List of American Eastern Orthodox saints

This is a list of American Eastern Orthodox saints.

List

Table

For saints who were not born in and did not die in the territory of America, a note has been added detailing their connection to the country.

Image Name Born Died Feast Day Canonization Notes
Alexander Hotovitzky February 11, 1872 in Kremenetz, Volhynia, Russia August 19, 1937 in Moscow, Russia December 4 December 4, 1994[1] Worked as a priest in the United States before returning to Russia in 1914.[2]
Alexis of Wilkes-Barre March 18, 1854 in the Austrian Empire May 7, 1909 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States May 7 May 29-30, 1994[3] by the Orthodox Church in America[4]
Bogolyub Gakovich Unknown 1941 in the Jadovno concentration camp 2004[5] Worked as a priest in the United States 1930s.[5]
Bazyli Martysz February 20, 1874 in Poland May 4, 1945 in Poland May 4 June 7-8, 2003 Served as a priest in the United States from 1900 to 1912.[6]
Herman of Alaska Around 1756-1760 in Serpukhov, Russia November 15, 1837 in Spruce Island, Alaska August 9 August 9th, 1970 by both the Orthodox Church In America and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia[7][8]
Innocent of Alaska September 6 [O.S. August 26] 1797 in Anginskoye, Irkutsk Governorate, Russian Empire April 12 [O.S. March 31] 1879 in Moscow, Russia October 6 (glorification) and March 31 (repose)[9] October 6, 1977 by the Russian Orthodox Church[10] Served as a prominent missionary to Alaska and was a bishop of these areas.[11]
Jacob Netsvetov 1802 in Atka Island, Aleutian Islands, Russian Alaska July 26, 1864 in New Archangel (Sitka), Russian Alaska July 26 October 15-16, 1994[12] by the Orthodox Church in America[13]
John Kochurov July 13, 1871 in Bigildino-Surky, Ryazan, Russia October 31, 1917 in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia October 31 December 3-4, 1994 by the Russian Orthodox Church.[14] Worked as a priest in the United States before returning to Russia in 1907.[14]
John Maximovitch June 4, 1896 in Adamovka, Izyumsky Uyezd, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire July 2, 1966 in Seattle, Washington, United States July 2 July 2, 1994 by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and July 2, 2008 by the Russian Orthodox Church.[15]
Juvenaly of Alaska c. 1761 in Nerchinsk, Siberia c. 1796 in Quinahgak, Alaska September 24 1980[16][17]
Mardarije Uskokovich December 22, 1889 in Kornet, Ljesani County, Montenegro December 12, 1935 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States December 12 May 29, 2015 by the Serbian Orthodox Church[18][19][20]
Matej Stijačić December 11, 1883 in Klobuk, Herzegovina 1941 in the Jadovno concentration camp 2004[21] Served as a parish priest in the US in the 1920s and 1930s.[22]
Nikolaj Velimirović January 4, 1881 in Lelić, Serbia March 18, 1956, United States March 18 and May 3 May 19, 2003 by the Serbian Orthodox Church.[23][24]
Olga of Alaska February 3, 1916 in Kwethluk, Alaska November 3rd, 1979 in Kwethluk, Alaska October 27 June 19, 2025 by the Orthodox Church in America.[25][26][27]
Peter the Aleut Unknown, presumably in Alaska 1815 in California September 24 1980 by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and the Alaskan Diocese of the Orthodox Church in America.[28][29]
Raphael of Brooklyn 1860 in Syria February 14, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York February 27 May 28-29, 2000 by the Orthodox Church in America.[30][31]
Sebastian Dabovich 1863 in San Francisco, California November 30, 1940 at the Žiča Monastery November 30 September 5, 2015 by the Serbian Orthodox Church.[32][33][34]
Seraphim (Samoylovich) of Uglich July 19, 1881 in Myrgorod, Poltava, Russian Empire November 4, 1937 in the Soviet Union November 4 August 2000, by the Russian Orthodox Church Worked as a priest in America.[35]
Tikhon of Moscow December 19, 1865, Toropets, Russian Empire April 7, 1925 in Moscow October 9 October 9, 1989 by the Russian Orthodox Church Worked as a bishop in the United States.[36][37]
Varnava Nastić January 31, 1914 in Gary, Indiana November 12, 1964, Serbia November 12 May 15, 2005, by the Serbian Orthodox Church[38]
Anatoly (Kamensky) October 3, 1863, Samara, Russian Empire c. September 20, 1925 in the Soviet Union September 20 Russian Orthodox Church[39] Headed a missionary school in Minnesotta.[39]

See also

References

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