ORTHODOX MISSION IN RUSSIAN AMERICA (1741-1867)

Priest Sergiy Reznikov

Kostroma Theological Seminary, Kostroma, Russia

Email: rasputina_k@mail.ru

Issue: № 1 (17), 2022

Pages: 135–151

Annotation

The missionary activity of representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church on the North American continent during the existence of Russian America (1741–1867) is a vivid example of the successful preaching of the Gospel among peoples who did not know about the Christian faith. The article is devoted to a review of the apostolic works of Russian missionaries in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, which served not only to acquaint local peoples with the Orthodox faith, but also to form a positive attitude towards the Russian state and the Russian Orthodox Church. The result of the activities of Orthodox missionaries was the creation in Alaska of stable centers of the Orthodox Church, which contributed to the preservation of Russian spiritual culture up to the present day.

Keywords

Russian America, missionary work, St. Herman of Alaska, St. Innocent (Veniaminov), Russian spiritual culture, the sale of Alaska to the USA in 1867.

For citation

Reznikov S. A., priest. Orthodox mission in Russian America (1741-1867) // Ipatievsky vestnik. 2022. № . 1. P. 135–151 (In Russian). https://doi.org/10.24412/2309–5164–2022–1–135–151