| Authorized Form of Name | Zernov; Nikolai Mikhailovich (1898-1980); Russian scholar and ecumenist |
| TypeOfEntity | Person |
| Surname | Zernov |
| Forenames | Nikolai Mikhailovich |
| Dates | 1898-1980 |
| Code | GB/109/14064 |
| Epithet | Russian scholar and ecumenist |
| OtherFormsOfName | Nicolas; Nicholas |
| Activity | Born in Moscow; left Russia 1921; studied in Belgrade, Paris and Oxford (1930-32); settled in England 1934; Secretary of the Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius 1934-37; 1st Spalding Lecturer in Eastern Orthodox Culture 1947-66; founder of the House of St. Gregory and St. Macrina, Oxford 1959.
Born in Moscow. He had a sister, Maria, and was the son of a doctor. He himself began medical studies in Moscow in 1917, but after the Russian revolution and civil war his family fled to the Caucasus. In 1920 they were taken by some British people from Georgia to Istanbul. They made their way to Serbia, and Nicolas graduated in theology at Belgrade University in 1925. In 1926 the family reached Paris. Founded the Brotherhood of St Seraphim of Sarov, and in Paris from 1926 to 1929 was secretary of the Russian Student Christian Movement, and first editor of their periodical, Vestnik. In 1927 he married Militza Lavrova (1899-1994), who was a doctor. In 1927 and 1928 he organized in Britain two Anglo-Russian Student Conferences, which established strong contacts between English-speaking Christians and Orthodox Christians who had fled Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917, and in 1928 he became a founder of the Anglican-Orthodox ecumenical group, the Fellowship of Saint Alban and Saint Sergius. After taking his D. Phil degree at Oxford University in 1932 he served as secretary of the Fellowship from 1935 to 1947. He was an associate of A. M. Allchin, Georges Florovsky and other prominent figures in Anglican-Orthodox relations in the 20th century. In 1947 he gave up his secretaryship of the Fellowship and began teaching in Oxford University, as Spalding Lecturer in Eastern Orthodox Culture. For two short periods he left Oxford, to serve as Principal of the Catholicate College Pathanamthitta in Kerala, India (1953-1954) and as Visiting Professor of Ecumenical Theology, Drew University, New Jersey, USA (1956). From 1959 he was warden of St Gregory and St Macrina House, Oxford. In 1979 he published The Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius: a historical memoir, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Fellowship. He died in Oxford on 25 August 1980. |
| Gender | Male |
| Source | Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd ed., revised (2005) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Zernov viewed on 04/01/2016 |
| OrderNo | Title | Date | Link |
| CFR CFR DOC 1/201-310 | CFR Meetings: bound documents series 1 | 4 June 1941 | CFR/1/2/1/4/9 |
| Douglas 45, ff. 97-100, 391-3, 430-1 | ZERNOV, Nicolas M., Russian scholar | 1930s | Douglas/45/3-335/97-100, 391-3, 430-1 |
| Douglas 11, f. 155 | ZERNOV, Nicolas M., Russian scholar | 1930s | Douglas/11/137-63/155 |
| Douglas 42, ff. 12-33 | ZERNOV, Nicolas M., Russian scholar | 1930s | Douglas/42/1-96/12-33 |
| Douglas 45, ff. 74-7 | ZERNOV, Nicolas M., Russian scholar | 1934 | Douglas/45/3-335/74-7 |
| Douglas 9, ff. 364-5 | ZERNOV, Nicolas M., Russian scholar | 1930s | Douglas/9/248-371/364-5 |
| Douglas 45, ff. 337-41 | ZERNOV, Nicolas M., Russian scholar | 1924-1926 | Douglas/45/336-58/337-41 |
| CFR OC DOC 1-100 | Orthodox Churches: bound documents | 12 June 1933 | CFR/5/2/1/13 |
| Douglas 45, ff. 361-6 | ZERNOV, Nicolas M., Russian scholar | | Douglas/45/359-432/361-6 |
| Coggan 76, ff.171-174 | Zernov, Nicholas | 27 Sep-17 Oct 1978 | Coggan/4-220/64-76/76/171-174 |
| Ramsey 240, ff. 28-33 | St. Gregory and St. Macrina, House of | 1972 | Ramsey/4-287/1972/240/28-33 |
| Douglas 9, f. 348 | FYNES-CLINTON, Henry Joy, general secretary of the Anglican and Eastern Churches Association (1906); secretary of the Eastern Churches Committee (1920) | 1933 | Douglas/9/248-371/348 |
| CFR CFR DOC 1/51-100 | CFR Meetings: bound documents series 1 | 1935 | CFR/1/2/1/2/29 |
