Archimandrite Amvrosii Papers

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Register to the Archimandrite 2008C45 1 Amvrosii papers Title: Archimandrite Amvrosii papers Date (inclusive): 1920-1977 Collection Number: 2008C45 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives Language of Material: Russian Physical Description: 6 microfilm reels(0.9 linear feet) Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, and photographs, relating to the Russian Orthodox Church and to Russian émigré affairs. Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford University Creator: Amvrosii, Archimandrite (Konovalov), 1890-1971. Access The collection is open for research Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Archimandrite Amvrosii (Konovalov) Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2008 Alternative Forms of Material Available A portion of the collection is available on Microfilm Location of Original Materials Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Jordanville, New York 1890 Born Victor Andreevich Konovalov, St. Petersburg, Russia 1920 Evacuated to Constantinople 1963 Author, Istina i apostasiia 1971 Died, Jordanville, NY Scope and Content of Collection This collection contains the papers of Viktor Andreevich Konovalov, a self-proclaimed missionary of Canada in emigration, and later a Russian Orthodox monk and abbot of the Pokrov Skete in Bluffton, Alberta, Canada. Konovalov's rich Correspondence includes letters to and from prominent hierarchs of the Russian diaspora, located throughout the world, and provides a significant source for information on Russian Orthodoxy in North America in the Interwar years as well as in the immediate aftermath of World War II. In addition, Konovalov's papers present a valuable record of the functioning and economic struggles of the Pokrov Skete in Alberta, Canada. The Speeches and Writings file reflects the personal interests of Fr. Amvrosii, which included eschatological research as well as studies of holy fathers and church history. The Subject File materials relating to the history of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, including an almost complete collection of "Tserkovnyia viedomosti," the official ecclesiastical periodical of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia during the Interwar years. 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. Arrangement The collection is organized into five series: Biographical file, Correspondence, Speeches and writings, and Photographs Biography Victor Andreevich Konovalov was born in St. Petersburg in 1890, joined the White Army during the Civil War in Russia in 1918, and was forced to evacuate to Constantinople in 1920. From 1921 to 1923 Konovalov was actively involved in the Russian Orthodox Church in Constantinople. He soon immigrated to Canada, where he became a self-proclaimed missionary. Konovalov subsequently became a Russian Orthodox monk and abbot of the Pokrov convent in Bluffton, Alberta, Canada.

Register to the Archimandrite 2008C45 2 Amvrosii papers Archimandrite Amvrosii (Konovalov) died in 1971 at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, N.Y. Subjects and Indexing Terms Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkov'. Russians--Canada.

Box: 1 Biographical File, 1920-1962. Scope and Contents note Includes ecclesiastical documents, military record, will. Arranged alphabetically by physical form

Box/Folder: 1 : 1 Ecclesiastical certificates, 1922-1923 Box/Folder: 1 : 2 Military record, 1920 Box/Folder: 1 : 3 Will, 1938-1962 Correspondence, 1922-1965 and undated. Scope and Contents note Cards and letters, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent

General General Box/Folder: 1 : 4 1923-1949 and undated Box/Folder: 1 : 5 1950-1964 Box/Folder: 1 : 6 Mount Athos, 1924-1961. Scope and Contents note Includes correspondence with various monks from different monasteries on Mount Athos

