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[[Image:Archbishop Kyrill.jpg|thumb|145px|right|Archbishop Kyrill on an Archpastoral visit In the mid to Hilolate 1990's, Kona and Honolulu in 2003]]a separate Russian Orthodox mission community was established on the Big Island of Hawaii. It later became inactive.
Fr. Anatole also oversees the Russian In 2017, a new Western-Rite ROCOR Orthodox mission communities Religious Hermitage was established on Kauai and the Big Island of Hawaiiin Kapaau. These Russian communities are This community is [[Stavropegial]] and is under the spiritual care Omophorion of Archbishop +His Eminence Metropolitan [[Kyrill Nicholas (DmitrieffOlhovsky) of San FranciscoManhattan]] ([[ROCOR]]), First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. The priest in charge is Fr. Columba Stephen Lally, two nuns also live and worship at the hermitage.
[[Image:Bishop Benjamin.jpg|thumb|145px|right|Bishop Benjamin visits the OCA Kona Mission in 2004]]In early 2004, a new Orthodox community under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church in America ([[OCA]]) was established on the Big Island of Hawai`i, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. FrIn 2007 this was named [http://stjuvenaly.org St. Juvenaly Orthodox Mission]. Sergius Naumann served In 2013, this community for purchased a time until leaving for Alaskabuilding in [[w:Honomu|Honomu]], on the east side of Hawaiʻi. This The east-side mission is now known as [http://ascensionhilo.org Holy Ascension Orthodox Church]. The administrator of these mission parishes is overseen by Fr. Matthew Tate, and they are under the Omophorion of His Grace Bishop Eminence, Archbishop [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco]] of the [[Diocese of the West (OCA)|Diocese of the West]]. Archpriest George Gray, is attached to the St Juvenaly Church, and Priest Benjamin Huggins is under Rector of the Holy Ascension Mission. ==A Miracle in the Islands==During the month of October in the year 2007, a great miracle occurred in the State of Hawaii when the Miracleworking and Myrrh-streaming "Hawaiian" Iveron Icon of the Theotokos began streaming myrrh in the supervision home of an Orthodox Christian couple in Honolulu. [[Image:IveronIcon.jpg|left|frame|The Wonderworking "Hawaiian" Myrrh-streaming Iveron Icon]] The Iveron Icon, a small mounted print, (a copy of the Montreal [[Panagia Portaitissa|Iveron]] Icon), originally purchased at the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral's small church kiosk in Toronto by Archpriest George Gray Anatole V. Lyovin, was given to the Reader Nectarios in Hawaii as a gift for the aforementioned name's day. This Icon was in the Reader's possession for eight years before it, along with a small hand-painted cross, began exuding a fragrant oil-like substance traditionally referred to as "myrrh" by the Orthodox Church. It was decided by Archbishop [[Kyrill (Dmitrieff) of San Francisco|Kyrill]] of San Francisco that this Icon of the Mother of God was to be taken to the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Cathedral in San Francisco where it underwent investigation and testing and was carefully examined by the Archbishop and a commission of priests to verify the Icon's miraculous attributes. In June of 2008, the "Hawaiian" Iveron Icon of the Mother of God was declared by the Russian Orthodox Church to be a genuine and miraculous Icon, which was in fact exuding myrrh on a continuing basis. It was decided by Episcopal proclamation ([[Ukaz]]) that the Reader Nectarios, the Icon's original owner, be "Her" guardian and was to escort the Icon to the various churches and monasteries of Holy Orthodoxy, in effect, to provide for the veneration of all Orthodox Christian faithful. Since that time, the Miracle-working Icon has visited over 1000 churches and monasteries throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, and has been venerated by millions of faithful. The holy Icon has been a constant source of a growing number of miraculous occurrences, including the healing of cancer, blindness, demonic possession, and various types of physical and spiritual infirmities. People have felt a deep spiritual connection to this Icon, even spending hours on end simply standing before "Her", and watching the myrrh flow from the hands and stars on the image. As She travels, the Holy Icon has been lovingly called in Greek, "The Wandering Panaghia" since She does not have a [http://www.iveron.org memorial church shrine] to call Her own. When resources become available, plans are underway to build a proper chapel and retreat center in Hawaii to house the Mother of God's Wonderworking Iveron Icon. It has also been affectionately referred to as the "Protectress of Hawaii" by some of Portlandthe Orthodox Christian faithful in Hawaii, Oregonsince Orthodox Christians from all the Hawaii parishes have come to love and have grown very close to this miracle from God. May She forever protect the Christian faithful of Hawaii!
