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Innocent is widely venerated with the epithet Equal-to-apostles [14] [15] as the Orthodox apostle of America. [ 16 ] On the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church (USA) , Innocent is honored with a feast day on March 30.
During his tenure, he acted as assistance to then Archbishop of the Aleutian Islands and North America Tikhon in order for the latter to focus more on administering the diocese in the rest of America. [4] He was instructed to oversee the Alaska Native and Creole parishioners. [5] He was also present at the consecration of Saint Raphael of Brooklyn.
Saint Tikhon (Belavin), Patriarch of Moscow, Apostle to America; Vladimir (Sokolovsky-Avtonomov) of the Aleutians, 1888-1891; Saint Innocent (Veniaminov) of Alaska, Equal to the Apostles and Enlightener of North America; John (Mitropolsky) of the Aleutians, 1870-1877; Nestor (Zass) of the Aleutians, 1878-1882; Nicholas (Ziorov) of the Aleutians ...
For his missionary and scholarly work that had focused on blending indigenous Alaskan languages and cultures with Orthodox tradition, Innocent became a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church in America in 1977, and is referred to as the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas. [14]
Saint Jacob Netsvetov's death was from natural causes while he was serving as a priest at Saint Michael's Cathedral on July 26, 1864 at the age of 60 and was buried at the Holy Trinity Church, Sitka. His legacy still goes on as many Russian descendants living in Alaska have family names that spring from 1800-1875 and follow the teachings of ...
The Russian Orthodox Church in the USA is the name of the group of parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in America that are under the canonical authority of the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'. They were previously known as the Russian Exarchate of North America before autocephaly was granted to the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) in 1970.
Saint Innocent may refer to: Pope Innocent I; Saint Innocent of Alaska; Saint Innocent, of the Theban Legion; Saint Innocent, a bishop of Tortona;
Biography of St. Tikhon by the Orthodox Church in America; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America; Orthodox Icon of St. Tikhon with scenes from his life; Patriarch Tikhon's Ordeal, Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior, 244–266; Fall of Tikon article from Time Magazine, 12 May 1923. Broken link. There is no such article for May ...