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Olga (Arrsamquq) Michael (Russian: Ольга Аррсамкук Майкл; February 3, 1916 – November 8, 1979), known as Saint Olga (Arrsamquq) of Alaska, Saint Olga of Kwethluk, or Matushka Olga, was an Eastern Orthodox matushka from Kwethluk village, on the Kuskokwim River in Alaska.
Child saints are children who died or were martyred and have been declared saints or martyrs of the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Episcopalian, or Lutheran Churches or have been beatified.
In 1547, nearly 600 years after her 969 death, the Russian Orthodox Church officially named Olga a saint, equal-to-the-apostles. [ 37 ] [ 40 ] Because of her proselytizing influence, the Eastern Orthodox Church , the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church , and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church call Olga by the honorific Isapóstolos, "Equal to the ...
Juvenaly of Alaska, Protomartyr of America; Mardarije Uskokovich, a Serbian bishop of North America; founder of St. Sava's Monastery in Libertyville, Illinois, also known as Mardarije (Uskokovich) of Jordanville; Matej Stijačić, hieromartyr; Nikolaj Velimirović, influential theological writer and a highly gifted orator, rector of St. Tikhon ...
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His remains were interred in France on the grounds of the Saint-Michel-de-Bois-Aubry Russian Orthodox monastery near Luzé between Tours and Poitiers. George Chakiris – contributor to a Greek Orthodox Cathedral; Michael Chiklis – actor, second generation Greek-American. Anna Maria – Indonesian model; Kira Kazantsev – Miss America 2015
By this definition, Adam and Eve, Moses, the various prophets, and archangels are all given the title of Saint. Sainthood in the Orthodox Church does not necessarily reflect a moral model, but communion with God; there are many examples of people who lived in great sin and became saints by humility and repentance: Saints Mary of Egypt, Moses ...
Tertullian, a 3rd-century North African lawyer, wrote, "If the martyrs of the whole world were put on one arm of the balance and the martyrs of Egypt on the other, the balance will tilt in favor of the Copts." The following is a list of saints commemorated by the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.