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Orthodox Christian church kicks off national conference in Baltimore
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA jurisdiction of one of Christianity’s oldest churches will hold its national convention in...
Anchorage's oldest building, a Russian Orthodox church, gets new life in restoration project
Associated Press via AOL· 7 months agoThe Russian Orthodox church on the outskirts of Alaska's biggest city is packed with treasures for...
Orthodox Church makes Kwethluk woman its first North American female and Yup'ik saint
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDec. 13—A Western Alaska woman who died in 1979 has been named the first female Orthodox Church saint from North America. Born in 1916, Olinka Arrsamquq Michael, known as "Matushka Olga," was ...
Russian Orthodox monk in Kodiak sentenced to 5 years in prison for sexually abusing child
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 22—A monk with the Russian Orthodox Church in Kodiak was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for sexually abusing a child. Evan P. Nicolai, 60, turned himself in to police in October ...
St. Nicholas Church in Eklutna, oldest standing building in Anchorage, will be restored
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMay 30—On a recent sunny day in May, Russian Orthodox priest Timothy Kolb unlocked a padlock securing the door to Anchorage's oldest standing building and stepped inside. The small, rough-hewn ...
20 vintage photos of Alaska from before it became a state
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 7 months agocirca 1950: A typical scene of the Aleutian Islands with a volcanic cone in the background.J....
Sue Perkins: Lost in Alaska, review: the former Bake Off host enters her Alan Partridge years
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoDoes there come a point in every television presenter’s career where they turn into Alan Partridge?...
How a Democrat Won a State With Just 12% Dem Voters
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhoto Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast; GettyANCHORAGE, Alaska—When Rep. Mary Peltola, the first Alaska Native ever elected to Congress,...
This Little-known Chain of 300-plus Volcanic Islands Is One of the Most Underrated U.S. Cruise...
Travel+Leisure via Yahoo News· 2 months agoHurtigruten Expeditions is now cruising the far reaches of Alaska, including the astounding Aleutian...
He was a pastor and a cop in small Alaska villages. Now he's wanted on charges he molested a...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApr. 4—A former Alaska village public safety officer and pastor who spent years in tiny Eastern Aleutian communities is now on the run after fleeing criminal charges that he molested a teenager ...