['< sod > with the establishment of the [ [ st. sergius orthodox theological institute ] ] in paris in 1925, russian emigre theologians, philosophers and historians began to create a diverse range of ideas and writing. the label " paris school " has sometimes been applied collectively to the theology of the early founders and teachers at st. sergius including [ [ georges florovsky ] ], [ [ vladimir lossky ] ], [ [ sergius bulgakov ] ], [ [ alexander schmemann ] ], [ [ nicholas lossky ] ] and [ [ nicholas berdyaev ] ]. this label must be nuanced however by pointing out that there were at least five theological strains among the so - called paris school. < ref > alfeyev, bishop hilarion,\'\' orthodox theology on the threshold of the twenty - first century\'\'. paper at the international scholarly conference “ the russian orthodox church from 1943 to the present ” at the transfiguration monastery in bose ( italy ), 15 - 17 september 1999 < / ref > it was during the early decades of st. sergius that the russian religious renaissance reached its apogee for eastern orthodox theology. by 1950, the older generation of emigres had died ( bulgakov, berdyaev and shestov ) so roughly this would mark the end of the renaissance. several theologians from st. sergius later became influential teachers in america. [ [ john meyendorff ] ] and [ [ georges florovsky ] ] began at st. sergius and later became professors at [ [ st. vladimir\'s orthodox theological seminary ] ]. < eod > < sod > with the establishment of the [ [ st. sergius orthodox theological institute ] ] in paris in 1925, russian emigre theologians, philosophers and historians began to create a diverse range of ideas and writing. the label " paris school " has sometimes been applied collectively to the theology and religious philosophy of the founders st. sergius and other russian emigre intellectuals in paris including [ [ georges florovsky ] ], [ [ vladimir lossky ] ], [ [ sergius bulgakov ] ], [ [ alexander schmemann ] ], [ [... nicholas lossky ] ] and [ [ nicholas berdyaev ] ]. this label must be nuanced however by pointing out that there were at least five theological strains among the so - called paris school. < ref > alfeyev, bishop hilarion,\'\' orthodox theology on the threshold of the twenty - first century\'\'. paper at the international scholarly conference “ the russian orthodox church from 1943 to the present ” at the transfiguration monastery in bose ( italy ), 15 - 17 september 1999 < / ref > it was during the early decades of st. sergius that the russian religious renaissance reached its apogee for eastern orthodox theology. by 1950, the older generation of emigres had died ( bulgakov, berdyaev and shestov ) so roughly this would mark the end of the renaissance. several theologians from st. sergius later became influential teachers in america. [ [ john meyendorff ] ] and [ [ georges florovsky ] ] began at st. sergius and later became professors at [ [ st. vladimir\'s orthodox theological seminary ] ]. < eod >']