KWETHLUK, Alaska — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael ...

The humble Yup’ik mother and midwife known as Matushka Olga is now officially a saint in the Orthodox church, after a ...

The two-day ceremony for Olga "Arrsamquq" Michael, known as Matushka Olga, brought together those drawn to her message of ...

The church smells strongly of incense. “When we look at the Orthodox Church today, we don’t really see any change from about the 12th or 13th century until today,” Lucas said.

An Orthodox friend of mine used to argue all the time, and when he told me the church of Antioch still existed, I didn’t believe him. But he took me to a midnight Pascha service in Memphis in ...

Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint. Peter Smith. ... women in headscarves and other devotees in a mingling of dust and incense.

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 ...