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Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint
It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire ...
Who was Olga, the Alaska Native drawing devotion as Orthodoxy’s new saint?
The first female Orthodox saint in North America was an Indigenous woman who spent her entire life with her Yup'ik family and ...
Anchorage Daily News11d
In a historic canonization, the ‘mother of the Kuskokwim’ becomes an Orthodox saint
The humble Yup’ik mother and midwife known as Matushka Olga is now officially a saint in the Orthodox church, after a ...
Hartford Courant6d
Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint
Worshippers fill St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Kwethluk, Alaska, on June 19, 2025, for the canonization ceremony of St. Olga, the first female Orthodox saint in North America.
Gulf Live6d
Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint
Several Orthodox monks and martyrs with ties to Alaska have already been canonized in the Orthodox Church in America, the now-independent offspring of the Russian Orthodox Church. Worshippers fill St.
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel7d
Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint | U.S. | gjsentinel.com
Worshippers fill St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Kwethluk, Alaska, on June 19, 2025, for the canonization ceremony of St. Olga, the first female Orthodox saint in North America.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution6d
Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Now, after an elaborate ceremony in her village of about 800 people in southwestern Alaska, she is the first female Orthodox saint from North America, officially known as "St. Olga of Kwethluk ...
SFGate7d
Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint - SFGATE
Worshippers fill St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Kwethluk, Alaska, on June 19, 2025, for the canonization ceremony of St. Olga, the first female Orthodox saint in North America.
U.S. News & World Report6d
Alaska Native Woman, 'Everybody's Helper,' Is Orthodox Church's First Female North American Saint - U.S. News & World Report
KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the ...
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Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint - KLFY.com
KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) ... Alaska, on June 19, 2025, heading to St. Nicholas Orthodox Church for the canonization ceremony of St. Olga, the first female Orthodox saint in North America.
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Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint
KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) ... Alaska, on June 19, 2025, heading to St. Nicholas Orthodox Church for the canonization ceremony of St. Olga, the first female Orthodox saint in North America.