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In 1892, he met Bishop Nikolai, who was thoroughly unimpressed with him, considering Kashevaroff to be too thoroughly Americanized, too secular, and too mindful of earthly things. Against the wishes of his priest, he married Martha Bolshanin (b. Jan. 19, 1874 - Apr. 13, 1931), a Kiks.adí Tlingit of Sitka in 1893. Because the priest had not blessed this union, the young Kashevaroff and his bride were married in a civil ceremony at the local courthouse. As a result, Kashevaroff was transferred from Sitka to Nuchek (or possibly Nutchek).
Fr. Andrew and his wife were blessed with at least six children- Cyril (1895-1948), Maria (1900-?), Nadeshda (1902-?), Lydia (1904-1943), Natalia (1908-?), and Xenia (1913-1995). One daughter, Xenia, married the musician and composer [[W:John Cage|John Cage]].
After the move to Nuchek, Fr. Kashevaroff was transferred to Kodiak, and did not return to serve in the church in Sitka until 1900. In Sitka, he was the director of the Innokenti School and serve as choir director. He and his wife move made their final move to Juneau in 1912, where both spent the rest of their earthly days.
==Parish Timeline==
*St. Andrew Church, Killisnoo, Alaska (1893-1894)
*St. Nicholas Cathedral, Juneau, Alaska (1913-1940)
*[http://www.rossialaska.org/current-projects/saint-nicholas-orthodox-church/ About St. Nicholas Church, Juneau] Russian Orthodox Sacred Sites in Alaska
*[http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cdmg21/id/18287 Digitized collection of Fr. Kashevaroff's papers] Alaska State Library
*[http://www.stnicholasjuneau.org/files/tlingit/clerical-news.pdf Clerical News for St. Nicholas Church, Juneau, 1916] by Fr. Andrew Kashevaroff
*''Memory Eternal: Tlingit Culture and Russian Orthodox Christianity through Two Centuries'' by Sergei Kan, 2014 (ISBN 978-0295993867)
*''Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage'' by Kenneth Silverman, 2010 (pg 21) (ISBN 978-1400044375)
[[Category:Priests|Kashevaroff]]
