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In 1915, 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 Jakob 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. [[Image:episcopal.jpg|right|thumb|100px|St. Andrew's Episcopal as it appears today in downtown Honolulu]] Fr. Jakob, a well-known [[missionary]] priest, established churches in Canada, the United States, Alaska, and Australia. He was murdered in [[Odessa]] shortly after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church#Russian_revolution Bolshevik Revolution] in Russia. This martyred murdered priest has not been officially recognized as a martyred saint....yet.

Up until the 1960s, the Russian Orthodox Church was the only Orthodox jurisdiction in the Hawaiian Islands. Following the 1960s, parishes from three seperate Orthodox jurisdictions established themselves in the Islands; Greek, Serbian, and OCA. At one point there were as many as five different Orthodox jurisdictions in the Hawaiian Islands. All Orthodox churches in Hawaii are in communion with one another, however, and have good friendly relations. (See also: [[Orthodoxy in America]], [[Diaspora]].)

====The Russian Orthodox Church (ROCOR) in Hawaii====In the late 1960s, a group of Russian Orthodox faithful Christians parted ways with local Greek community and joined the Russian Orthodox Church in Hawaii under the Omophorion of Archbishop Anthony of Los Angeles; they formed the St. [[Mark of Ephesus]] Russian Orthodox Mission Parish under the auspices of [[ROCOR]]. In the early 1980's, this mission parish was later re-[[consecrate|consecrated]] under the heavenly protection of the [[Mother of God]] and is now known as the Holy [[Theotokos]] of [[Iveron]] Russian Orthodox Church. In the late 1990s, the current pastor of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox]] community, Father Anatole Lyovin was [[ordination|ordained]] to serve the Orthodox faithful in Hawaii. Currently this parish is without a permanent structure, there are plans to build the first [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox]] [[church]] in Honolulu.

Fr. Anatole also oversees the Russian Orthodox mission communities on Kauai and the Big Island of Hawaii. These Russian communities are under the spiritual care of Archbishop [[Kyrill (Dmitrieff) of San Francisco|+KYRILL of San Francisco]] (ROCOR).

These communities are ====The Greek Orthodox Church (GOARCH) in Hawaii====In the mid 1960s, a [[Greek]] Orthodox community established a Greek Orthodox mission under the spiritual care auspices of Archbishop the [[Kyrill (Dmitrieff)Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America|+KYRILL of San FranciscoGreek Archdiocese]], . This community became known as the Saints [[Constantine the current successor of Great|Constantine]] and [[Helen]] [[Tikhon (Troitsky) Church of San FranciscoConstantinople|Archbishop +TIKHON of San FranciscoGreek Orthodox Church]] ''of blessed memory.'' Archbishop +TIKHON was Archbishop The current (and temporary) pastor of San Francisco when the Greek Orthodox community in Hawaii is Fr. Innokenty Dronov oversaw Demetrius Dogias, he was assigned to the Russian Orthodox Church Greek church in Hawaii Honolulu in the 1940s2007.

====The Greek Church in Hawaii====Also in In the mid 1960s90's, a [[Greek]] community established a separate Greek Orthodox parish under on the auspices Island of the [[Maui, a Greek Orthodox Archdiocese mission was established, this mission is served by clergy of America|Greek Archdiocese]]Ss. This community became known as the Saints [[Constantine the Great|Constantine]] and [[Helen]] [[Church of Constantinople|Greek Orthodox Church]]in Honolulu. These two Greek communities are under the care of Met. The current Gerasimos of San Francisco (and temporaryGOARCH) pastor of the Greek Orthodox community in Hawaii is Fr. Demetrius Dogias, he was assigned to the Greek church in Honolulu in 2007.

In the 90's, on the Island of Maui, a Greek Orthodox mission was established, this mission is served by clergy of the Greek Orthodox church in Honolulu.  ====The Serbian Orthodox Church in Hawaii====

====The Antiochian Orthodox Church in Hawaii====

In early 2004, a new Orthodox community under the jurisdiction of the [[OCA]] was established in Kona, Hawaii. Fr. Sergius Naumann served this community for a time until leaving for Alaska. They are currently overseen by Bishop +BENJAMIN, of the Diocese of the West, and other clergy from the mainland. This mission is under the supervision of Archpriest George Gray.