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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «POLITOLOGIYA. RELIGIOVEDENIE»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «POLITICAL SCIENCE AND RELIGION STUDIES»
ISSN 2073-3380 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Political Science and Religion Studies». 2023. Vol 44

Holy Martyr Ioann Kochurov: Years in America

Author(s)
Val. V. Pechatnov, V. O. Pechatnov
Abstract
The article explores the American period in life and service of Holy Martyr Ioann Kochurov (1895–1907). This formative period for Fa. Kochurov when he grew up as a priest, missionary and a church leader remains relatively unexplored due to a lack of sources originating from the man himself (except for a couple of his writings in “American Orthodox Messenger” and few letters written to relatives at home). The newly available documents from the Library of Congress Manuscript Division (Alaskan Russian Church Archive) fill this void. They consist mostly of Kochurov’s own regular reports to his superiors (bishops Nickolay and Tikhon, as well as a dean of New York deanary Nedzel’nitsky) and provide a vivid picture of his multiple activities: missionary, parish life, church building and diocese responsibilities. These documents shed a new light on Fa. Kochurov’s relationships with his superiors as well as his overall contribution to the development of Alaskan and Aleutian diocese which reached its peak under Bishop Tikhon’s guidance. The new documentary evidence also reveals Holy Martyr’s personal traits – his deep devotion to the Orthodox mission in America, his integrity and courage of Christian convictions which ultimately led to his martyrdom in 1917.
About the Authors

Pechatnov Valentin Vladimirovich, Candidate of Sciences (History), Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, 76, Vernadskiy avе., Moscow, 119454, Russian Federation, e-mail: vpechatnov@yandex.ru

Pechatnov Vladimir Olegovich, Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor, Department of European and American Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, 76, Vernadskiy avе., Moscow, 119454, Russian Federation, e-mail: vopechatnov@gmail.com

For citation
Pechatnov Val.V., Pechatnov V.O. Holy Martyr Ioann Kochurov: Years in America. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2023, vol. 44, pp. 62-79. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2023.44.62 (in Russian)
Keywords
Holy Martyr Ioann Kochurov, Aleutian and Alaskan diocese, Bishop Nikolay, Bishop Tikhon, Chicago-Streator parish, St. Trinity cathedral in Chicago.
UDC
341.781.2:271.2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2023.44.62
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