10/21/2022
The northernmost Orthodox church in America was built in 1992 and consecrated in honor of Saint Herman of Alaska. Last summer, the husband and wife film team, Mikhail and Ekaterina P, spoke with its rector, Father Andrew, about Orthodox traditions and the special nature of serving the Church in Alaska.
Archbishop Alexei (Trader) of Sitka and Alaska
On the eve of the meeting in Alaska between the Presidents of Russia and the United States, Archbishop of Sitka and Alaska Alexei (Trader) called upon Orthodox Christians to undertake a special three-day fast and prayer for the sake of peace.
Nun Manetha (Sizintseva)
There is the “Holy Land syndrome”: if you have come here at least once, then you long to be here all the time.
Archimandrite Arkady (Gubanov)
And the most important thing is the understanding that you are united with God, and your understanding of the Kingdom of God, which is everywhere. All you need to do is open your heart to God.
Mikhail and Ekaterina P.
“I, King Archil, have brought this bell to the cross-reliquary of Dzivgis: May God grant that at its voice, Ossetians would come to glorify the Trinity.”
