Kartashev A. Essays on the history of the Russian Church. In two volumes.

Kartashev A. Essays on the history of the Russian Church. In two volumes.
Paris. YMCA-Press. 1959 685, 569 p. In two two-color font publishing covers, size 16 x 23.5 cm. Very good - excellent condition. SV

Anton Vladimirovich Kartashev (11 (23) July 1875, Kyshtym, Perm province, Russian Empire — 10 September 1960, Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, France) was a Russian statesman, the last chief Prosecutor of the Holy governing Synod; Minister of confessions of the Provisional government, theologian, historian of the Russian Church, Church and public figure. In emigration-the ideologue of intransigence. As the last chief Prosecutor, he prepared the self-liquidation of the Institute of the chief Prosecutor's office and the transfer of full Church power to the local Council of the Orthodox Russian Church in 1917-1918.

Candidate of theology, associate Professor (1900) of the Saint Petersburg theological Academy, Professor of Russian history at the Russian philological Department of the Sorbonne (1922-1939), doctor of Church history honoris causa of the St. Sergius Orthodox theological Institute (1944).

He was born in the family of a Ural miner. He graduated from the Perm Seminary (1894) and the Saint Petersburg theological Academy (1899). For the candidate's work " Slavic translations of the works of St. John Chrysostom " was awarded the Metropolitan Joseph (Semashko) prize. Left a professorial scholarship at the Department of the history of the Russian Church. In 1900, he was appointed associate Professor of the Department of the history of the Russian Church. At the Saint Petersburg theological Academy, he taught the history of the Russian Church (1900-1905). Later, he taught at the St. Petersburg Higher women's courses (1906-1918).

An active participant in the Religious-philosophical meetings in St. Petersburg in 1901-1903. Personal friend of Zinaida Gippius, Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Dmitry Filosofov, Marietta Shaginyan; member of the religious community they were part of. He was the Chairman of the Religious and philosophical society in Saint Petersburg (from 1909 to 1917).

Active employee of the New way publication, edited by Dmitry Merezhkovsky and Zinaida Gippius. Published under the pseudonym T. Romansky. He worked as an editor-publisher of the newspaper "Vestnik zhizni".

He was awarded the order of St. Stanislaus, 3rd class (1911) and St. Anna, 3rd class (1914).

In 1912, Kartashev became close to political associations. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of the Great East of the peoples of Russia (VVNR), and was a member of the Supreme Council of this organization from 1905 to 1917. In 1902-1903, Kartashev shared the ideas of Merezhkovsky and Gippius about the "obsolescence of historical Christianity", later he rejected such views (on March 31, 1918, he wrote a letter to Merezhkovsky, in which he reported the break in relations with them). After February 1917, he joined the cadet party, was a member of its Central Committee, and was one of the leaders of the right wing.

Since March 25, 1917-comrade chief Prosecutor of the Holy Synod; since July 25-chief Prosecutor of the Synod. First Minister of faiths of the Provisional government (1917). On behalf of the Provisional government, he welcomed the local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church on August 15 and took an active part in its work.

He was arrested along with other Ministers of the Provisional government during the October events on the night of October 25-26. He was imprisoned in the Peter and Paul fortress. On November 7, Alexandra Kollontai petitioned the Petrograd military revolutionary Committee for the release of Kartashev and Finance Minister Mikhail Bernatsky. When voting for the release of Kartashev, four members of the Committee spoke out (against — two). However, Kartashev refused to be released on his own recognizance until all the remaining arrested Ministers of the Provisional government were released. On November 24, the delegates of the local Council adopted a special statement "for publication" in the press: "we Express our firm confidence that there was nothing in the activities of A.V. Kartashev that could be the subject of a public trial and tarnish his good name, and bearing in mind that many of his Cabinet colleagues, equally responsible for the activities of the government, have long been freed, the all-Russian Church Council insists on the immediate release of A.V. Kartashev from the Peter and Paul fortress."

In January 1918, he was transferred to the Gerzoni clinic, and at the beginning of February, then released on the promise not to take active action against the Soviet government. From Krestov Kartashev was not taken home — he was forbidden to live there — but to Vasilievsky island to see Professor Vladimir Beneshevich; from there, after a four-day stay in the Professor's apartment, he was taken to Lev Karsavin, a scientist and teacher. From Karsavin the way lay to Professor Platon Zhukovich, and from him to the Secretary of the Religious and philosophical society Sergey Kablukov.

Since July 1918, he participated in the 3rd session of the local Council of the Russian Church, as well as in the work of the Supreme Church Council. We know about several meetings between Kartashev and Patriarch Tikhon, during which they discussed the problems of relations between the Church and the state in the past and present, as well as projects to create a network of Orthodox brotherhoods to protect churches and clergy from criminal attacks.

In 1917-1918, he was a member of the circle"Resurrection".

In January 1919, he left Russia for Estonia. In the government of Nikolai Yudenich, he held the post of Minister of confessions.

Russian Russian Russian Russian emigration leader-served as the Chairman of the national center in Finland, then the Russian national Committee in Paris; member of the diocesan assemblies and the diocesan Council Of the Russian Exarchate of the Ecumenical see, a participant in the congresses of the Russian student Christian movement (rshd). Together with Sergey Melgunov, he was one of the editors and ideologists of the Parisian weekly "Struggle for Russia".

Russian Russian history was taught at the faculty of history and Philology of the Russian Department of the University of Paris.

In 1922-1939, he held the position of Professor of Russian history at the Russian philological Department of the Sorbonne, and lectured on the history of Christianity in Russia.

In 1923, he participated in the renewal of the Brotherhood of Saint Sophia, created in 1919 with the blessing of Patriarch Tikhon, and was the author of its Charter.

He was one of the founders and Professor of the Saint Sergius Orthodox theological Institute in Paris (1925-1960). His students were Ivan Meyendorff, Peter Kovalevsky, Alexander Schmemann. At the Institute, he was remembered by students as a member of the Church choir and an excellent reader of old Testament paremias. Kartashev's theological and historical and philosophical works were published in the journals" Bulletin of the Russian Christian movement", " Path", " Orthodox thought", " Modern notes", "Church Bulletin of the Western European diocese". Kartashev continued working for several years on the first textbook in Russian theology on isagogics, covering the topic "the Pentateuch". This course took into account the latest achievements of world theological science.

In November 1936, he participated together with prot. S. Bulgakov, V. V. Zenkovsky, and prot. G. Florovsky in the Congress of Orthodox theologians in Athens, which testified to the high international recognition of the theological school of the St. Sergius Institute.

In January 1943 Kartashev was summoned to the Gestapo and questioned about his connections with foreign countries and participation in Ecumenical activities, but was not arrested.

In 1944 Kartashev was awarded the title of doctor of ecclesiastical history honoris causa by the Saint Sergius theological Institute in Paris for his work on a textbook on isagogics.

He is buried in the cemetery of Saint-Genevieve-de-Bois.