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The Yup’ik woman became known in church communities across Alaska for quiet generosity, piety and compassion — particularly as a consoler of women who had suffered from abuse, from miscarriage, from ...

Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint. Story by PETER SMITH • 31m. K WETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty streets and modest ...

Two women embrace during the canonization ceremony of St. Olga in Kwethluk, Alaska, on June 19, 2025, which made her the first female Orthodox saint in North America. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen) AP ...

Two women embrace during the canonization ceremony of St. Olga in Kwethluk, Alaska, on June 19, 2025, which made her the first female Orthodox saint in North America. Mark Thiessen/AP ...

Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint. The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. Credit: AP.