It was Ash Wednesday. Poplavskaya spent the whole day with a young Catholic priest, Father Kirill Bardonov, from a small town ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Frieda Vizel left an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect in New York in a crisis of faith at 25. But instead of cutting ties, she became a successful online personality and guide to the tight-k ...

The ultra-Orthodox Jewish subculture is engaging more with the outside world after centuries of separation. Within a minority religion it’s a minority that's set apart by dedication to the Torah ...

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 ...

Several Orthodox monks and martyrs with ties to Alaska have already been canonized in the Orthodox Church in America, the now-independent offspring of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Native American News Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint Published: Jun. 26, 2025, 1:58 p.m.

Several Orthodox monks and martyrs with ties to Alaska have already been canonized in the Orthodox Church in America, the now-independent offspring of the Russian Orthodox Church. St. Olga is the ...

The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. Hundreds of pilgrims joined several bishops in an elaborate ceremony to canonize St. Olga Michael in her remote home ...

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 ...

The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. Hundreds of pilgrims joined several bishops in an elaborate ceremony to canonize St. Olga Michael in her remote home ...