saint
Святитель Иннокентий, митрополит Московский
Russian Orthodox missionary priest (1797–1879), the first Orthodox bishop resident in the Americas. Evangelised the Aleut and Tlingit peoples, devised a Cyrillic-based alphabet for Aleut, translated portions of Scripture and the Liturgy into Aleut. Consecrated Bishop of Kamchatka, the Kuriles, and the Aleutian Islands 1840; Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna 1868. Glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church 1977 as 'Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to America.' Feast day 31 March (repose) and 6 October (glorification).
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