List of American Eastern Orthodox saints
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This is a list of American Eastern Orthodox saints.
List
- Alexander Hotovitzky, hieromartyr, Missionary of America
- Alexis of Wilkes-Barre, Missionary, leader of 20,000 ex-Uniates into Orthodoxy
- Bogoljub Gakovich, hieromartyr
- 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
- John Maximovitch, ROCOR bishop of Shanghai and San Francisco, wonderworker
- Juvenaly of Alaska, Protomartyr of America
- Mardarije Uskokovich, a Serbian bishop of North America; founder of St. Sava's Monastery in Libertyville, Illinois, also known as Mardarije (Uskokovich) of Jordanville
- Matej Stijačić, hieromartyr
- Nikolaj Velimirović, influential theological writer and a highly gifted orator, rector of St. Tikhon's Seminary
- Olga of Alaska, wife of Nicolai Michael, an Eastern Orthodox priest, in Kwethluk
- Peter the Aleut, protomartyr of America
- Raphael of Brooklyn, founder of the Antiochian Orthodox Mission in America
- Sebastian Dabovich, first American-born Orthodox priest of Jackson, California
- Seraphim (Samoylovich) of Uglich, missionary in Alaska and hieromartyr under the Soviets
- Tikhon of Moscow, was bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska, missionary, then Patriarch of Moscow
- Varnava Nastić, the New Confessor, born in Gary, Indiana
- Anatoly (Kamensky), teacher of St. Platon's Orthodox Theological Seminary
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.
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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] |
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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] | ||
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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] |
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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] | |
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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] | |
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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] |
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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] | ||
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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] | |
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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] | ||
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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] | |
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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] | |
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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] | |
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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] |
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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] |
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Varnava Nastić | January 31, 1914 in Gary, Indiana | November 12, 1964, Serbia | November 12 | May 15, 2005, by the Serbian Orthodox Church[38] | |
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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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- ^ a b "St. Bogoljub Gakovich". St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ "New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ "The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia's Decree on the Canonization of Father Herman of Alaska". OrthoChristian.Com. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
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- ^ a b "St. John Kochurov". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ "Saint John [Maximovitch], Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
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- ^ "Martyr Juvenal of Alaska". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
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- ^ "Announcement of the Holy Synod of Bishops". spc.rs. Serbian Orthodox Church. 30 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017.
- ^ "The Life of St. Mardarije of Libertyville". Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Eastern America. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
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- ^ "Olga of Alaska, A Saint?". American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of North America. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
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- ^ "Thousands Attend Glorification of Saint Raphael, Bishop of Brooklyn, at Saint Tikhon's Monastery". www.oca.org. 2000-06-19. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
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- ^ "St. Sebastian (Dabovich)". Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
- ^ "Archimandrite Sevastijan Dabovic pass away yesterday at the Zica monastery (First Colum, Second Bloc part)". Politika. December 2, 1940. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
- ^ "Hieromartyr Seraphim (Samoilovich), Archbishop of Uglich". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
- ^ "Saint Tikhon | Vasily Ivanovich Belavin, Russian Orthodox Patriarch | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 2025-06-26. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
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Sources
- Parts of the page are derived with permission from List of American saints at OrthodoxWiki.