Sunday of All Saints of North America
The second Sunday After Pentecost is reserved for the remembrance of the saints of the particular church or location where the church is located. For us here i...
Tag: North American Saints
7 April ~ St. Tikhon of Moscow, Enlightener of North America
Our father among the saints Tikhon of Moscow (1865–1925), Enlightener of North America, was Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1917–1925). While in America, he...
9 August ~ Venerable Herman of Alaska
Our venerable father Herman of Alaska (1756 – December 13, 1837) was an 18th century missionary to Alaska. He, in 1970, became the first saint to be glori...
26 July ~ Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska
Our righteous Father Jacob Netsvetov, Enlightener of Alaska, was a native of the Aleutian Islands who became a priest of the Orthodox Church and continued the m...
31 March ~ St. Innocent of Alaska
Our father among the saints Innocent of Alaska, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Enlightener of North America (1797-1879), was a Russian Orthodox priest, bishop, archb...
4 December ~ St. Alexander Hotovitzky
Our righteous father Alexander Hotovitzky (or Hotovitsky), hieromartyr of the Bolshevik yoke, Missionary of America, was a Russian who came to the United States...
31 October ~ Our righteous father John Kochurov, hieromartyr of the Soviet revolution
Our righteous father John Kochurov, hieromartyr of the Soviet revolution, was one of a number of young educated priests who came to the United States in the lat...
6 October ~ St. Innocent of Alaska
Our father among the saints Innocent of Alaska, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Enlightener of North America (1797-1879), was a Russian Orthodox priest, bishop, archb...
Sunday of All Saints of North America
On the second Sunday after Pentecost, each local Orthodox Church commemorates all the saints, known and unknown, who have shone forth in its territory. Accordin...