Militsa Zyornova

Militsa Vladimirovna Zyornova, née Lavrova (17 August 1899, Tbilisi – 3 February 1994, Oxford) was a Doctor of Medicine, dentist, religious figure, icon painter, author, and wife of the philosopher and theologian Nikolay Zyornov. She was in charge of the house of St. Basil in London and St. Gregory of Nyssa at Oxford.

Life Militsa Lavrova was born on 17 August in Tbilisi.

In 1927, Lavrova married Nikolay Zyornov in the church of Orthodox Theological Institute of St. Sergei. From 1925 to 1932, Zyornova was a Secretary of the Russian Student Christian Movement in Paris. In 1932, Zyornova defended her doctoral dissertation on the topic "Treatment of parrhea with ultraviolet rays".

In 1934 Zyornova joined her husband in Oxford.

In 1974, the Zyornovs published an article “Youth Christian movement in exile” in the “Bulletin of the Russian Student Christian Movement Abroad”.

She and her husband wrote The Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius: a Historical Memoir in 1979 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the fellowship.

Together with her husband, Zyornova wrote a book “Zakatnye gody: Epilog khroniki semii Zyornovyh” (1981) and even more efforts were made to prepare its English edition “Zakatnye gody: Russkiy palomnik na Zapade” (1983).

Militsa Zyornova died on 3 February 1994 in Oxford.