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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 ...
The relics of Saint Innocent of Alaska (reliquary/coffin at the bottom and his icon on the opened lid at the top) in the Assumption Cathedral at the Trinity-Sergius Monastery in Sergiyev Posad, Russia. Innocent died on March 31, 1879. He was buried on April 5, 1879, at Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra, outside Moscow.
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]
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]
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.
Bazyli Martysz, hieromartyr, Polish protopresbyter who served parishes in Alaska, Canada, and Pennsylvania; Herman of Alaska, first missionary to Alaska; Innocent of Alaska, missionary bishop to Alaska; Jacob Netsvetov, a native of the Aleutian Islands who became a priest; John Kochurov, first hieromartyr in 1917
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The St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church (Russian: Церковь Святого Николая) in Juneau, Alaska, United States, was built in 1893 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1] [2] The church is a part of the Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America. [3]