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Recently the 100th anniversary of
the arrival of the first ordained Rus
sian priest at Sitka was celebrated at
that place. The following brief his
torical sketch of the history of Alaska
and the part played by the Russian
church in that history has been pre
pared by Father A. P. Kashevaroff
for The Empire.
Pursuant to the opinion of Baran
off, confirmed by the governing office
in Russia, and according to the history
of Tekhemeniev, Baranoff transferred
the colonial seat of government from
Kodiak to New Archangelsky, (Sitka),
in 1806. From that year all Russians
living at Kodiak had no consolation of
witnessing the celebration of church
services by ordained priests. Father
Lavroff, one of the wards of the com
pany, appointed a few years before
this for New Archangelsky, remained
at Kamchatka. Decrepit old men, the
Remnants of the first mission, Herman
Joasaph, and Athanasius, lived at Ko
diak or in nearby places. They did
not have the courage to take the voy
age to New Archangelsky on ships
and especially to an unknown place—
so distant from their homes.
In the absence of an ordained
priest in New Archangelsky all
church services possible without the
assistance of an ecclesiastical person,
such as baptisms, burials, etc., were
performed by Belliayeff, an employee
of the company. Baranoff, by the
earnest request of all the colonists,
in recognition of Belliayeff’s faithful
services and zeal earnestly petitioned
his chief bureau to recommend him to
the Holy Synod of Russia for ordina
tion, but the latter did not see fit to
grant this request.
New Father Arrives.
At last, in 1816, Father Alexis So
koloff was sent to the colonies. He
arrived at Sitka in October, 1816. He
brought 'with him a handsome icon of
St. Michael, the Archangel, the patron
saint of Sitka and the new colonies.
This was a gift from the head office
in St. Petersburg. Immediately the
chapel then in use was converted into
a church. The iconostas was put to
gether from remnants of the rich col
lection of church material sent to Sit
ka on the ship Neva, which was
wrecked on Edgecomb point in 1813.
“And amongst them,” wrote Baran
off, “the icon of St. Michael radiated
above all.”
The eucharistic vessels for the
church were made by local mechanics
from Spanish silver. The vestments
for the altar and the priests were
sewn from material brought from
China. Then the church service began
for the first time chanted by an or
dained priest. “Glory be to God”,
wrote Baranoff in the same letter,
Another church is erected in America,
and by my efforts.”
Historical Sketch.
In brief the history of the first
church and mission is as follows:
Enlighten Natives.
Realizing the necessity of enlight
ening the natives of Alaska in the
truths of the Christian religion, Shel
ihoff and Golikoif petitioned the gov
ernment to appoint an eccliastical rep
resentative with assistants for the
Aleutian islands. They were also
asked to be allowed the privilege of
sending worthy natives to the theo
logical seminary at Irkutsk, who, up
on graduation could be ordained
priests. In the same petition they
asked for permission to build a new
church in the colonies, assuming all
the expense for the construction of the
buildings, furnishing the same with
vestments and necessary equipment,
the support of the clergy and the edu
cation of the same. On June 30, 1793,
Empress Katherine Second, by an im
perial Ukaz, commanded that this pe
tition be granted and entrusted the
fulfillment of this Godly act to Petro
politan Gabriel, of St. Petersburg,
then a member of the Holy Synod.
Archimandrite Joasaph was ap
pointed as the head of the mission
aries and later consecrated Bishop of
Kodiak. He was accompanied to the
colonies by three monk priests, Juven
alius, Makarius and Athanasius, two
monk deacons, Stephen and Nectarius
and two lay brothers, Herman and
Joasaph.
Try to Convert Natives.
Regular attempts were made by lay
men to convert the natives to the faith
of Christ, but these attempts were
crude and these good men themselves
asknowledged the task beyond their
strength, yet they were not without
some success. Glotoff in 1769 baptised
several Aleuts on the island of Oumak,
and Gregory Shelihoff in 1784 bap
tised 40 Kodiak Aleuts.
Missionaries Arrive.
With the arrival of the first mis
sionaries, headed by Archimandrite
Joasaph, who landed at Kodiak on the
13th day of August, 1794, the Chris
tianizing of the natives of Alaska be
gan in earnest. The first Christian
church in Alaska at St. Paul harbor,
Kodiak island, was dedicated on the
26th day of September, 1794. The ac
tivities of the missionaries extended
to the Aleutian islands, the main land
and as far as Yakutat. Tekhmenlev
in his historical review says that there
were about 12,000 natives baptised in
the first few years. The real work of
christianizing the natives began with
the arrival of Father Veniaminof, the
real apostle of Alaska and the great
est missionary that ever lived in this
territory.
Taught Handicrafts.
Father Veniaminoff labored among
the natives of the Aleutian islands for
10 years, from 1824 to 1834. Being a
practical missionary he taught the na
tives all handicrafts, at the same time
he undertook the study of the native
language. How well he mastered it is
seen by the works he left among the
people where he labored. There is
found the gospel in the Aleutian lan
guage, the liturgy and a vast number
of prayers used in church and at
home.
