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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

© 2008 Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary. All rights reserved.

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