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The first liturgical Christian service held in Hawaii was a [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox]] [[Pascha]]l service. Sometime between 1750 - 1793*, while traveling from the Far East to what was then Russian America, a Russian trading ship stopped over in the Hawaiian Islands. The Russian Orthodox [[priest]], not wanting to celebrate Pascha at sea, instructed the captain to disembark. The captain then told the priest that he feared the "natives" but was then told, "They will not harm us, for we are Orthodox, and we bear the Light of Christ to illumine their hearts." They disembarked and blessed a temporary [[altar]] under a newly built temple made out of palms and bamboo and adorned with a Znammeny icon of the Mother of God and the Christ Child. It was rumored that as they departed the priest left the icon used in the Paschal Liturgy. The ship's priest promised that, "We shall return and baptize these natives to the [[One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church|One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church]]."
The first "Christian" Protestant service was a lay funeral service conducted by Capt. James Cook for an English sailor at Napo‘opo‘o (Kealakekua) on the Big Island of Hawaii in 1779.
<i>*Exact dates differ from 1750, 1792, and 1793</i>
== Rebirth of Orthodoxy ==
[[Image:korchinsky.gif|left|frame|A photo of Fr. Jacob Korchinsky from the Pacific Commercial Advertiser, January 23, 1916]]
On [[November 27]], 1910 ([[Julian Calendar|O.S.]], the Feast Day of the Znamenny-[[Kursk Root Icon]] of the Sign of the [[Theotokos|Mother of God]]), [[Reader|reader services]] were organized and served by Vasily Pasderin.
In 1915, an official request by the Russian Orthodox community in Hawaii and the Episcopal Bishop of Hawaii, Henry B. Restarick to the Holy Synod in St. Petersburg; a priest was dispatched that same year to Hawaii (with the blessing of Archbishop [[Evdokim (Meschersky) of the Aleutians]]) to pastor the large population of Orthodox Russian faithful. He establishsed established permanent liturgical services in Hawaii and on [[Christmas]] [[December 25]] (O.S.) / [[January 7]] (N.S.) 1916, Protopresbyter Jacob Korchinsky celebrated the [[Divine Liturgy]] at in the Holy Trinity Chapel of the Saint Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral in Honolulu. 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. Jacob, a well-known [[missionary]] priest, established churches in Canada, the United States, Alaska, Australia and the Phillipines. He was murdered arrested in [[Wikipedia:Odessa|Odessa]] shortly after the on [[w:Russian Orthodox Church#Russian revolution|Bolshevik RevolutionJune 23]] in Russia, but 1941 and shot (murdered) two months later.<ref>[http://www.rusvera.mrezha.ru/515/14.htm Газета "Вера" (Newspaper ''Faith'')]</ref>. He has not yet been officially recognized as a martyred saint. St. [[Tikhon of Moscow]] once quoted Fr. Jacob's missionary exploits this way, "He did much to convert the heathens to the Christian Faith and returned many [[Uniate]]s to the Orthodox Church. He set the foundation for parish life in many places, built churches and assisted the unfortunate with his acquied acquired medical knowledge." ''<br>(Report by Bishop (Saint) Tikhon Belavin to the Holy Synod. No. 155 Nov. 26, 1906)''
Following the departure of Fr. Jacob Korchinsky to Australia in March of 1916, he was subsequently replaced by Archpriest John Dorosh in that same year, who remained in Hawaii until his departure in the 1920s. In subsequent years, the Russian Orthodox church Church in Hawaii shipped or flew temporary priests to Hawaii the Hawaiian Islands to care for the dwindling Orthodox population, becoming part of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (ROCOR). A permanent priest was not stationed in Hawaii until 1921, when [[Archimandrite]] Innokenty Dronov of Hilo, a contemporary of St. [[Jonah of Manchuria]] and , St. [[John Maximovitch|John of Shanghai and San Francisco]] and Metropolitan [[Meletius (Zaborosky) of Harbin and Manchuria|Meletius of Harbin]], was dispatched and served the entire Orthodox Christian flock on all the Hawaiian Islands throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Fr. Innokenty Innokentiy had a large following of [[Church of Japan|Japanese Orthodox]] Christians. He frequently returned to the [http://www.wadiocese.com Diocese in San Francisco] to report to Archbishops [[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco|Apollinary (Koshevoy)]] and [[Tikhon (Troitsky) of San Francisco|Tikhon (Troitsky)]] and for medical reasons. He is now purportedly buried on the Big Island of Hawaii. Until the assignment of Archpriest Anatole Lyovin, Fr. Innokenty was the longest serving priest in the history of the Orthodox Church in Hawaii.
