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The Diocese of Alaska (Russian: Епархия Аляски, romanized: Yeparkhiya Alyaski) is a diocese of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). [1] Its territory includes parishes, monasteries, and missions located in Alaska. The diocesan chancery is located in Anchorage. The Diocese was founded when Alaska was part of Russia and is one of ...
The church was declared a National Historic Landmark for its architecture, and for its role in the history and culture of Alaska. [2] [3] It is the second cathedral church of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska, after St. Michael's Cathedral in Sitka (which is also a National Historic Landmark).
Archbishop Gregory (secular name George Sergeyevich Afonsky, Russian: Георгий Серге́евич Афонский; April 17, 1925 – April 15, 2008) was the Archbishop of Sitka and Alaska from 1973 to 1995, and author of books on Theology and Eastern Orthodoxy in North America in both Russian and English. He was a key figure in the ...
Saint James the Just Orthodox Mission Parish (ROCOR) - Pr. Luke Higgins, Dcn. Moshe Zorea. Protecting Veil of the Theotokos Orthodox Community (OCA-Anchorage) St. Alexis Mission (OCA-Anchorage) - V. Rev. Michael Oleksa. St. Innocent Cathedral (OCA-Anchorage) - V. Rev. John Zabinko. St. Tikhon of Moscow Mission (OCA-Kenai) - Rev. Daniel Andrejuk.
The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) is an Eastern Orthodox Christian church based in North America. The OCA consists of more than 700 parishes, missions, communities, monasteries and institutions in the United States, Canada and Mexico. [ 2 ]: 68[ 9 ][ 10 ] In 2011, it had an estimated 84,900 members in the United States.
St. Michael's Cathedral (Russian: Собор Архангела Михаила Sobor Arkhangela Mikhaila, also known as the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel) is a cathedral of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska, at Lincoln and Maksoutoff Streets in Sitka, Alaska. The earliest Orthodox cathedral in the New World, it was built ...
1900 Name of Russian mission diocese changed from the Aleutian Islands and Alaska to the Aleutian Islands and North America, thus expanding its territorial boundaries. 1901 First Orthodox church in Canada, in Vostok, Alberta. 1902 Building of St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York; first Romanian parish in North America founded in Regina, Saskatchewan.
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 ...