The ministry of the future martyr archbishop hieromartyr Seraphim (Samoilovich) in Alaska (1902‒1908)

2025

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви, Vol 123, Iss 123, Pp 13-41 (2025)

The future Archbishop Serafim (Samoilovich) immediately after graduating from the Poltava Theological Seminary was appointed to the Aleut diocese as a teacher at the Unalaska missionary School. The missionary was warmly welcomed by Bishop Tikhon (Bellavin) of Aleut-Alaska, the future Patriarch, from whom he received his first advice and instructions. On September 25, 1905, Bishop Innokenty (Pustynsky) of Alaska tonsured the young missionary into monasticism. On October 2, 1906, Fr. Seraphim was ordained a hierodeacon and beatified in the Sitka Episcopal House. Soon he was ordained a hieromonk and appointed to the Nuchek parish with a residence in the village of Tatitlak. The young missionary zealously took up the task of educating the locals. He preached, denounced vices, baptized, and received communion. To view the villages of his parish, the pastor made difficult sea voyages, often involving the risk of his life. The epidemic that broke out in the spring of 1907 was a particularly difficult ordeal.

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St. Tikhon's Orthodox University, 2025.

russian orthodox church, hieromartyr seraphim (samoilovich), alaska, aleutian-alaskan diocese, missionary ministry, patriarch tikhon (bellavin), bishop innokenty (pustynsky), unalaska, missionary schools, русская православная церковь, священномученик серафим (самойлович), аляска, алеутско-аляскинская епархия, миссионерское служение, патриарх тихон (беллавин), епископ иннокентий (пустынский), уналашка, миссионерские школы, History of Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics, DK1-4735, History and principles of religions, BL660-2680