Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Svitich, Aleksandr, 1890-1963
- 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.
- Extent:
- 3 microfilm reels (0.45 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- Polish
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Aleksandr Kallinikovich Svitich Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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Date Event 1890 March 15 Born, Vilno, Russian Empire19?? Graduated, Theological faculty, Warsaw University19?? Professor, Vilno Theological Seminary1921-1932 Editorial board member (pen name Tuberozov), Za svobodu1930-1933 Editor, V ograde tserkovnoi1950 Arrived in the U.S.A.1959 Author, Pravoslavnaia Tserkov' v Pol'she i ee avtokefaliia1963 August 17 Died, Denver, COAleksandr 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.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2008
- Arrangement:
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The collection is organized into five series: Biographical file, Correspondence, Speeches and writings, Subject file, and Printed matter
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Aleksandr Kallinikovich Svitich Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563