"I Dissociate Myself from Emigrants’ "Apolitism". Anton V. Kartashev’s Letters to George I. Novitskii. 1954-1955
This publication continues to acquaint the readers with letters written by the historian and professor of the St. Sergius Theological Institute in Paris, Anton V. Kartashev, to his friend George I. Novitskii, who lived in New York. In the mid-1950s. there have been new trends in the relationship of Russian Orthodox immigrants in France and the United States. On the one hand, it is the involvement of the “Parisians” in drawing up the theological calendar in America, on the other hand, the financial support by the “Americans” of the publication of the book by A. V. Kartashev “The Restoration of Holy Russia”. The appearance of the latter caused an ambiguous reaction, indicating an ideological separation between two generations of Russian emigrants. The professor noted in his letters the change in the composition of students at the St. Sergius Institute as a result of the increase in the number of Greeks, which led to an increase in subsidies for the educational activities of the institute from the Greek government. Like in previous letters, A. V. Kartashev paid constant attention to the situation in the Western European Exarchate and in the St. Sergius Theological Orthodox Institute, giving personal characteristics to his colleagues. Last not least, the health of the historian who was preparing to celebrate his eightieth birthday was a new topic of letters. The text of letters is brought into correspondence with modern norms of spelling with preservation of some features of author's spelling of separate words and punctuation.