Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary

Reverend Stefan Liashevskii

A Register Of His Papers, 1935-1982
At Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary

Prepared by Vladimir Von Tsurikov

Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Jordanville, New York
2008

Descriptive Summary

Collection Title:
Reverend Stefan Liashevskii Papers, 1935-1982

Creator:
Reverend Stefan Liashevskii

Extent:
3 manuscript boxes

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 writings, papers and research interests of Stefan Liashevskii, a geologist in the USSR, archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church, biblical scholar, and historian in emigration. Stefan Liashevskii had close relations with a number of Russian Orthodox hierarchs, which is reflected in his CORRESPONDENCE FILE. Among his correspondents were Patriarch Aleksii (Simanskii), Metropolitan Iosif (Chernov) and Metropolitan Nikolai (Eremin).

Language:
Russian, English

Biographical Note

1899 June 17	Born, Taganrog, Russia
19??-1934	Faculty, Novocherkassk Tekhnikum, USSR
1934-1936	Senior geologist, Azov-Black Sea Trust, Rostov-on- Don, USSR
1936-1939	Imprisoned in Siberian concentration camp
1939	Senior geologist, Krasnodar’, USSR
1943	Ordained to priesthood, Taganrog, Russia
1947	Author, Pervoe velikoe tysiacheletie
1947	Author, Pervye liudi na zemle, po Bibleiskomu skazaniiu i dannym sovremennoi arkheologii
1953	Author, Prepodobnyi German Aliaskinskii
1960	Author, Pervonachal’naia vetkhozavetnaia tserkov’ v svete noveishikh raskopok i issledovanii
1977	Author, Doistoricheskaia Rus’: istoriko-arkheolo-gicheskoe issledovanie
1986	Died, Augusta, ME

Scope and Content Note

These papers reflect the writings, papers and research interests of Stefan Liashevskii, a geologist in the USSR, archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church, biblical scholar, and historian in emigration. Stefan Liashevskii had close relations with a number of Russian Orthodox hierarchs, which is reflected in his CORRESPONDENCE FILE. Among his correspondents were Patriarch Aleksii (Simanskii), Metropolitan Iosif (Chernov) and Metropolitan Nikolai (Eremin).

The SPEECHES AND WRITINGS FILE includes several historical essays and articles dedicated to ecclesiastical figures known personally by Liashevskii in Russia and in emigration, such as Patriarch Tikhon (Belavin), Metropolitan Serafim (Lade), Hieromonk Sofronii (Sakharov) and others.

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, 1942-1976. Includes ecclesiastical and immigration documents. Arranged alphabetically by physical form
1	CORRESPONDENCE, 1944-1982. Cards and letters, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
1-2	SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1948-1978 and undated. Articles, drafts, monographs, notes, pamphlets, and sermons, arranged chronologically by title
2	SUBJECT FILE, 1954-1973. Certificates, clippings, correspondence, and notes, arranged alphabetically by subject
3	PHOTOGRAPHS, 1935-1973 and undated. 178 prints. Not filmed

Container List

Box Nos	Folder Nos	Contents
1.		BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1942-1976
	1	General, 1956-1976. Includes certificate from Russian American Scholars, and letter of recommendation
	2	Conference participation, 1950-1951
	3	Ecclesiastical certificates, 1942-1970
	4	Immigration and Naturalization application, 1952
		CORRESPONDENCE, 1944-1982 and undated
	5	General, 1974-1982 and undated
	6	Aleksii (Simanskii), Patriarch, 1962-1964
	7	Amvrosii (Pogodin), Arkhimandrite, 1979 and undated
	8	Dvorzhitskaia, Irina, 1960
	9	Ioann (Garklavs), Archbishop, 1977-1980 and undated
	10	Ioann (Venliand), Metropolitan, 1962-1980 and undated
	11	Iosif (Chernov), Metropolitan, 1963-1975 and undated
	12	Nikolai (Eremin), Metropolitan, 1956-1982
	13	Rimskii-Korsakov, Vladimir, 1960
		Russian Orthodox Church
	14	General, 1950-1983 and undated
	15	Decrees, and related, 1946-1976 and undated
	16	Serafim (Lade), Metropolitan, 1944-1946
	17	Sofronii (Sakharov), Hieromonk, 1952-1953. Includes two photographs
	18	Tolstoi, Ivan Mikhailovich, 1982
	19	Vladimir Kirillovich, Grand Duke, 1949-1982 and undated
		SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1948-1978 and undated
		General
	20	Articles, 1961 and undated
	21	Essays, undated. Typescripts
	22-23	Notebooks, undated. Holograph
	24	Notes, undated. Holograph
	25	Untitled, undated. Typescripts

