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Hieromartyr Juvenal of Alaska
Also known as: John Hovorukhin
Holy Hieromartyr Juvenal, pray to God for us.
Brief Life A Valaam missionary priest-monk sent to Alaska in 1794 who was killed while preaching; honored as a protomartyr of America.
Feast Day(s) Sep 24
Rank / Type
HieromartyrMissionary
Church Status
Clergy - Priest
Commonly Asked Intercessions
Missionary Work
Life Experience
Persecution
Region of Origin
Alaska
Tradition of Veneration
North American
Era Modern
Century 18th
Gender Male
Notes Among the Synaxis of All Saints of Alaska.
Sources OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints