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Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint
The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. Hundreds of pilgrims joined several bishops in ...
Who was Olga, the Alaska Native drawing devotion as Orthodoxy’s new saint?
St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska,” as she is officially known, was canonized on June 19 as the first female ...
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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. (AP/Mark Thiessen) ...
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Pilgrims and clergy gather in remote Alaska village to canonize first Yup'ik saint
The Orthodox Christian tradition is strong in the tiny village of Kwethluk, Alaska. It recently welcomed clergy and pilgrims from around the world to canonize a local midwife and healer as a saint.
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Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint - Hartford Courant
By PETER SMITH 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 ...
Anti-slavery document from 1847 reveals American Baptists’ commitment to abolition
Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th ...
A Tohono O’odham family integrates Catholic and Native beliefs in the Arizona desert
On St. John the Baptist’s feast day in late June, an extended Tohono O’odham family attends Mass out at their desert camp, ...
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Alaska Native woman becomes Orthodox Church's first female North American saint
Olga Michael, a Yup'ik woman from a remote Alaska Native village, has been declared the first female Orthodox saint from North America, honoured for her compassion, humility, and lifelong service to ...
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Pilgrims and clergy gather in remote Alaska village to canonize first Yup'ik saint - NPR
The Orthodox Christian tradition is strong in the tiny village of Kwethluk, Alaska. It recently welcomed clergy and pilgrims from around the world to canonize a local midwife and healer as a saint.
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Fairbanks Alaska webcam, Arctic Cam, weatherThe ArcticCam gives the real-time view from the second floor of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner building in Fairbanks, Alaska. The camera is looking ...
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Republican challenge: ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ has big costs, provides few new benefits
The Senate passed President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” to keep low tax rates from expiring – maintaining a status quo. The ...
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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.