Kayla Desroches/KMXT Members of the Russian Orthodox Church from around the world come to Kodiak for the annual St. Herman Pilgrimage. The day-long event Thursday commemorates the life of the monk, Herman, who lived on Kodiak’s Spruce Island. Every summer, Father Innocent Dresdow with the Holy Resurrection Cathedral guides the faithful to see the site where Saint Herman lived and …
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Sitting down for a meal in Russia (Photo by Father Dimitrii Kultinov) Mitch Borden/KMXT Recently, some Alaskans made the long trip to Russia to see the home of a beloved orthodox saint. At the end of August, a group of about 16 people from all over Alaska went to Russia. This trip wasn’t a normal vacation, but a sanctioned pilgrimage by …
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Liturgy on the last day of the Saint Herman Pilgrimage. Mitch Borden/KMXT KMXT’s Mitch Borden Every year, people from all over the world come to Kodiak to honor Saint Herman of Alaska, who’s a saint in the Orthodox Church. This year the pilgrimage couldn’t make it to its final destination on Spruce Island because of bad weather. KMXT went to …
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