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Title: Aleksandr Kallinikovich Svitich papers
Date (inclusive): 1921-1965
Collection Number: 2008C81
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Polish
Physical Description:
3 microfilm reels
(0.45 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Svitich, Aleksandr, 1890-1963
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], Aleksandr Kallinikovich Svitich Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Alternative Forms of Material Available
The entire collection is available on Microfilm
Location of Original Materials
Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Jordanville, New York
| 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 |
Aleksandr Kallinikovich Svitich was born March 15, 1890, the son of a Russian Orthodox priest, in Vilno, still part of the
Russian empire at that time. Following the usual path of children of clergy, he pursued a theological education, graduating
from the Theological Faculty of Warsaw University in 1930 and teaching at the Vilno Theological Seminary. Svitich served on
the editorial board of Za svobodu, a Russian émigré newspaper, to which he contributed numerous articles, at times using his
pen name Tuberozov, and edited V ograde tserkovnoi from 1930 to 1933. As legal adviser to the Orthodox Church in Poland, Svitich
actively defended the interests of the Orthodox Church versus the Catholic Church in Poland.
Forced to leave Poland for Serbia in 1937, he settled in Belgrade, where he advised the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia
in legal matters. In 1938 Svitich participated in the Second Russian Orthodox All-Diaspora; in 1945, he immigrated to Germany,
where he lived in displaced persons camps before arriving in the United States in 1950. Reflecting on his years in Poland
and his activities in the Orthodox Church there, he published a historical monograph in 1959 on the Orthodox Church in Poland
and the issue of church autocephaly titled Pravoslavnaia Tserkov' v Pol'she i ee avtokefaliia.
Aleksandr Svitich died on August 17, 1963, in Denver, Colorado.
Scope and Content of Collection
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 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, Subject file, and
Printed matter
Archbishop Apollinarii (Koshevoi) Papers, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Vladislav Albionovich Maevskii Papers, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Konstantin Nikolaevich Nikolaev Papers, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Nikolai D. Talberg Papers, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States
Poland
Orthodox Eastern Church
Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