Register of the Archbishop Apollinarii (Koshevoi) papers
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Title: Archbishop Apollinarii (Koshevoi) papers
Date (inclusive): 1874-1935
Collection Number: 2008C43
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2 microfilm reels
(0.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Diaries, correspondence, and speeches and writings, relating to the Russian Orthodox Church and to Russian émigré affairs.
Creator:
Apollinariĭ, Archbishop of North America and Canada, 1874-1933
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2008
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Archbishop Apollinarii 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
Chronology
| 1874 October 16 |
Born, Valok, Poltava guberniia, Russia |
| 1888 |
Graduated, Romenskoe dukhovnoe uchilishche |
| 1894 |
Graduated, Poltavskaia dukhovnaia seminariia |
| 1898 |
Tonsured monk and ordained hierodeacon |
| 1905 |
Graduated, Kievskaia dukhovnaia akademiia |
| 1917 |
Ordained bishop of Belgorod |
| 1922 |
Sent to Jerusalem to oversee the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission |
| 1924 |
Arrives in New York, Bishop of Winnipeg |
| 1927 |
Bishop of North America and San Francisco |
| 1929 |
Archbishop of North America and Canada |
| 1933 June 19 |
Died, New York, NY |
| 1965 |
Reburial, Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville, NY |
Biography
Andrei Vasil'evich Koshevoi was born in Valok, Russia, in the Poltava guberniia, on October 16, 1874. He grew up in a pious
Russian Orthodox family, went through the traditional theological education, graduating from the Romenskoe dukhovnoe uchilishche
in 1888 and the Poltavskaia dukhovnaia seminariia in 1894. Early on, Koshevoi chose his path, and in 1898 he was tonsured
a monk by his spiritual mentor Archbishop Antonii (Khrapovitskii), given the name Apollinarii, and subsequently ordained.
He then continued his education at the famous Kievskaia dukhovnaia akademiia, graduating in 1905.
In 1917, Apollinarii (Koshevoi) was consecrated bishop of Belgorod, having spent the preceding years teaching and carrying
out administrative functions at theological institutions. Archbishop Apollinarii arrived in Serbia in 1920, as a result of
the Russian Revolution, and was sent to Jerusalem in 1922 to oversee the activities of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission.
Two years later, he arrived in New York, having been assigned as vicar bishop to Metropolitan Platon (Rozhdestvenskii). Although
his time in the United States coincided with difficult jurisdictional controversies, he played an important role in the formation
of Russian Orthodox parishes there. From 1929 to 1933, he was archbishop of North America and Canada; he died in New York
in 1933.
Scope and Content of Collection
These papers reflect the ecclesiastical career path of Archbishop Apollinarii (Koshevoi), beginning with his educational formation
in pre-Revolutionary Russia to emigration, first in Serbia, then Jerusalem, Palestine, and, finally, as Archbishop of North
America and Canada. His assignments, both in Jerusalem and North America, coincided with difficult jurisdictional controversies,
especially on the North American continent. His Correspondence reveals a lively exchange with both clergy and parishioners
in the U.S. and Canada, and includes directives, ukazy, and ecclesiastical documents forwarded to him from the ecclesiastical
administration of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia in Belgrade, Serbia.
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.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into six series: Biographical file, Diaries, Correspondence, Speeches and writings, Russian Ecclesiastical
Mission File, and Printed matter
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russians -- United States
Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Russians -- Canada
Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ
Biographical File
1874-1935.
Scope and Contents note
Includes anniversary addresses, awards, biographical sketches, certificates (birth, citizenship, medical, Mutual Aid Fund),
ecclesiastical and educational documents, estate documents, farewell address, memorial service announcement, materials related
to the erection of a memorial to Archbishop Apollinarii, and passports. Arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 1, folder 1-2
Addresses on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Archbishop Apollinarii's episcopacy
1932
box 1, folder 4
Biographical sketches
1928 and undated.
Scope and Contents note
Typescripts and printed copy
box 1, folder 9
Ecclesiastical documents
1900-1927
box 1, folder 10
Educational documents
1894-1917.
box 1, folder 11
Estate documents
1934-1937 and undated
box 1, folder 12
Farewell address
1926.
