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Paul (Popov) of Novoarkhangelsk

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Bishop Paul was born Peter Popov in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, in 1813, in the Yeniseysk province of Russia. His father was a priest. Peter Popov attended the Irkutsk Seminary, graduating in July 1834. On [[October 18]], 1834, he was [[ordination|ordained]] a priest and assigned to the church in Nerchinsk. Then, in 1837 he was assigned to the cathedral in Krasnoyarsk, where on [[December 6]], 1838, he was raised to the rank of archpriest.
On [[March 2]], 1860, Fr. Popov received a monastic [[tonsure]], was given the name Paul, and then elevated to the rank of archmandrite[[archimandrite]]. On [[March 6]], 1860, he was consecrated as the first [[bishop ]] of the newly established auxiliary [[see]] of Yakutsk within the Diocese of Kamchatka, the Kurile and Aleutian Islands. Then, on [[November 9]], 1866 he was transferred to the see of Novoarkhangelsk while remaining a [[vicar]] [[bishop]] of the Kamchatka diocese. Bp. Paul arrived in Alaska as it was being sold to the United States, and he was confronted with the transition from Russian to American rule. The incoming American sectarians were accompanied by the military, and life, particularly in New Archangel, became perilous. Sitka, as the New Archangel became known, was reduced to a population of only twenty families by 1877. With the multitude of changes that this transition caused, his rule was marked by great difficulties.
It was also during this period that Bp. Paul initiated a move that heralded the coming transfer of the [[see]] to San Francisco. For a period of time Bp. Paul had assigned Priest Nikolai Kovrigin to San Francisco to serve the spiritual needs of the Slavic population in the San Francisco area. Fr. Nikolai arrived in late March of 1868. He served his first [[Divine Liturgy]] on [[Pascha]] in a residence on Mission Street. Fr. Nikolai also noted in his report to Bp. Paul that the Gospel was read in four languages: Greek, Slavonic, English, and Russian. He also reported that the next day he served the Divine Liturgy in Greek for the Greeks in the city. Fr. Nikolai also advised that he also held services in Sacramento. Fr. Nikolai's last liturgy in San Francisco before returning to Alaska was on Sunday, [[May 19]], 1868.
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== Sources==
* ''Orthodox America 1794-1976 Development of the Orthodox Church in America'', C. J. Tarasar, Gen. Ed. 1975, The Orthodox Church in America, Syosett, New York
 
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