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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.
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Basil the Blessed, fool for Christ who gave his name to St. Basil's Cathedral on the Red Square (actually the correct [citation needed] name is the Cathedral of the Intercession or Pokrovsky Sobor) Basil Kalika, 14th-century icon-painter and Archbishop of Novgorod who was elected by the veche and reinvigorated [citation needed] the office
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]
This is a list of parishes of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Alaska, United States. Eastern Orthodoxy in North America is divided into several separate Eastern Orthodox Churches Many parishes in Alaska are members of the Orthodox Church in America while others are members of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia or the Russian Orthodox ...
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]
Innocent of Alaska: 1879: 13 April: Church Father, Apostle of America, Enlightener of the Aleuts, Metropolitan of Moscow [347] Innocent of Irkutsk: 1731 26 November / 9 February / 2 September Bishop of Irkutsk, Venerable [348] Innocent I of Rome: 417 28 July Patriarch of Rome, son of St. Anastasius I; who condemned Pelagianism [51] [349 ...
1867 Alaska purchased by the United States from Russia; [note 2] Bp. Paul (Popov) succeeds Bp. Peter. 1868 First Russian parish established in US territory in San Francisco, California; St. Innocent of Alaska becomes Metropolitan of Moscow. 1870 Diocese of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska formed by the Church of Russia with Bp.