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Pravoslavnoe palestinskoe obshchestvo records
2016C38  
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  • Title: Pravoslavnoe palestinskoe obshchestvo records
    Date (inclusive): 1922-2015
    Collection Number: 2016C38
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: Russian and English
    Physical Description: 3 manuscript boxes (1.3 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: By-laws, minutes, correspondence, memoranda, reports, and legal documents relating to administration of Orthodox Church property in Palestine and to legal disputes over its ownership.
    Creator: Pravoslavnoe palestinskoe obshchestvo
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    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.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2016.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Pravoslavnoe palestinskoe obshchestvo records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Historical Note

    Orthodox Palestine Society; affiliate of Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkov' zagranit͡seĭ. This organization was founded in 1882 as the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society. Its governing Council was reconstructed in Berlin in 1919 and later transferred to Paris.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence and supporting documents related to the arbitration of the dispute over the administration of Pravoslavnoe palestinskoe obshchestvo properties in Palestine from 1990 to 1993. Anthony Grabbe, former Chief of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem and head of the Pravoslavnoe palestinskoe obshchestvo, claimed that the section, which was founded in 1970, was separate and independent from the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) and the Pravoslavnoe palestinskoe obshchestvo Supreme Council. ROCOR and the Pravoslavnoe palestinskoe obshchestvo asserted that the Pravoslavnoe palestinskoe obshchestvo Holy Land Section was not the property owner, but just the custodian, or trustee, for the entire Society. There is also earlier correspondence from 1989 about a possible criminal case to be filed against Anthony Grabbe for the alleged theft and sale of Church property such as icons and books.
    Earlier Pravoslavnoe palestinskoe obshchestvo property issues from 1963 to 1977 are documented in the correspondence of Archimandrite Anthony Grabbe, while Chief of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, Prince Teymuraz Bagration-Mukhranskii, and others concerning disputes with the governments of Israel and Jordan related to the status of properties belonging to the Russian Orthodox Church and the Pravoslavnoe palestinskoe obshchestvo which had been in part surrendered to the Soviet government or on which the Soviets were making claims.
    Other correspondence and archival documents relate to the activities of the Pravoslavnoe palestinskoe obshchestvo Supreme Council and its United States and European Sections. This includes by-laws, meeting minutes, resolutions, pilgrimage brochures, appeals, and clippings.
    Of special interest is a dossier containing correspondence with Grand Duchesses Elena Vladimirovna and Vera Vladimirovna and others dating from 1922 to 1970, as well as photostats of pre-1917 ground plans of Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society property in Jerusalem and an original copy of a map of the Russian Compound in Jerusalem (1929, revised 1937).

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Palestine
    Orthodox Eastern Church
    Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡ t͡serkov' zagranit͡seĭ