Shots rang out Thursday over the Kwethluk River as a mass of pilgrims lining the muddy banks sang a hymn of blessing on the eve of the summer solstice. At last, leaders of the Orthodox church had ...

KWETHLUK, Alaska — “St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska,” as she is officially known, was canonized on June 19 as the first female Orthodox saint from North America. Orthodoxy — the world’s ...

This circa 1975 photo provided by her family shows Olga Michael, an Alaskan Yup’ik woman who became St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska. (Martha Nicolai) KWETHLUK, Alaska — “St. Olga of ...

In 1955, Louis Hartz published a famous and deeply influential book called “The Liberal Tradition in America.” In it, he argued that American politics actually functions on an extraordinarily narrow ...

Volunteers who are making 900 pigs in the blanket, 400 dozen pierogies, and use more than 250 pounds of potatoes are shown at a meeting, from left: Irene Occhiipinti, Pat Stafursky, David Brzchalski, ...

Worshippers, including an Orthodox priest wearing a black cassock, walk on the dusty streets of Kwethluk, Alaska, on June 19, 2025, heading to St. Nicholas Orthodox Church for the canonization ...

CHICO — Long before the Rev. Ian Shipley began leading Chico’s Orthodox Christian community, he converted to the faith at age 16, coming from a nonreligious household. “I was a hippie kid,” Shipley, a ...

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Olyphant held the traditional Forgiveness Dinner on Cheese Fare Sunday before the season of ...

Hundreds of parishioners and friends of St. George Orthodox Christian Church gathered Saturday morning in Washington City for ...