Hierarchs visit Alaska

His Beatitude Metropolitan JONAH, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, Orthodox Church in America, with His Grace Bishop BENJAMIN, Bishop of San Francisco and the West, Locum Tenans of the Diocese of Alaska, in the historic Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Sitka the week of August 10, 2009. The hierarchs visited Alaska, including the Kuskokwim Conference July 30 through Aug. 1; in Anchorage Aug. 2-6; the St. Herman Pilgrimmage in Kodiak Aug. 7-9; and in Sitka Aug. 11. More photos of the Sitka visit follow, courtesy of Rev. Elia Larson.

Gifts presented by the Sitka parish included a carving of at.oow, the coat of arms of the Kiks.adi clan, the main group of Tlingit in Sitka, given to Metropolitan JONAH; and an ivory tusk given to Bishop BENJAMIN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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