The Church of the Holy SpiritThe Church of the Holy Spirit, written by Russian priest and scholar Nicholas Afanasiev (18931966), is one of the most important works of twentieth century Orthodox theology. Afanasiev was a member of the Paris School of migr intellectuals who gathered in Paris after the Russian revolution, where he became a member of the faculty of St. Sergius Orthodox Seminary. The Church of the Holy Spirit, which offers a rediscovery of the eucharistic and communal