The Holy Synod of the OCA canonized St. Olga on November 8, 2023. Her relics were uncovered in November 2024, and on June 19 of this year, Met. Tikhon led the rite of canonization at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Kwethluk, Alaska.
The October 30-31 celebrations also drew clergy from multiple Orthodox jurisdictions including the Antiochian Orthodox Church, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, and the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
The chapel is dedicated to St. Joseph the Hesychast, his disciples St. Ephraim of Katounakia and Elder Ephraim of Arizona, St. Nikiforos the Leper, and St. Markella of Chios.
This year’s feast of St. Gabriel marked the 30th anniversary of his repose in 1995, and in the three decades since, he has become one of the most beloved saints not only in his native Georgia, but throughout the Orthodox world.
The British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar recently celebrated a significant milestone with the first Divine Liturgy of a new diocesan parish, held in the presence of the wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God, the chief spiritual treasure of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.