Alaska
Site of the first large-scale Orthodox missions in
America.
The American
Diocese was based in Alaska until after the US
purchase. With the arrival of large numbers of Orthodox
immigrants in the Lower Forty-Eight, the Diocese shifted
its attention southwards, but the Church survived and a
uniquely indigenous American Orthodox culture developed, largely
among Native peoples and in the face of low-level
persecution by the white Protestant establishment.
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- General Historical