Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary

Archbishop Apollinarii (Koshevoi)

A Register Of His Papers
At Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary

Prepared by Vladimir Von Tsurikov

Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Jordanville, New York
2008

Descriptive Summary

Collection Title:
Archbishop Apollinarii (Koshevoi) Papers, 1874-1935

Creator:
Archbishop Apollinarii (Koshevoi)

Extent:

Repository:
Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
P.O. Box 36, Jordanville, New York, 13361
Phone/Fax: (315) 858-0945
Email: info@hts.edu
http://www.hts.edu

Abstract:
These papers reflect the ecclesiastical career path of Archbishop Apollinarii (Koshevoi), beginning with his educational formation in pre-Revolutionary Russia to emigration, first in Serbia, then Jerusalem, Palestine, and, finally, as Archbishop of North America and Canada.

Language:
Russian, English

Biographical Note

1874 October 16	Born, Valok, Poltava guberniia, Russia
1888	Graduated, Romenskoe dukhovnoe uchilishche
1894	Graduated, Poltavskaia dukhovnaia seminariia
1898	Tonsured monk and ordained hierodeacon
1905	Graduated, Kievskaia dukhovnaia akademiia
1917	Ordained bishop of Belgorod
1922	Sent to Jerusalem to oversee the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission
1924	Arrives in New York, Bishop of Winnipeg
1927	Bishop of North America and San Francisco
1929	Archbishop of North America and Canada
1933 June 19	Died, New York, NY
1965	Reburial, Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville, NY

Scope And Content Note

These papers reflect the ecclesiastical career path of Archbishop Apollinarii (Koshevoi), beginning with his educational formation in pre-Revolutionary Russia to emigration, first in Serbia, then Jerusalem, Palestine, and, finally, as Archbishop of North America and Canada. His assignments, both in Jerusalem and North America, coincided with difficult jurisdictional controversies, especially on the North American continent. His CORRESPONDENCE reveals a lively exchange with both clergy and parishioners in the U.S. and Canada, and includes directives, ukazy, and ecclesiastical documents forwarded to him from the ecclesiastical administration of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia in Belgrade, Serbia.

Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and the Holy Trinity Seminary. The grant also provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Archives. The original materials remain in the Holy Trinity Seminary Archives as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is appended to this register. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Series Description

Box Nos	Series
1	BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1874-1935. Includes anniversary addresses, awards, biographical sketches, certificates (birth, citizenship, medical, Mutual Aid Fund), ecclesiastical and educational documents, estate documents, farewell address, memorial service announcement, materials related to the erection of a memorial to Archbishop Apollinarii, and passports. Arranged alphabetically by physical form
1	DIARIES, 1912-1928
2-3	CORRESPONDENCE, 1920-1934. Letters and ecclesiastical documents, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
3	SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1927-1932 and undated. Appeals, epistles, pamphlet, speeches, arranged chronologically by title
3	RUSSIAN ECCLESIASTICAL MISSION FILE, 1921-1923. Accounts of the activities of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, arranged chronologically
3	PRINTED MATTER, 1919-1933 and undated. Clippings, leaflets, and brochures, arranged alphabetically by physical form

Container List

Box Nos	Folder Nos	Contents
1.		BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1874-1935
	1-2	Addresses on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Archbishop Apollinarii’s episcopacy, 1932
	3	Awards, 1914-1933
	4	Biographical sketches, 1928 and undated. Typescripts and printed copy
		Certificates, 1874-1933
	5	Birth, 1874
	6	Citizenship, 1933
	7	Medical, 1921
	8	Mutual Aid Fund, 1933
	9	Ecclesiastical documents, 1900-1927
	10	Educational documents, 1894-1917.
	11	Estate documents, 1934-1937 and undated
	12	Farewell address, 1926. Holograph
	13	Memorial service announcement, 1936
	14	Memorial to Archbishop Apollinarii, 1933-1935 and undated
	15	Passports, 1917-1933
	16	DIARIES, 1912-1928

2.		CORRESPONDENCE, 1920-1934
		General
	1	General, 1927-1931 and undated
	2	Addresses of clergy, 1925 and undated
	3	Log of outgoing correspondence, 1927-1930
	4	Unidentified, 1925-1932 and undated
	5	Adam (Filippovskii), Archbishop, 1931
	6	Aleksandrov, Elena and Nikolai Nikolaevich, 1929-1931. Includes printed copy of open letter by Elena Aleksandrov to Russian clergy in North America
	7	Anastasii (Gribanovskii), Archbishop (later – Metropolitan), undated
	8	Antonin, Arkhimandrit, 1927
	9	Barskii, Konstantin, undated
	10	Bekkarevich, Boris, 1932 and undated. Includes documents relating to the purchase of land for a proposed monastery
	11	Bogoiavlenskii, N., 1927
	12	Borzov, N., 1926
	13	Feodosii (Samoilovich), Bishop, 1926-1932
	14	Feofil (Pashkovskii), Bishop, 1925
	15	Gornii convent, Jerusalem, 1924 and undated
	16	Ioasaf (Skorodumov), Bishop, 1931
	17	Kruglov, A., 1932
	18	Krupenskii, Aleksandr Nikolaevich, 1928-1932
	19	Kulibin, Vladimir K., 1927
	20	Lakhno, Ignatii, Reverend, 1930
	21	Turkevich, Leonid, Reverend (later – Metropolitan Leontii), 1925-1926
	22	Mikhail (Zeikan), Hieromonk, undated
	23	Mitropol’skii, Nikolai, Reverend, 1926
	24	Nikolai (Karpov), Bishop, 1931-1932
	25	Platon (Rozhdestvenskii), Metropolitan, 1922-1927 and undated
	26	Russian Church Assistance Fund, 1927
	27	Seniuk, Vasilii A., 1929-1930
	28	Simeon (Nabrekov), Archimandrite, 1932
	29	Simon (Vinogradov), Archbishop, 1932
	30	Smirnov, N., 1928

3.	1	St. Peter and Paul Church, 1928
		Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. Includes documents signed by Metropolitan Antonii (Khrapovitskii), Iu. G. Grabbe, and E. I. Makharablidze
		General
	2	1920-1928 and undated
	3	1930-1932
	4	Ukazy, 1922-1933
	5	Telep, Ioann, Reverend, 1925
	6	Tikhon, Bishop, undated
	7	Turin, Ivan Arsen’evich, 1930-1931
	8	Vadkovskii, Vasilii Vasil’evich, 1934
	9	Vdovichenko, Petr, Reverend, 1930-1931
	10	Vinall, G.H., 1925
	11	Vitalii (Maksimenko), Archimandrite (later – Archbishop), 1932
	12	Zagorskii, Mr. and Mrs., 1927
		SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1927-1932 and undated
	13	General - Epistles and appeals, 1927-1932. Printed copies
	14	Untitled speech on ecclesiastical governance, undated. Holograph
	15	“Istina da vostorzhestvuet,” 1928. Printed copy
	16	RUSSIAN ECCLESIASTICAL MISSION FILE, 1921-1923. Includes a financial account of the mission’s activities for the year 1921, and an account of the first Arab Orthodox gathering in 1923. Holographs
		PRINTED MATTER, 1919-1933 and undated
	17	Clippings, 1930-1933 and undated
	18	Leaflets, undated
	19	Olsuf’ev, Dimitrii Adamovich, Mysli soborianina o nashei tserkovnoi smutie, 1928. Printed copy
	20	Zhurnal trudov tserkovno-narodnogo sobora, 1919. Printed copy