Equal-to-the-Apostles · 1797–1879
Innocent of Alaska
Saint Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas
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Why they are a saint
Innocent of Alaska was missionary priest and later bishop in Alaska; translated Scripture and services into Aleut and other languages; later Metropolitan of Moscow. The years given for this life are 1797–1879. The Church gives the title Equal-to-the-Apostles to those whose labor resembled the first mission.
Patronage / why chosen as patron
Patron of Alaska, missionaries, translators (when of Alaska / Moscow), because he is linked to that land by his life and labours.
Prayer
O holy Innocent of Alaska, pray to God for us.
A short general prayer to a saint, not a liturgical text. No public-domain troparion for this saint is included.
Do not confuse with Innocent of Irkutsk; Innocent of Komel.