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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.
Juliana of Lazarevo, 16th-century saint, famous [citation needed] for helping poor and needy people, protagonist in the book written by her son; Juvenaly of Alaska, Protomartyr [citation needed] of America, a member of the first group of Orthodox missionaries to Alaska killed by Yupik natives [citation needed]
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 ...
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 ...
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]
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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 ...