Russian Orthodox Church Box/Folder: 1 : 7 1923-1949 and undated Box/Folder: 1 : 8 1950-1963 Box/Folder: 1 : 9 Afanasii (Martos), Archbishop, 1961 and undated Box/Folder: 1 : 10 Aggei (?), Archimandrite, 1947-1961 Box/Folder: 1 : 11 Aleksandrov, Nikolai N., 1947-1961 Box/Folder: 2 : 1 Anastasii (Gribanovskii), Metropolitan, 1922-1962 Box/Folder: 2 : 2 Andreevskii, Ivan Mikhailovich, 1949-1962 Box/Folder: 2 : 3 Antonii (Khrapovitskii), Metropolitan, 1932-1933 and undated Box/Folder: 2 : 4 Antonii (Sinkevich), Archbishop, 1961-1965 and undated Box/Folder: 2 : 5 Apollinarii (Koshevoi), Archbishop, 1927-1939 Box/Folder: 2 : 6 Ariadna (Michurina), Abbess, 1948-1956 Box/Folder: 2 : 7 Arsenii (Chakhovtsev), Bishop, 1930-1931 and undated Box/Folder: 2 : 8 Averkii (Taushev), Archbishop, 1955-1965 Box/Folder: 2 : 9 Baranova-Popova, ?, 1950 Box/Folder: 2 : 10 Bari, Sofiia Nikolaevna, 1947-1950 Box/Folder: 2 : 11 Borzov, Nikolai Viktorovich, 1951 and undated Box/Folder: 2 : 12 Brazol', Boris L'vovich, 1948 and undated Box/Folder: 2 : 13 Buketov, Feofan, Reverend, 1948-1950 Box/Folder: 2 : 14 Burdykov, Georgii, Reverend, 1933-1949 Box/Folder: 2 : 15 Chagaida, Onufrii, 1948-1951 Box/Folder: 2 : 16 Chernavin, Ioann, Reverend, 1946-1948 and undated Box/Folder: 2 : 17 Chervinskii, Evgenii, Reverend, undated Box/Folder: 2 : 18 Danil'chik, Mikhail, Reverend, 1931-1933 and undated Box/Folder: 2 : 19 Demchuk, Mr., 1947 Box/Folder: 2 : 20 Demidov, Vasilii, Reverend, 1947-1948 and undated Box/Folder: 2 : 21 Deputatov, Nikolai Mikhailovich, 1941 and undated Box/Folder: 2 : 22 Diakonik, Ilarion, 1949

Box/Folder: 2 : 23 Dionisii (Valedinskii), Metropolitan, 1932 and undated Box/Folder: 2 : 24 Dydik, Leontii and Anna, undated Box/Folder: 2 : 25 Feodosii (Samoilovich), Archbishop, 1931-1965 Box/Folder: 2 : 26 Feofan (Bystrov), Archbishop, 1932 Box/Folder: 2 : 27 Filaret (Voznesenskii), Metropolitan, 1965 Box/Folder: 2 : 28 Gerasim (Shmal'ts), Archimandrite, (1946-1951 and undated Box/Folder: 2 : 29 Grabbe, Georgii, Reverend, 1952-1959 Box/Folder: 3 : 1 Grigor', Ioann, Reverend, 1932-1965 and undated Box/Folder: 3 : 2 Grinenko, Vladimir Kharitonovich, 1955 Box/Folder: 3 : 3 Holy Trinity Monastery, 1946-1960 and undated Box/Folder: 3 : 4 Iakushin, Petr Mitrofanovich, 1947-1949 Box/Folder: 3 : 5 Ieronim (Chernov), Archbishop, 1938-1948 Box/Folder: 3 : 6 Ioasaf (Skorodumov), Archbishop, 1922-1958 Box/Folder: 3 : 7 Kalinovskii, Anton Grigorievich, 1947-1951 and undated Box/Folder: 3 : 8 Kappanadzi, Ioason, Reverend, 1946-1948 and undated Box/Folder: 3 : 9 Kharit, Filip Vasilievich, 1946 Box/Folder: 3 : 10 Kiziun, Aleksandr, Reverend, 1928 Box/Folder: 3 : 11 Kokhanik, Petr, Reverend, 1947-1952 and undated Box/Folder: 3 : 12 Komarnitskii, Nikanor, Reverend, 1932-1961 Box/Folder: 3 : 13 Konon-Ivashkevich, Mr., 1951 Box/Folder: 3 : 14 Konstantin (Zaitsev), Archimandrite, 1935-1962 Box/Folder: 3 : 15 Kontsevich, Elena Iur'evna and Ivan Mikhailovich, 1948-1963 and undated Box/Folder: 3 : 16 Krupenskii, Aleksandr Nikolaevich, 1927-1930 Box/Folder: 3 : 17 Kryzhanovskii, Nikolai Antonovich, 1940 Box/Folder: 3 : 18 Kutepov, Aleksei Pavlovich, 1929 Box/Folder: 3 : 19 Kuterev, Boris Leonidovich, 1950 Box/Folder: 3 : 20 Ladinskii, Leonid, Reverend, 1956 and undated Box/Folder: 3 : 21 Lavr (Shkurla), Abbot (later Archbishop and Metropolitan), 1958-1961 Box/Folder: 3 : 22 Lebedev, Manuil, Reverend, 1932 Box/Folder: 3 : 23 Legkii, Ioann, Reverend, 1951 and undated Box/Folder: 3 : 24 Lekhovich, Vladimir Andreevich, 1928-1929 and undated. Scope and Contents note Includes newspaper clipping and letter from General A. P. Kutepov to Lekhovich