2.	1	“Batiushka otets Iosiia (Sviashchenno-arkhimandrit Iosiia, nastoiatel’ Taganrogskogo podvoriia Staro-Afonskogo Panteleimonovskogo monastyria),” undated. Typescript
		“Gosudar’ Muchenik,” undated. See “Pokhval’noe slovo tsartsvennym strastoterptsam”
	2	Letopis’ Serafimo-Diveevskogo monastyria s 1903 g. po 1927 g. Chast’ vtoraia, undated. Typescript. Includes related correspondence
	3	“Mitropolich’i okruga,” undated. Typescript. Includes related notes
	4	“Mitropolit Serafim i nemetskoe Pravoslavie,” undated. Typescript
	5	“O triipostasnom Boge,” undated. Typescript
	6	“Pokhval’noe slovo tsarstvennym strastoterptsam,” undated. Typescript. Includes “Gosudar’ Muchenik,” undated. Typescript
	7	“The tomb of our Forefather Noah the Righteous,” undated. Typescript. Includes incomplete version in Russian
	8	“Vladyka Arsenii (Arkhiepiskop Rostovskii i Taganrogskii),” undated. Typescript
	9	“Pervomu s”ezdu pravoslavnykh nemtsev v gor. Gersbruke,” 1948. Typescript
	10	“The six days of creation,” 1948. Typescript
	11	“Tsarstvo chetyrekh serafimov,” 1948. Typescript
	12	“Sviataia plashchanitsa Gospodnia,” 1949. Typescript
	13	“Mitropolit Petrogradskii Serafim (Chichagov),” 1950. Printed copy and typescript
	14	“Nastavlenie sestram Bogorodichnoi obiteli v g. Liubeke o molitve i monasheskom uklade zhizni,” 1950. Holograph
	15	“Tserkvi lukavnuiushchikh,” 1951. Typescript
	16	“Vtoroe tysiacheletie (2 chast’ ‘Tsarstva Chetyrekh Serafimov’),” 1951. Typescript
	17	“Ego sviateishestvo Patriarkh Tikhon,” Sviet, 1952 May 15. Printed copy
	18	“Russkie pravoslavnye tserkvi zagranitsei. Chast’ I,” 1953. Typescript
	19	“Zakliuchenie ob inzhenerno-geologicheskikh usloviiakh stroitel’nogo uchastka Trekhsviatitel’skoi tserkvi,” 1954. Typescript
	20	“Pravoslavnaia tserkov’ sredi narodov zapada,” 1955. Typescript
	21	“Pervonachal’naia vetkhozavetnaia Tserkov’ (ot Adama do Avraama) v svete noveishikh raskopok,” 1957. Typescript
	22	“Tsarstvo nebesnoe,” 1976. Typescript
	23	“Dogmat o Edinosushchnoi, Zhivotvoriashchei i Nerazdel’noi Troitse,” 1978. Typescript
		SUBJECT FILE, 1954-1973 and undated
	24	Biblical archeology, 1966-1973 and undated. Includes clippings and typed notes
	25	Roman Catholic Church--Relics, 1954-1970. Certificates
		Velesova kniga
	26	Correspondence, 1970-1973 and undated
	27	Newspaper articles, 1967-1973 and undated
	28	Notes, undated. Holograph and typescript

3.		PHOTOGRAPHS, 1935-1973 and undated
	1	Iosif (Chernov), Metropolitan, 1935-1973. 8 prints
		Sofronii (Sakharov). See CORRESPONDENCE/Sofronii (Sakharov)
		Stefan Liashevskii, Reverend
	2	General, undated. 8 prints
	3-4	Parishes served, 1943-1969 and undated. 160 prints in two albums
	5	One print of an unidentified hierarch, undated