[[Image:innokenty.jpg|left|frame|Fr. Innokenty in front of the Old Apostles Episcopal church in Hilo in 1937]]
===The Russian Orthodox Church (ROCOR)===
In the late 1960s, a group of Russian Orthodox Christians parted ways with the 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 MissionParish. In the early 1980s, 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 [[Wikipedia:IveronPanagia Portaitissa|Iveron]] Russian Orthodox Church. In the late 1990s, the Council President of the Russian Orthodox community in Hawaii, Anatole Lyovin, was [[ordination|ordained]] to serve the Orthodox faithful in Hawaii. Currently After many years of prayer, hard work and dedication, this parish community recently purchased a new Church complex in Kailua, Oahu. This church is also where the Miracleworking "Hawaiian" Iveron Icon of the Theotokos is without a permanent structurebrought on most Saturdays and Sundays for veneration, but there are plans when not travelling to build other churches. This community is under the first Russian Orthodox spiritual care of Archbishop +[[Kyrill (Dmitrieff) of San Francisco]] ([[churchROCOR]] in Honolulu). Four clergy are assigned to this parish; Priest Nectarios Yangson, the Rector, Archpriest Anatole V. Lyovin, Pastor Emeritus, Archpriest Konstantin Sorrell, and Deacon Seraphim Stojance Andov.
===The Greek Orthodox Church (GOARCH)===
In the mid 1960s, a Greek Orthodox community established a Greek Orthodox mission under the auspices of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America|Greek Archdiocese]]. This community became known as the [http://www.schgoc.hi.goarch.org/ Ss. [[Constantine the Great|Constantine]] and [[Helen]] Greek Orthodox Church]. The current (and temporary) pastor Dean of the Greek Orthodox community in Hawaii Cathedral is Fr. Demetrius DogiasAlexander Leong, who was assigned to the parish in Honolulu in 20072013. The community is under the omophorion of Metr. [[Gerasimos (Michaleas) of San Francisco]] ([[GOARCH]]). This community is well-known for its annual Greek Festival held at Ala Moana Beach Park near Waikiki.
In the 1990s, a Greek Orthodox mission was established on the Island of Maui. It later became inactive, a Greek Orthodox mission was establishedbut there are efforts underway to revive it. This The mission is has been served by clergy of from Ss. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Honolulu. These two Greek communities are under the care of Metr. [[Gerasimos (Michaleas) of San Francisco]] ([[GOARCH]]).
===The Serbian Orthodox Church===
In the early 1990s, a Serbian community established an Orthodox mission dedicated to St. [[Lazar of Serbia|Lazar of Kosovo]]. The Serbian mission later became inactive, and its remaining members joined the local Russian and Greek churches. There has been a recent interest within the Serbian Orthodox community in Hawaii to re-establish this mission. In recent monthsyears, visiting clergy (including the Serbian Bishop [[Maxim (Vasilijevic) of Western America]]) have come from the mainland to minister to them. This is mission is now active and under the spiritual direction of Protopriest Protopresbyter Blasko Paraklis. [[Image:Bishop Benjamin.jpg|thumb|145px|right|Bishop Benjamin visits the OCA Kona Mission in 2004]]
===The Antiochian Orthodox Church===
===The Orthodox Church in America (OCA)===
==Parishes in Hawaii==
*Holy Theotokos of Iveron Russian Orthodox Church (Honolulu) - [http://www.orthodoxhawaii.org Official website]*Ss. