KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the wife ...

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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 ...

Native American News Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint Published: Jun. 26, 2025, 11:58 a.m.

The first female Orthodox saint in North America was an Indigenous woman who spent her entire life with her Yup'ik family and ...

Why Olga’s gender and ethnicity matter For a church led exclusively by male bishops and priests, the glorification of Olga, the first Yup’ik saint, is significant. “The church is often seen as a ...

The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America.

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.

Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint The Associated Press June 26, 2025, 7:08 AM ...