On Friday, cardinal Tomash Shpidlik on April, 16th has died, he was 90 years old.


He was born on December, 17th, 1919 in Boskovitse, Czechoslovakia. In 1938 of young Shpidlik has entered the university cities of Brno on philosophical faculty, next year in новициат Jesuits, it is imposed in priests in 1949. Throughout 38 years - as informs radio "Vatican" - father Shpidlik was the confessor of the Czech seminary in Rome. In advantage of Cardinal Tomash Shpidlik has been erected by Daddy John Pavel II in 2003.


The late cardinal was one of the largest experts concerning East Christian divinity and патриситки. It repeatedly happened in Russia and its feather posesses such works as «Russian spirituality» (1994), «Russian idea (1995,« the Word and an image »(1995) and many other works.