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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.
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]
He was instructed to oversee the Alaska Native and Creole parishioners. [5] He was also present at the consecration of Saint Raphael of Brooklyn. Innocent also translated works into Tlingit and Alutiiq languages, and founded the Orthodox Temperance Society in Alaska. [6] In 1910 he became the Bishop of Yakutsk and Vilyuy. [3]
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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.
Saint Ivan I of Moscow (John I Daniilovich Kalita), Prince of Moscow from 1325 and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1328 (1340) [26] Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Kiev, Moscow, and all Russia (1461) [1] [5] [27] [28] Saint Philaret, Abbot of Glinsk Hermitage (1841) [1] Saint Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of Siberia and Alaska (1879 ...
Pinkerton was arrested for alleged probation violations as well as charges of robbery, forgery, assault and theft, according to the Alaska Department of Corrections. Jail or Agency: Anchorage Correctional Complex; State: Alaska; Date arrested or booked: 1/8/2016; Date of death: 4/21/2016; Age at death: 36; Sources: www.adn.com, www.correct ...
Saint Innocent of Alaska (1797–1879), First Russian Orthodox bishop in North America. Joe Vogler (1913–1993), advocate of secession for Alaska, founder of the Alaskan Independence Party, multiple time unsuccessful candidate for governor.