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Olga Michael, a revered midwife and mother of 13 from a remote Alaska Native village, has been canonized as an Orthodox saint, a significant event marking the first female Orthodox saint from North ...
Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint By: Peter Smith, The Associated Press Posted: 6:02 AM CDT Thursday, Jun. 26, 2025 Last ...
When the bishops of the Orthodox Church in America authorized St. Olga’s canonization in 2023, there was talk of moving her body to Anchorage as a more accessible location.
St. Olga joins a growing cadre of saints with strong ties to Alaska — widely deemed an Orthodox holy land, even though only a fraction of the state’s population are adherents.
The first female Orthodox saint in North America was an Indigenous woman who spent her entire life with her Yup'ik family and ...