| Douglas 45, ff. 111-9, 380-8, 394-9 | ZERNOV, Nicolas M., Russian scholar | 1934-1936 | Douglas/45/3-335/111-9, 380-8, 394-9 |
| Ramsey 280, ff. 190-198 | St. Gregory and St. Macrina, House of | 1974 | Ramsey/4-287/1974/280/190-198 |
| CFR G 9/1 | Communism: Russia | 1941-1963 | CFR/1/4/9-1 |
| CFR CFR DOC 1/479-668 | CFR Meetings: bound documents series 1 | 15 November 1954 | CFR/1/2/1/6/125 |
| Lang 156, ff. 299-303 | Future employment for Nikolai Mikhailovich ZERNOV, Secretary of the Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius | 1937 | Lang/1-186/156/299-303 |
| Runcie/MAIN/1981/198 | Patronage: Nicolas Zernov Memorial Fund | 1 Apr 1981 | Runcie/MAIN/1981/198 |
| CFR OC DOC 1-100 | Orthodox Churches: bound documents | 3 July 1933 | CFR/5/2/1/12 |
| MS 2630 ff. 160-5 | Zernov (Nicholas), Russian scholar | 1933 | MSS/2615-2650/2630/67-224/160-5 |
| Runcie/MAIN/1980/148 | Patronage: M-N | 1980 | Runcie/MAIN/1980/148 |
| CFR CFR 46 | Students: Interchange of Students Committee: foreign students, A-K | 1933-1949 | CFR/1/3/46 |
| Douglas 45, ff. 367-76 | ZERNOV, Nicolas M., Russian scholar | 1933 | Douglas/45/359-432/367-76 |
| CFR CFR 47 | Students: Interchange of Students Committee: foreign students, L-Z | 1933-1947 | CFR/1/3/47 |
| CFR OC 39/3 | Anglican Relations General: Fellowship Of St. Alban And St. Sergius | January 1968-May 1981 | CFR/5/3/3/39-3 |
| CFR OC 39/2 | Anglican Relations General: Fellowship Of St. Alban And St. Sergius | July 1959-December 1967 | CFR/5/3/3/39-2 |
| CFR OC 41 | General Orthodox Matters: General Papers On The Orthodox Churches | June 1937-September 1944 | CFR/5/3/4/41-1 |
| CFR OC 206/12 | Individual Orthodox Churches: Russia: General Contacts | 1933-1944 | CFR/5/3/25/206-12 |
| CFR OC 226/2 | Individual Orthodox Churches: Russia: Anglican Relations: Article By Prof. Voronov | 1966 | CFR/5/3/25/226-2 |
| CFR OC 191/1 | Individual Orthodox Churches: Russia: Church Affairs | 1935-1944 | CFR/5/3/25/191-1 |
| CFR OC 150/2 | Individual Orthodox Churches: Poland: General Situation | 1944 | CFR/5/3/22/150-2 |
| CFR OC 150/1 | Individual Orthodox Churches: Poland: General Situation | 1942-1944 | CFR/5/3/22/150-1 |
| CFR OC 154/5 | Individual Orthodox Churches: Poland: General Contacts | 1936-1948 | CFR/5/3/22/154-5 |
| CFR OC 243/4 | Individual Orthodox Churches: Russian Orthodox Churches in Exile: Paris (Eulogian) Jurisdiction | 1943-1944 | CFR/5/3/26/243-4 |
| Douglas 76, f. 70 | Photograph of the World Conference on FAITH AND ORDER - Continuation Committee | | Douglas/76/66-74/70 |
| Douglas 76, f. 69 | Photograph of the World Conference on FAITH AND ORDER - Continuation Committee | 1931 | Douglas/76/66-74/69 |
| Douglas 76, f. 37 | Photograph of enthronement of the Archbishop of Canterbury, with attending clergy | 1948 | Douglas/76/37 |
| CFR OC 26 | Anglican-Orthodox Joint Doctrinal Discussions (AOJDD): The Ordination Of Women | 3 April 1965-December 1978 | CFR/5/3/2/26 |
| CFR OC DOC 1-100 | Orthodox Churches: bound documents | November 1945 | CFR/5/2/1/80 |
| CFR OC DOC 1-100 | Orthodox Churches: bound documents | 20 June 1933 | CFR/5/2/1/10 |
| Douglas 78, f. 77 | FELLOWSHIP OF SAINT ALBAN AND SAINT SERGIUS. | 1948 | Douglas/78/67-84/77 |
| MS 2650 ff. 217-19 | Zernov (Nicholas), Russian scholar | 1943 | MSS/2615-2650/2650/191-236/217-19 |
| MS 2630 ff. 166-75 | Zernov (Nicholas), Russian scholar | | MSS/2615-2650/2630/67-224/166-75 |
| CFR CFR 45 | Students: Interchange of Students Committee: correspondence | 1935-1949 | CFR/1/3/45 |
| CFR OC 39/1 | Anglican Relations General: Fellowship Of St. Alban And St. Sergius | June 1933-June 1959 | CFR/5/3/3/39-1 |
| Douglas 76, f. 36 | Photograph of enthronement of the Archbishop of Canterbury, with attending clergy | 1948 | Douglas/76/36 |
| Lang 130, ff. 426-33 | Future employment for Nikolai Mikhailovich ZERNOV, Secretary of the Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius | 1934 | Lang/1-186/130/426-33 |
| Lang 139, ff. 304-16 | Nikolai Mikhailovich ZERNOV, Secretary of the Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius | 1935 | Lang/1-186/139/304-16 |
| W.Temple 38, ff. 270-368 | RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH | 1 Dec 1942-27 Nov 1944 | W.Temple/1-62/38/270-368 |