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=== Rebirth of Orthodoxy ===
On [[November 27]], 1910 ([[Julian Calendar]]), with the blessing of the [[bishop]]s of Vladivostok and in America, the first Russian Orthodox reader services were held by Reader Vasily Pasderin. November 27 was, and is, the "Feast Day of the [[Kursk-Root Icon]] of the [[Mother of God]]."
In 1916, at the petition of the Russian Orthodox community to the [[Holy Synod]] of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]], a Russian Orthodox priest was dispatched to Hawaii to pastor the large population of [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox]] faithful. On Orthodox Christmas (Dec.25/Jan. 7), Protopresbyter Yakov Korchinsky celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Saint Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral in Honolulu, and he established permanent liturgical services. Thus Orthodoxy was re-established in Hawaii. Fr. Yakov, a well-known [[missionary]] priest, established churches in [[Canada]], the [[United States]], [[Alaska]], and [[Australia]]. He was murdered in [[Odessa]] shortly after the [[October Revolution]] in Russia. [[Image:episcopal.jpg]]