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Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint
KWETHLUK, Alaska — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael ...
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Canonized on the Kuskokwim: Orthodox St. Olga glorified in Kwethluk
The two-day ceremony for Olga "Arrsamquq" Michael, known as Matushka Olga, brought together those drawn to her message of ...
Anchorage Daily News10d
In a historic canonization, the ‘mother of the Kuskokwim’ becomes an Orthodox saint
The humble Yup’ik mother and midwife known as Matushka Olga is now officially a saint in the Orthodox church, after a ...
Detroit News7d
Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint - The Detroit News
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.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution6d
Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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 ...
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Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint - SFGATE
The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. ... golden-robed acolytes, women in headscarves and other devotees in a mingling of dust and incense.
U.S. News & World Report6d
Alaska Native Woman, 'Everybody's Helper,' Is Orthodox Church's First Female North American Saint - U.S. News & World Report
Alaska Native Woman, 'Everybody's Helper,' Is Orthodox Church's First Female North American Saint KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska ...
Hartford Courant6d
Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint
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 ...
Seattle Times6d
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. ... golden-robed acolytes, women in headscarves and other devotees in a mingling of dust and incense.
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Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint - KOB.com
The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. ... golden-robed acolytes, women in headscarves and other devotees in a mingling of dust and incense.
Penn Live6d
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 Matushka Olga Michael, who became the first female Orthodox saint in North ...