The 16 recognized (so far) Orthodox Saints who have shined forth in North America
For most of these Saints, see here.
- Herman of Spruce Island, Alaska - Ukrainian/Russian, monk, missionary
- Innocent of Sitka, Alaska - Russian, married parish priest, missionary, bishop, went on to be Metropolitan of Moscow, the most influential Orthodox churchman of his time
- Juvenaly of Iliamna and his companion: Juvenaly - Russian, priest-monk, missionary, co-proto-martyr of North America; Companion - probably Tanaina Indian, Juvenaly’s guide, church reader, co-proto-martyr of North America Peter the Aleut - Kodiak Islander, young adult, martyred in San Francisco. My patron Saint!
- Tikhon of Moscow - Russian, bishop of All North America, Patriarch of Moscow, probably martyred by Communists
- Jacob Netsvetov - Russian/Aleut Kreol, missionary, priest
- Alexis of Wilkes-Barre, Penna., and Minneapolis, Minn. - Carpatho-Russian, convert, missionary, married priest
- Alexander Hotovitzky - Russian, priest, missionary, martyred by Communists
- John of Chicago - Russian, priest, missionary, martyred by Communists
- Raphael of Brooklyn - Syro-Arab, monk, scholar, missionary, first Orthodox bishop consecrated in the Americas
- Basil Martysz* - Polish, married priest, martyred by thugs in WW2 Poland (*-links to secure server)
- Nicolai of So. Canaan, Penna., and Ohrid and Zhitsa, Yugoslavia - Serbian, bishop, scholar, concentration- camp survivor, "the New Chrysostom"
- John of Shanghai, China, and San Francisco, Calif. - Russian, bishop
- Arseny of So. Canaan, Penna., and Winnipeg, Canada - Russian, married priest, monk, missionary, bishop, founded first Orthodox monastery in Americas, and a seminary
- Varnava of Serbia - Serbian-American, born in Gary, Indiana. I can’t find any more about him! UPDATE: Go here.
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