Box/Folder: 3 : 25 Leontii (Bartoshevich), Archimandrite, 1945-1948 and undated Box/Folder: 3 : 26 Leontii (Filippovich), Archbishop, 1957-1961 Box/Folder: 3 : 27 Levitskii, N., Reverend, 1951 Box/Folder: 3 : 28 Lototskii, Dimitrii Vasilievich, undated Box/Folder: 3 : 29 Maloshev, Mr., 1949 Box/Folder: 3 : 30 Mannerheim, Carl Gustaf Emil, 1939 Box/Folder: 3 : 31 Maslov, Diodor Nikolaevich, 1949 Box/Folder: 4 : 1 Meletii (Zaborovskii), Metropolitan, 1941 Box/Folder: 4 : 2 Merzheevskii, Vladimir Danilovich, 1957-1963 Box/Folder: 4 : 3 Mikhailov, Vasilii, Reverend, undated Box/Folder: 4 : 4 Miller, Evgenii Karlovich, General, 1929 Box/Folder: 4 : 5 Mishukov, Aleksandr Feodorovich, 1943-1947 and undated Box/Folder: 4 : 6 Morozov, Ivan, 1933-1934 Box/Folder: 4 : 7 Nikolai (Karpov), Bishop, 1932 Box/Folder: 4 : 8 Nikon (Rklitskii), Bishop, 1936-1964 Box/Folder: 4 : 9 Panteleev, Sergii, Reverend, 1940-1961 Box/Folder: 4 : 10 Panteleimon (Rudyk), Archbishop, 1955 Box/Folder: 4 : 11 Platon (Rozhdestvenskii), Metropolitan, 1926 and undated Box/Folder: 4 : 12 Poliakov, Sergei, 1924 Box/Folder: 4 : 13 Polonskii, Sergei Pavlovich, 1959-1965 and undated. Scope and Contents note Includes photograph of Archimandrite Amvrosii (Konovalov)

Box/Folder: 4 : 14 Pol'skii, Mikhail, Reverend, 1949-1957 Box/Folder: 4 : 15 Rimarenko, Adrian, Reverend (later Bishop), 1959-1962 Box/Folder: 4 : 16 Romanov, V. S., 1949-1950 Box/Folder: 4 : 17 Rybakov, Nikolai Pavlovich, 1932-1959 Box/Folder: 4 : 18 Sabo, Georgii, 1948-1952 Box/Folder: 4 : 19 Savva (Sarachevich), Bishop, 1958-1961 Box/Folder: 4 : 20 Serafim (Ivanov), Archbishop, 1932-1961 Box/Folder: 4 : 21 Serafim (Svezhevskii), Bishop, 1951 Box/Folder: 4 : 22 Shaliakin, Feodor Gavrilovich, 1946-1952 Box/Folder: 4 : 23 Shaposhnikov, Vasilii, Reverend, 1940-1941 Box/Folder: 4 : 24 Sharov, Nikolai Aleksandrovich, 1946 Box/Folder: 4 : 25 Shomin, M. I., 1948-1949 Box/Folder: 4 : 26 Solada, Mikhail, 1958 Box/Folder: 4 : 27 Sul'zhikov, Aleksandr Viktorovich, 1927-1933 Box/Folder: 4 : 28 Sumarokov, Evgenii Nikolaevich, 1941 Box/Folder: 4 : 29 Starukhin, Marko, 1947-1948 Box/Folder: 4 : 30 Stepanov, Nikolai, 1949 Box/Folder: 5 : 1 Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, 1928-1959 Box/Folder: 5 : 2 Teliatnikov, N., undated Box/Folder: 5 : 3 Tikhon (Liashchenko), Bishop, 1932 Box/Folder: 5 : 4 Tikhon (Troitskii), Archbishop, 1931-1961 Box/Folder: 5 : 5 Tsuglevich, Aleksandr, Reverend, 1930-1935 Box/Folder: 5 : 6 Turianitsa, Mikhail Il'ich, 1964 and undated Box/Folder: 5 : 7 Urusova, Nataliia Vladimirovna, 1958-1961 Box/Folder: 5 : 8 Varshavskii, Sigizmund, 1948-1951 Box/Folder: 5 : 9 Vdovichenko, Petr, Reverend, 1932-1933 Box/Folder: 5 : 10 Venedikt (Bobkovskii), Bishop, 1951 Box/Folder: 5 : 11 Vitalii (Maksimenko), Archbishop, 1939-1951 Box/Folder: 5 : 12 Vitalii (Ustinov), Bishop, 1934-1967 Box/Folder: 5 : 13 Vorobets, Sergei Lukich and Dominika Iosifovna, 1946-1952 and undated Box/Folder: 5 : 14 Zavalishin, Boris Arkadievich, 1947 and undated. Scope and Contents note Includes signed typescript entitled "Nash pozor"

