Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary

Aleksandr Kallinikovich Svitich

A Register of His Papers, 1921-1965
At Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary

Prepared by Vladimir Von Tsurikov

Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Jordanville, New York
2008

Descriptive Summary

Collection Title:
Aleksandr Kallinikovich Svitich Papers, 1921-1965

Creator:
Aleksandr Kallinikovich Svitich

Extent:
2 manuscript boxes, (0.8 linear feet)

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 provide insight into the life of the Orthodox Church in Poland in the Interwar period. Aleksander K. Svitich, a theologian and member of the faculty of the Vilno Theological Seminary, served on the editorial board of Za svobodu, a Russian émigré newspapers, to which he contributed numerous articles, at times using his pen name Tuberozov. Reflected in these papers are also Svitich’s research interests.

Arrangement Statement:
The collection is organized into five series: Biographical file, Correspondence, Speeches and writings, Subject file, and Printed matter

Physical Location:
Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Jordanville, New York

Language:
Polish, and Russian

Information for Researchers

Access
The collection is open for research

Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary

Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Aleksandr Kallinikovich Svitich Papers, [Box no.], Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary

Alternate Forms Available
Full collection is available on Microfilm]

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Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the online catalog.

Eastern Catholic Church.
Orthodox Eastern Church--Poland--History--20th century.
Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America.
Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkov’ zagranitsei.
Poland--History.

Biographical Note

1890 March 15	Born, Vilno, Russian Empire
19??	Graduated, Theological faculty, Warsaw University
19??	Professor, Vilno Theological Seminary
1921-1932	Editorial board member (pen name Tuberozov), Za svobodu
1930-1933	Editor, V ograde tserkovnoi
1950	Arrived in the U.S.A.
1959	Author, Pravoslavnaia Tserkov’ v Pol’she i ee avtokefaliia
1963 August 17	Died, Denver, CO

Scope and Content Note

These papers provide insight into the life of the Orthodox Church in Poland in the Interwar period. Aleksander K. Svitich, a theologian and member of the faculty of the Vilno Theological Seminary, served on the editorial board of Za svobodu, a Russian émigré newspapers, to which he contributed numerous articles, at times using his pen name Tuberozov. Reflected in these papers are also Svitich’s research interests.

The Subject file contains documents pertaining to the activities of the Orthodox Church in the Unites States. Noteworthy are the correspondence of Archbishop Arsenii (Chakhovtsev), and Archbishop Irinei (Bekish), and documents relating to the Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkov’ zagranitsei.

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, 1927-1950 and undated. Address of gratitude, Peretrukhin-Svitich controversy file, arranged alphabetically by physical form
1	Correspondence, 1926-1949. Cards and letters, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
1	Speeches and writings, 1926-1961 and undated. Articles, clippings, letter to the editor, notes, arranged chronologically by title
1-2	Subject file, 1921-1965 and undated. Bylaws, clippings, correspondence, minutes, notebook, pamphlets, reports, research notes, resolutions, arranged alphabetically by subject
2	Printed matter, 1930-1933. Catalog and clippings

Container List

Box Nos	Folder Nos	Contents
1.		Biographical file, 1927-1950 and undated
	1	Address of gratitude of the Russian Orthodox deanery of the French occupation zone in Germany, 1950
	2	Peretrukhin-Svitich controversy file, 1927-1934 and undated. Includes related materials
		Correspondence, 1926-1949. See also Subject file/Orthodox Eastern Church--Poland--History--20th century/All-Polish council
	3	Dionisii (Valedinskii), Metropolitan, 1930-1931
	4	Iakubovich, Viacheslav, Reverend, 1926-1931 and undated
	5	Ioann (Pommer), Archbishop, 1930
	6	Mikhailovskii, Vladimir, 1926
	7	Savva (Sovetov), Archbishop, 1949
	8	Shavel’skii, Georgii, Reverend, 1930
	9	Za svobodu, 1926-1931
		Speeches and writings, 1926-1961 and undated. See also Subject file/Orthodox Eastern Church--Poland--History--20th century/All-Polish council
		General
	10	Letter to the editor, 1961
	11	Notes, undated
		Newspaper articles
	12	General, 1953-1959 and undated
		Za svobodu
	13	1926
	14	1927
	15	1928
	16	1929-1930
	17	“Edinaia, sviataia, sobornaia i apostol’skaia tserkov’,” undated. Typescript
	18	“Nasushchnieishaia nuzhda,” undated. Typescript
	19	“Vybornoe nachalo v zhizni pravoslavnoi tserkvi,” undated. Typescript
	20	“Znachenie sobornosti v pravoslavnoi tserkvi (v zashchitu sobornosti v zhizni tserkvi),” undated. Typescript
	21	“Cherez Golgofu k voskreseniiu,” Rossiia, No. 5090, 1953. Printed copy
	22	“Tserkov’ s pervykh vekov khristiianstva i ee sobornoe ustroenie,” 1953. Typescript, with introductory remarks and notes
		Subject file, 1921-1965 and undated
	23	Eastern Catholic Church, clippings, research notes

2.		Orthodox Eastern Church--Poland--History--20th Century
	1	General, clippings
	2	All-Polish council. Includes newspaper articles by Svitich and other authors, clippings, related correspondence, notes, and resolutions
	3	Persecutions of Orthodox Christians, 1938-1940. Notebook entitled “Gonenie na Pravoslavie v Pol’shie” with pasted clippings
		Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America
	4	Bylaws, The Russian Church of Our Lady of Kazan, Sea Cliff, N.Y., undated
		Correspondence
	5	Arsenii (Chakhovtsev), Archbishop, 1935-1937. Includes correspondence with Metropolitan Feofil (Pashkovskii), and Bishop Leontii (Turkevich)
	6	Irinei (Bekish), Archbishop, 1965
	7	Minutes, Ninth All-American council, 1955
		Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkov’ zagranitsei
		General
	8	Parish bylaws, 1946-1955. Printed copies
	9	Skvortsov, Vasilii Mikhailovich. Reports to ecclesiastical councils, 1921-1931
	10	“Krizis upravleniia Russkoi zarubezhnoi tserkvi,” undated
	11	Tserkovnye zakony kasaiushchiesia Russkoi pravoslavnoi tserkvi zagranitsei, 1947. Printed copy
	12	Poland--History. Clippings, 1957
	13	Teodorovich, Terentii, Reverend, 1950-1953 and undated. Clippings and three prints
	14-15	Printed matter, 1930-1933 and undated. Catalog and clippings