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Innocent (Pustynsky) (Russian: Иннокентий Пустынский, romanized: Innokentiy Pustynskiy; September 23, 1868 - December 3, 1937), born Alexander Dmitriyevich Pustynsky [1] (Russian: Алекса́ндр Дми́триевич Пусты́нский, romanized: Aleksándr Dmítriyevich Pustýnskiy) was an Eastern Orthodox bishop and the first vicar of the Vicarate of Alaska ...
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.
Alexander (Nemolovsky) (Russian: Александр (Немоловский), romanized: Aleksandr Nemolovskij; August 30, 1876 - April 11, 1960), born Alexander Aleksandrovich Nemolovsky (Russian: Александр Алексеевич Немоловский, romanized: Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Nemolovsky) was an Eastern Orthodox bishop and a vicar of the Vicarate of Alaska and North America ...
The rescued treasures included the bishop's throne carved by St. Innocent Veniaminov, the Siberian priest and missionary who in 1840 was sent to serve as bishop of New Archangel, the island ...
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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]
1794 Missionaries, including St. Herman of Alaska, arrive at Kodiak Island, bringing Orthodoxy to Russian Alaska. 1796 Martyrdom of Juvenaly of Alaska. 1799 Ioasaph (Bolotov) consecrated in Irkutsk as first bishop for Alaska, but dies in a shipwreck during his return. 1803 Louisiana Purchase expands American territory beyond Mississippi River.
Dec. 2—On Nov. 29, Archpriest Michael Oleksa of the Orthodox Church in America died from a stroke at age 76, having spent the vast majority of his life in Alaska. It was an abrupt end to the ...