Metropolitan '''Eulogius (Georgievsky) of Paris''' (also styled ''Evlogy'' and ''Eulogios'') was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox diaspora during the tragic transition brought upon by the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. Under his leadership, the [[Russian Orthodox Exarchate in Western Europe]] was established. During most of his episcopate, he served under the omophorion of the [[Ecumenical Patriarch]]. However, because he decided, along with the Metropolia (subsequently the [[Orthodox Church in America]]), to pursue autonomy from Moscow indepently of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia|Karlovtsy Synod]] (ROCOR), his legacy is viewed as good or bad depending upon which jurisdiction is speaking. He was influential in founding the [[St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute of Saint Sergius(Paris, France)]], which in turn was formative in the life of the [[Orthodox Church in America]] and the founding of [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)]]. Spiritually, one may count among his descendants Metropolitan [[Anthony Bloom]], Protopresbyters [[Alexander Schmemann]], [[Georges Florovsky]], and [[John Meyendorff]], Saint [[Maria Skobtsova|Mary Skobtsova]].