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Honolulu) - [http://www.ssconhelhi.goarch.org Official Website]*St. Lazar Serbian Juvenaly Orthodox Mission Parish (Kona) - [http://wwwoca.westsrbdioorg/DIRlisting.orgasp?SID=9&KEY=OCA-WE-KONOCX OCA listing], [http:/latest_news/visit_to_Hawaiistjuvenaly.html News siteorg Mission website] (No Official Website)*Russian Holy Ascension Orthodox Mission on the Big Island - Church (No Official WebsiteHonomou)*Maui Greek Orthodox Mission Parish - [http://www.mauigreekorthodoxmissionholyascensionhilo.com org/ Official Website]*St. Juvenaly Lazar Serbian Orthodox Mission Parish (Oahu) - [http://ocawww.westsrbdio.org/DIRlistinginfo/showarticle.aspphp?SIDarticle=9&KEY=OCAchurch_hawaii Contact Information] (No resident clergy or regular services)*Maui Greek Orthodox Mission -WE-KONOCX Official listing], [http://konaorthodoxwww.googlepagesmauigreekorthodoxmission.com/orthodoxmissionhawaii Mission websiteOfficial Website], (currently regrouping under the leadership of Ss. Constantine & Helen)*Our Lady of the Angels Western-Rite Community at Na Pua Li'i Hermitage (ROCOR) - [httphttps://konamissionwww.blogspotpualii.comorg/ Parish WeblogOfficial website] ==Orthodox Clergy Assigned in Hawaii==*Priest Alexander Leong, Dean of Ss. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Honolulu, HI.*Priest Nectarios Yangson, Rector of the Holy Theotokos of Iveron Russian Orthodox Church, Honolulu, HI.*Priest Columba Stephen Lally, Rector of Our Lady of the Angels Western-Rite Community, Kapaau, HI.*Priest Benjamin Huggins, Rector of the Holy Ascension Orthodox Mission, Honomou, HI.*Archpriest George Gray, St. Juvenaly Orthodox Mission, Honalo, HI.*Archpriest Anatole V. Lyovin, Holy Theotokos of Iveron Russian Orthodox Church, Honolulu, HI.*Archpriest Konstantin Sorrell, Holy Theotokos of Iveron Russian Orthodox Church, Honolulu, HI.*Priest George Hill, Chaplain, US Army Garrison, Schofield Barracks, HI*Deacon Seraphim Stojance Andov, Holy Theotokos of Iveron Russian Orthodox Church, Honolulu, HI.
==See alsoReferences==* [[List of parishes in Hawaii (USA)|Orthodox Parishes in Hawaii]]<references/>
==External links==
*[http://www.iveron.org/hawaii Orthodox Christianity in the Hawaiian Islands]
*[http://www.ohiia.org The Orthodox Hawaiian Iveron Icon Association "OHIIA"]
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orthodoxinhawaii/ A Yahoogroup dedicated to Orthodox Christianity in Hawaii]
*[http://www.orthodoxhawaii.org/book.html TWO HUNDRED YEARS ON THE ROAD: A History of the Orthodox Church in Hawaii] by Amir A. Khisamutdinov and Rev. Anatole V. Lyovin. The book chronicles the history of the Orthodox Christian Church in the Hawaiian Islands from the 1700s to the present day. Containing rare photos and historical articles not seen before.
*[[Wikipedia:Russian Fort Elizabeth]]
*[http://www.fortelizabeth.org/ Fort Elizabeth / Pāʻulaʻula]*[http://www.orthodoxhawaii.org/dronoff.html "From Island to Island with the Word of God on His Lips - How the Only Orthodox Priest on the Islands Lives and Works"] An article about Fr. Innokentiy Dronoff of Hilo from 1937, translated by Rev. Anatole V. Lyovin.*[http://orthodoxhistory.org/2010/01/06/fr-jacob-korchinsky-missionary-and-martyr/ Fr. Jacob Korchinsky: Missionary and Martyr] A historical account of slain Protopresbyter Jacob Korchinsky.* [http://starbulletin.com/2001/08/25/features/story1.html "A Spiritual Connection" Greek Orthodox Church in Hawaii honors Chinese Martyrs] (Aug 25, 2001)
*[http://starbulletin.com/2007/06/02/features/adamski.html Honolulu Star Bulletin article on Fr. Anatole Lyovin of the Russian Orthodox Church] (June 2, 2007)
* [http://www.westsrbdio.org/latest_news/Visits_Fall2007/Hawaii.html News from the Serbian Orthodox community in Hawaii] (Nov 10, 2007)* [http://serbianorthodoxnews.blogspot.com/2007/11/serbian-hierarchal-liturgy-at-russian.html More News from Serbian Orthodox Community in Hawaii] (Nov 10-11, 2007)
==Sources==
* Archimandrite Avgustin (Nikitin); "Gavraiskie ostrova i Rossiia (Obzor tserkovnykh sviazei i kontaktov" - (Saint-Petersburg; Minneapolis 2002)
* V. Rev. Fr [[Michael Protopopov]]; "''[https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/7a6f29d5f4ab0a9d13ba30eced67fe15b6b07e63c698a776224464e4706f77bb/2271032/%2065054_downloaded_stream_279.pdf A History of the Russian Orthodox Presence in Australia" ]'' - Submitted Thesis
* Pacific Commercial Advertiser, January 23, 1916
* ''[https://orthodoxhawaii.org/book TWO HUNDRED YEARS ON THE ROAD: A History of the Orthodox Church in Hawaii]'' by Amir A. Khisamutdinov and Rev. Anatole V. Lyovin. (Honolulu, HI., 2011)
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