Alaska Native Language map ... Grinnell noticed the profound influence that the Russian Orthodox Church had had on Aleut communities at Unalaska and in the Pribilofs. He also noted how difficult ...

A historic Russian Orthodox church is keeping the faith in the family. After over 54 years as rector, the Very Rev. Mitred Archpriest John D. Sorochka of St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox ...

A Russian settlement was founded in 1759 and later supported by the Russian Orthodox Church. The Church of the ... following the Alaska Purchase. But links to Russia remain. Many residents still ...

From 1784 to 1867, Russia controlled parts of Alaska, setting up a fur trading network and helping spread the Russian Orthodox Church. During this period, commercial operations ran out of the ...