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Innocent of Alaska (Russian: Иннокентий; August 26, 1797 – 12 April [O.S. March 31] 1879), also known as Innocent Metropolitan of Moscow, was a Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna.
Herman of Alaska, first missionary to Alaska; Innocent of Alaska, missionary bishop to Alaska; Jacob Netsvetov, a native of the Aleutian Islands who became a priest; John Kochurov, first hieromartyr in 1917; John Maximovitch, ROCOR bishop of Shanghai and San Francisco, wonderworker; Juvenaly of Alaska, Protomartyr of America
Innocent of Alaska, a missionary to Alaska and Metropolitan of Moscow. Innocent of Irkutsk, a missionary to Siberia and the first bishop of Irkutsk; Ioakim Korsunianin, the first bishop of Novgorod the Great and builder of the original wooden Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod
Jacob Netsvetov (Russian: Яков (Иаков) Егорович Нецветов), Enlightener of Alaska, was an Alaskan Creole from the Aleutian Islands who became a priest of the Orthodox Church and continued the missionary work of Innocent for Alaska Natives. His feast day is celebrated on July 26, the day of his death. [1]
1902 Building of St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York; first Romanian parish in North America founded in Regina, Saskatchewan. 1904 Raphael (Hawaweeny) consecrated as Bishop of Brooklyn, becoming the first Orthodox bishop to be consecrated in America; Innocent (Pustinsky) consecrated as Bishop of Alaska; first Romanian parish founded in Cleveland ...
Saint Innocent of Alaska; Saint Innocent, of the Theban Legion; Saint Innocent, a bishop of Tortona; Saint Innocent of Irkutsk, bishop This page was last edited on 2 ...
Bishop Innocent created six parishes in Alaska, including one for the Kenai region. The first chapel was built that same year by the Russian-American Company near the village of Kenai within Fort St. Nicholas. The first priest to serve the parish, Igumen Nikolai Militov, arrived in 1844 and served until his death in 1869. [4]
Innocent of Alaska, a missionary to Alaska and Metropolitan of Moscow. Innocent of Irkutsk, a missionary to Siberia and the first bishop of Irkutsk; Ioakim Korsunianin, the first bishop of Novgorod the Great and builder of the original wooden Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod