Herman of Alaska Saint Herman of Alaska (born 1756 or 1760 in Serpukhov, Russia – died December 13 or November 15, 1837 on Spruce Island, Alaska) was one of the first Eastern Orthodox missionaries to the new world, and is considered by Orthodox Christians to be the patron saint of the Americas. Herman_of_Alaska
Clean Monday Clean Monday (Greek: Καθαρά Δευτέρα), also known as Pure Monday, Ash Monday, Monday of Lent or (in Cyprus only) Green Monday (actually translated as such), is the first day of the Eastern Orthodox Christian and Eastern Catholic Great Lent. It is a movable feast that occurs at the beginning of the 7th week before Orthodox Easter Sunday. Clean_Monday
Ligonier Meeting The Ligonier Meeting was a meeting of twenty-eight or twenty-nine Orthodox Christian hierarchs in North America, specifically those affiliated with SCOBA, held November 30 to December 2, 1994, at the Antiochian Village in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. The bishops met together (many for the first time), held multiple sessions and presentations, and issued two statements, specifically on evangelism and on the notion of American Orthodox Christians being a "diaspora. Ligonier_Meeting
Gregory (Afonsky) of Sitka Archbishop Gregory (Afonsky) (Russian: Архиепископ Григорий (Афонский)) (April 17, 1925 - April 14, 2008) was the Archbishop of Sitka and Alaska from 1973 to 1995, and author of Gregory_(Afonsky)_of_Sitka