Box/Folder: 5 : 15 Znamenskii, Aleksandr, Reverend, 1946-1951 and undated Box/Folder: 5 : 16 Znamenskii, Georgii, 1947 and undated Box/Folder: 5 : 17 Zosima (?), Archimandrite, 1948-1949 and undated Speeches and Writings, 1922-1977 and undated. Scope and Contents note Announcements, appeals, articles, greetings, notebooks, notes, open letters, and sermons, arranged chronologically by title

General Box/Folder: 5 : 18 Announcements, appeals, greetings, 1946-1961 and undated. Scope and Contents note Typescripts, printed copy and holographs

Box/Folder: 5 : 19 Articles, 1951-1963 and undated. Scope and Contents note Typescripts

Box/Folder: 5 : 20 Letters to the editor, 1932-1961 Box/Folder: 5 : 21 Notebook, undated. Scope and Contents note Holograph

Notes Box/Folder: 5 : 22 General, 1933-1964 and undated. Scope and Contents note Holographs and typescripts

Box/Folder: 5 : 23 Lives of saints, undated. Scope and Contents note Typescripts

Box/Folder: 5 : 24 Open letters, 1922-1933. Scope and Contents note Typescripts

Box/Folder: 5 : 25 Sermons, 1945-1962 and undated. Scope and Contents note Holographs and typescripts

Box/Folder: 5 : 26 Speeches, undated. Scope and Contents note Typescript

Box/Folder: 5 : 27 "Fra Ieronim Savaranola – neponiatyi i nepriznannyi sviatoi," Russkaia zhizn', 1977, Nos. 8762-8778. Scope and Contents note Printed copy

Box/Folder: 5 : 28 "Istina i apostasiia," 1963. Scope and Contents note Printed copy

Box/Folder: 5 : 29 "Nastavleniia ieroskhimonakha Amvrosiia, startsa Optinoi pustyni," 1940. Scope and Contents note Typescript. Includes foreword by V. Konovalov and dedication to Hierodeacon Avenir

Box/Folder: 5 : 30 "Sobytiia poslednikh dnei po svidetel'stvu sviatykh prorokov," undated. Scope and Contents note Typescript

Box: 6 Subject File, 1922-1963 and undated. Scope and Contents note Curriculum vitae of diocesan clergy, brochures, inventories, leaflets, minutes, notes, periodical, personal documents and certificates, arranged alphabetically by subject

Box/Folder: 6 : 1 Nezym, Semen Semenovich, 1924. Scope and Contents note Personal documents and certificates

Russkaia Pravoslavnaia Tserkov' Zagranitsei Box/Folder: 6 : 2 General - Leaflets, 1936-1963 and undated Box/Folder: 6 : 3 Alberta, Canada, 1931-1959 and undated. Scope and Contents note Includes curriculum vitae of diocesan clergy, lists of relics held at Pokrov skete in Bluffton, Alberta, minutes of diocesan meetings, liturgical notes

Box/Folder: 6 : 4 Iz dieianii arkhiereiskago sobora Russkoi Pravoslavnoi Tserkvi Zagranitsei, 1960 Box/Folder: 6 : 5-8 Tserkovnyia viedomosti, 1922-1930. Scope and Contents note Includes notes on missing issues and provenance

Box/Folder: 6 : 9 Photographs, 1948-1963 and undated. Scope and Contents note Ten prints depicting Archimandrite Amvrosii (Konovalov)