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Icon of St. Jacob Netsvetov,
Priest & Confessor of Alaska
Feast: July 26
Born in Alaska, St. James (Jacob) was a
missionary, introducing Orthodox Christianity and native language
literacy among the Eskimos and Indians of the Yukon River region of
North America. He was the first native-born North American
presbyter of the Church.
Top Icon: by the hand of Michael
Garrett, Orthodox Church in America.
Bottom Icon: by the hand of
Xenia Pokrovskaya.
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