Michael Pomazansky

Protopresbyter Michael Ivanovich Pomazansky (November 7, 1888 – November 4, 1988) was a theologian of the Russian Orthodox Church. Born in the village of Koryst, in the governorate of Volhynia, his father was Archpriest Ioann Pomazansky. From 1920 until 1934, Fr. Michael taught Russian philology, literature, philosophical dialectics, and Latin at the Russian lycée in Rivne. In 1936, he was ordained a priest and moved to Warsaw, where he served as the first assistant to the rector until June 1944. Upon his arrival in America in 1949, he was appointed an instructor at Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary in Jordanville, New York. After his wife's death, he moved into the monastery, where he remained until his death on November 4, 1988. Father Michael Pomazansky was known for his adherence to the teaching of dogmatic theology as a way to maintain understanding and unity within the Orthodox communities. His most remembered work is 'Orthodox Dogmatic Theology'.