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St. Innocent’s missions
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St. Innocent’s missions

1823–1868 · 4 stops

Priest to the Aleuts, bishop of Alaska and finally Metropolitan of Moscow.

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    1. Irkutsk

      Fr. John Veniaminov, a young married priest, volunteers for Alaska in 1823.

    2. Unalaska

      He learns the Unangan language, builds a church with his own hands and writes the first books in Aleut.

    3. Sitka

      After his wife’s death he becomes Bishop Innocent of Kamchatka, the Kurils and the Aleutians, based in Sitka.

    4. Moscow

      In 1868 he becomes Metropolitan of Moscow and founds the Orthodox Missionary Society.

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