St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute (Paris, France)ordination|St Sergius Instituteordained]] in 1930. Afanasiev was ordained a priest on [[January 6]], 1940 by [[Eulogius (Georgievsky) of Paris| Metropolitan EvlogyEulogius]]; he was accompanied acround around the [[altar ]] by [[Sergius Bulgakov]] and [[Cyprian (Kern)|Cyprian Kern]]. He took up pastoral work in Tunisia from 1941-1947, then returning to St Sergius in 1947. He died [[December 4]], 1966.

Afanasiev is best remembered for his recovery of eucharistic theology, which influenced has influenced Orthodox and non-Orthodox theologians alike ever since.

Active in ecumenical discussions, Afanasiev was an official ecumenical observer at Vatican II. His best-known work is his essay on the primacy of Rome in the ancient Church, entitled “The Church that Which Presides in Love.”

*”The Church that Which Presides in Love” in [[John Meyendorff]], ed., ''The Primacy of Peter: Essays in Ecclesiology and the Early Church'', new ed. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1992. (ISBN 978-0881411256)