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Title: Archimandrite Amvrosii papers
Date (inclusive): 1920-1977
Collection Number: 2008C45
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and 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.
Creator:
Amvrosiĭ, Archimandrite (Konovalov), 1890-1971
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2008
[Identification of item], Archimandrite Amvrosii (Konovalov) Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
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 |
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.
Archimandrite Amvrosii (Konovalov) died in 1971 at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, N.Y.
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 Library & 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.
The collection is organized into five series: Biographical file, Correspondence, Speeches and writings, and Photographs
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russians -- Canada
Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