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Title: Archimandrite Amvrosii papers
Dates: 1920-1977
Collection number: 2008C45
Creator:
Amvrosii, Archimandrite (Konovalov), 1890-1971.
Collection Size:
6 microfilm reels
(0.9 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
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
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
Russian
The collection is open for research
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives
[Identification of item], Archimandrite Amvrosii (Konovalov) Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
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.
The collection is organized into five series: Biographical file, Correspondence, Speeches and writings, and Photographs
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the online catalog.