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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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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 ...
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 ...
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Alaska became a diocese in the Russian Orthodox Church in 1840, and the Church's popularity in the Kenai Peninsula region grew, particularly among the Kenaitze, the native people of the peninsula. Bishop Innocent created six parishes in Alaska, including one for the Kenai region.
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.