Scope and Contents note
Holograph
box 1, folder 13
Memorial service announcement
1936
box 1, folder 14
Memorial to Archbishop Apollinarii
1933-1935 and undated
Correspondence
1920-1934.
Scope and Contents note
Letters and ecclesiastical documents, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
box 2, folder 1
General
1927-1931 and undated
box 2, folder 2
Addresses of clergy
1925 and undated
box 2, folder 3
Log of outgoing correspondence
1927-1930
box 2, folder 4
Unidentified
1925-1932 and undated
box 2, folder 5
Adam (Filippovskii), Archbishop
1931
box 2, folder 6
Aleksandrov, Elena and Nikolai Nikolaevich
1929-1931.
Scope and Contents note
Includes printed copy of open letter by Elena Aleksandrov to Russian clergy in North America
box 2, folder 7
Anastasii (Gribanovskii), Archbishop (later – Metropolitan)
undated
box 2, folder 8
Antonin, Arkhimandrit
1927
box 2, folder 9
Barskii, Konstantin
undated
box 2, folder 10
Bekkarevich, Boris
1932 and undated.
Scope and Contents note
Includes documents relating to the purchase of land for a proposed monastery
box 2, folder 13
Feodosii (Samoilovich), Bishop
1926-1932
box 2, folder 14
Feofil (Pashkovskii), Bishop
1925
box 2, folder 15
Gornii convent, Jerusalem
1924 and undated
box 2, folder 16
Ioasaf (Skorodumov), Bishop
1931
box 2, folder 18
Krupenskii, Aleksandr Nikolaevich
1928-1932
box 2, folder 19
Kulibin, Vladimir K.
1927
box 2, folder 20
Lakhno, Ignatii, Reverend
1930
box 2, folder 21
Turkevich, Leonid, Reverend (later – Metropolitan Leontii)
1925-1926
box 2, folder 22
Mikhail (Zeikan), Hieromonk
undated
box 2, folder 23
Mitropol'skii, Nikolai, Reverend
1926
box 2, folder 24
Nikolai (Karpov), Bishop
1931-1932
box 2, folder 25
Platon (Rozhdestvenskii), Metropolitan
1922-1927 and undated
box 2, folder 26
Russian Church Assistance Fund
1927
box 2, folder 27
Seniuk, Vasilii A.
1929-1930
box 2, folder 28
Simeon (Nabrekov), Archimandrite
1932
box 2, folder 29
Simon (Vinogradov), Archbishop
1932
box 3, folder 1
St. Peter and Paul Church
1928
Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
Scope and Contents note
Includes documents signed by Metropolitan Antonii (Khrapovitskii), Iu. G. Grabbe, and E. I. Makharablidze
box 3, folder 5
Telep, Ioann, Reverend
1925
box 3, folder 7
Turin, Ivan Arsen'evich
1930-1931
box 3, folder 8
Vadkovskii, Vasilii Vasil'evich
1934
box 3, folder 9
Vdovichenko, Petr, Reverend
1930-1931
box 3, folder 11
Vitalii (Maksimenko), Archimandrite (later – Archbishop)
1932
box 3, folder 12
Zagorskii, Mr. and Mrs.
1927
Speeches and Writings
1927-1932 and undated.
Scope and Contents note
Appeals, epistles, pamphlet, speeches, arranged chronologically by title
box 3, folder 13
General - Epistles and appeals
1927-1932.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copies
box 3, folder 14
Untitled speech on ecclesiastical governance
undated.
Scope and Contents note
Holograph
box 3, folder 15
"Istina da vostorzhestvuet,"
1928.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 16
Russian Ecclesiastical Mission File
1921-1923.
Scope and Contents note
Accounts of the activities of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem. Includes a financial account of the mission's
activities for the year 1921, and an account of the first Arab Orthodox gathering in 1923. Holographs arranged chronologically
Printed Matter
1919-1933 and undated.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings, leaflets, and brochures, arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 3, folder 17
Clippings
1930-1933 and undated
box 3, folder 19
Olsuf'ev, Dimitrii Adamovich,
Mysli soborianina o nashei tserkovnoi smutie
1928.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 3, folder 20
Zhurnal trudov tserkovno-narodnogo sobora
1919.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
