Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh, who died on Monday aged 89, was the senior Russian Orthodox archbishop in Western Europe, and the best known Orthodox cleric in Britain.
In London he had a congregation of about 2,000 at his cathedral of the Dormition and All Saints, Ennismore Gardens, and he was responsible for at least 20 parishes around the country. A gifted linguist endowed with a beautiful voice, he was also the author several best-selling books of devotion, an admired broadcaster and a moving preacher in other Christian churches, though he cared little for the soft sell of ecumenism; for him, unity always seemed to be on the horizon.
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