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St. Innocent of Alaska
Also known as: Innocent Veniaminov
Holy Hierarch and Equal-to-the-Apostles Innocent, pray to God for us.
Brief Life Married priest and later metropolitan who evangelized Alaska and Siberia.
Feast Day(s) Mar 31; Oct 6
Rank / Type
HierarchEqual-to-the-ApostlesEnlightenerMissionary
Church Status
Clergy - BishopMonastic
Family / Life State
MarriedWidowedParent
Vocation
TranslatorScholarCraftsman
Commonly Asked Intercessions
Missionary Work
Life Experience
Widowhood
Virtue
ZealPerseveranceCharityWisdom
Region of Origin
Rus' / RussiaAlaskaNorth America
Tradition of Veneration
RussianNorth AmericanPan-OrthodoxGreek
Era Modern
Century 19th
Gender Male
Notes Apostle to America.
Works by the Saint
Sources Synaxarion