At Sitka, or New Archangelsky, -is
it was then called, no real work among
the natives was seriously attempted
until the arrival of Father Venamri^ff
in 1834. The Thlinget tribe differed
from the Aleuts in appearance as well
as in character. They were not ac
quainted with the Christian religion
and were hostile to the Russians which
greatly hindered the work.
Father Veniaminoff commenced his
work among the Thlingets in the same
manner that he had done in the Aleu
tian islands. He studied their lan
guage, customs and beliefs. Then he
began to preach the word of God to
them. He gave freely of his health
and strength. He preached in the
church and when possible visited them
in their homes. The Koloshas learned
to love their teacher, to have confi
dence in him, and began to receive him
with a welcome, willingly and atten
tively listening to their lessons. Fath
er Veniaminoff opened schools for the
children and taught them from books
he had himself compiled.
Extension of Church.
Knowing from experience that the
field of labor was rapidly growing and
beyond the few missionaries in the
field, Father Veniaminoff sailed for
Russia in 1838 to intercede with the
authorities of the church for the ex
tension of the church activities.
On June 25, 1839 he presented his
petition to the Holy Synod. The church
authorities realizing that they could
not find a better man than the one be
rfore them, consecrated him to the
rank of bishop of Alaska, giving him
the name of Innocent. On September
27, after a lung and tiresome voyage,
Bishop Innocent reached Sitka. New
strength and life was inaugurated into
the work of the church and schools
were opened and theological seminar
ies came into existence.
The old church was found to be too
dilapidated and the construction of the
present cathedral of St. Michael the
Archangel was started. The comer
stone was laid in 1844. After four
years of labor, on November 8, 1848,
the cathedral was dedicated. A few
years later a separate church was
built for the natives on the line run
ning along the stockade. This church
was dedicated in honor of the Holy
Trinity. Among the early and earnest
laborers the names of Archpriest Pet
er Litventseff, Father John Vinokuroff
and Father Jacob Petelin are to be es
pecially mentioned.
Church Is Sacked.
The church passed through many
trials and misfortunes in the following
years of its existence. On the 11th
day of May, 1855, the Indian church
of the Holy Trinity was sacked and
partially destroyed by the Indians who
gained entrance by digging under the
stockade. They arrayed themselves in
the priests’ vestments and danced
around the building. The gun fire from
the castle battery drove them into the
church building which protected them
for the time. When finally driven
away the interior of the church was
found to be desecrated. The holy
icons were slashed with knives and
spears, the vestments tom and smear
ed with blood and the sacred vessels
carried off or bent out of shape. Two
years later, on the second day of Feb
ruary, after the church had been giv
en a thorough renovation, it was again
consecrated in honor of the Holy Trin
ity.
Preventing Disease.
The clergy of the early Russian
church also had much labor and meas
les broke out and the people died by
the three and four daily. Again in
1853 an epidemic of scourvy raged in
the town and in 1858 typhoid fever
made its appearance. In 1862 pneu
monia carried off a large number of
the citizens. During all of these epi
demics the priests went among the
sufferers carrying consolation and en
deavoring to teach the people to take
care of themselves.
Of the later laborers in the field of
church work, special mention is due to
Father Dunskov who came to Sitka in
1887. He found the field in poor con
dition. The people were living in dark
ness and sin. Ignorance, superstition
and religion walked hand in hand.
Drunkenness and immorality was
looked upon as common. Many na
tives were officially recognized as
members of the church, but they were
in reality little removed from their
own customs and beliefs. The Rus
sian population which had been so
long neglected, was in a condition that
needed great attention.
The cathedral itself was not in any
condition to warrant any adrrtirationf
as to its financial condition and re
sources were at the lowest ebb. Mr.
George Kostrometinoff was at once
appointed warden of the cathedral,
within a few years Mr. Kostrometi
noff was able to bring the historical
church into first class repair, to add
greatly to its financial standing and
to attract a great number of visitors
from all parts of the United States.
Under his able management the Sitka
cathedral became one of the most fa
mous churches in the whole of the
United States.
Late Sitka Bishops.
In the past 70 years Sitka has had
prelates in charge of the diocese re
siding in the town. After Bishop In
nocent Veniaminoff, Bishop Paul, then
Bishop Peter resided at Sitka as Vicar
Bishops under Archbishop Innocent.
Bishop Johannes came in 1872, but
lived in Sitka only a short time as
the bishop’s See was transferred to
San Francisco in 1873. Other bishops
visited Sitka for short periods. In
1903 Bishop Innocent Putinsky was
appointed as bishop of Alaska with
permanent residence at Sitka. In
1910 the bishop left Sitka for Russia.
Under his wise supervision the schools
reached a high standard. Besides hav
ing a parochial school at Sitka there
was a theological seminary, where
young men were prepared for priest
hood. After his departure the school
and the seminary closed. The most
promising men were given the privi
lege of entering the seminary at Min
neapolis. Three availed themselves
of the opportunity.
After the departure of Bishop Inno
cent, Bishop Alexander of New York
was appointed Bishop of Alaska. He
never lived in Alaska and during the
five years as bishop of Alaska he vis
ited the territory only once and then
only as far north as Sitka.
On August 6, 1916, Bishop Philipp
was appointed bishop of Alaska. He
immediately came to Alaska and at
present is living at Sitka.
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