Metropolitan Serafim Memoir, 1950-1953

Collection context

Creator:
Seraphim, Metropolit, 1883-1950
Extent:
947 pages (947 pages)
Language:
Russian .
Scope and content:

The memoirs discuss Serafim's ecclesiastical work at various posts in Europe, the All-Russian Church Council of 1917-1918 and his position as titular Metropolitan in Finland. Serafim also describes his life in France during the 1940s.

Biographical / historical:

Serafim, whose secular name was Luki︠a︡nov, was the Exarch of the Moscow Patriarchate in Western Europe in 1945-1947.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located on-site.

Location of this collection:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
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