List of American Eastern Orthodox saints
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This is a list of American Eastern Orthodox saints.
List
For saints who were not born in and did not die in the territory of America, a note has been added detailing their connection to the country.
| Image | Name | Born | Died | Feast Day | Canonization | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Hotovitzky | February 11, 1872 in Kremenetz, Volhynia, Russia | August 19, 1937 in Moscow, Russia | December 4 | December 4, 1994[1] | Worked as a priest in the United States before returning to Russia in 1914.[2] | ||
| Alexei Kabalyuk | September 1, 1877 in Transcarpathia | December 2, 1947 in Transcarpathia | December 2 | November 1, 2001[3] | Served as a priest in the United States in the 1940s[4] | ||
| Alexis of Wilkes-Barre | March 18, 1854 in the Austrian Empire | May 7, 1909 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States | May 7 | May 29-30, 1994[5] by the Orthodox Church in America[6] | |||
| Anatoly (Kamensky) | October 3, 1863, Samara, Russian Empire | c. September 20, 1925 in the Soviet Union | September 20 | Russian Orthodox Church[7] | Headed a missionary school in Minnesota.[7] | ||
| Bogolyub Gakovich | Unknown | 1941 in the Jadovno concentration camp | 2004[8] | Worked as a priest in the United States 1930s.[8] | |||
| Bazyli Martysz | February 20, 1874 in Poland | May 4, 1945 in Poland | May 4 | June 7-8, 2003 | Served as a priest in the United States from 1900 to 1912.[9] | ||
| Herman of Alaska | Around 1756-1760 in Serpukhov, Russia | November 15, 1837 in Spruce Island, Alaska | August 9 | August 9th, 1970 by both the Orthodox Church In America and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia[10][11] | |||
| Innocent of Alaska | September 6 [O.S. August 26] 1797 in Anginskoye, Irkutsk Governorate, Russian Empire | April 12 [O.S. March 31] 1879 in Moscow, Russia | October 6 (glorification) and March 31 (repose)[12] | October 6, 1977 by the Russian Orthodox Church[13] | Served as a prominent missionary to Alaska and was a bishop of these areas.[14] | ||
| Jacob Netsvetov | 1802 in Atka Island, Aleutian Islands, Russian Alaska | July 26, 1864 in New Archangel (Sitka), Russian Alaska | July 26 | October 15-16, 1994[15] by the Orthodox Church in America[16] | |||
| John Kochurov | July 13, 1871 in Bigildino-Surky, Ryazan, Russia | October 31, 1917 in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia | October 31 | December 3-4, 1994 by the Russian Orthodox Church.[17] | Worked as a priest in the United States before returning to Russia in 1907.[17] | ||
| John Maximovitch | June 4, 1896 in Adamovka, Izyumsky Uyezd, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire | July 2, 1966 in Seattle, Washington, United States | July 2 | July 2, 1994 by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and July 2, 2008 by the Russian Orthodox Church.[18] | |||
| Juvenaly of Alaska | c. 1761 in Nerchinsk, Siberia | c. 1796 in Quinahgak, Alaska | September 24 | 1980[19][20] | |||
| Mardarije Uskokovich | December 22, 1889 in Kornet, Ljesani County, Montenegro | December 12, 1935 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States | December 12 | May 29, 2015 by the Serbian Orthodox Church[21][22][23] | |||
| Matej Stijačić | December 11, 1883 in Klobuk, Herzegovina | 1941 in the Jadovno concentration camp | 2004[24] | Served as a parish priest in the US in the 1920s and 1930s.[25] | |||
| Nikolaj Velimirović | January 4, 1881 in Lelić, Serbia | March 18, 1956, United States | March 18 and May 3 | May 19, 2003 by the Serbian Orthodox Church.[26][27] | |||
| Olga of Alaska | February 3, 1916 in Kwethluk, Alaska | November 3rd, 1979 in Kwethluk, Alaska | October 27 | June 19, 2025 by the Orthodox Church in America.[28][29][30] | |||
| Peter the Aleut | Unknown, presumably in Alaska | 1815 in California | September 24 | 1980 by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and the Alaskan Diocese of the Orthodox Church in America.[31][32] | |||
| Raphael of Brooklyn | 1860 in Syria | February 14, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York | February 27 | May 28-29, 2000 by the Orthodox Church in America.[33][34] | |||
| Sebastian Dabovich | 1863 in San Francisco, California | November 30, 1940 at the Žiča Monastery | November 30 | September 5, 2015 by the Serbian Orthodox Church.[35][36][37] | |||
| Seraphim (Samoylovich) of Uglich | July 19, 1881 in Myrgorod, Poltava, Russian Empire | November 4, 1937 in the Soviet Union | November 4 | August 2000, by the Russian Orthodox Church | Worked as a priest in America.[38] | ||
| Tikhon of Moscow | December 19, 1865, Toropets, Russian Empire | April 7, 1925 in Moscow | October 9 | October 9, 1989 by the Russian Orthodox Church | Worked as a bishop in the United States.[39][40] | ||
| Varnava Nastić | January 31, 1914 in Gary, Indiana | November 12, 1964, Serbia | November 12 | May 15, 2005, by the Serbian Orthodox Church[41] |