Abstract
This article presents the life and work of the lay theologian Pavel Evdokimov, focusing on the historical phenomenon of the presence of Russian intellectuals in Western Europe. Evdokimov?s work raises the possibility of a dialogue between the Christian West and the East.
The subsections are entitled: The Problem of the Evil and the Struggle with the Evil in Dostoyevsky; The Spirituality of the Sanctity of Marriage and the Maternal Role of Women; Evdokimov?s Orthodoxy and Ecumenism; Theology of Beauty as the Culmination of his Work.