St. Olga, a Yup'ik woman who died in 1979 at age 63, was a midwife, a mother of 13 and the wife of an Orthodox Christian priest, honored as a spiritual mother by the title of “matushka.” ...

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Greece has become the first majority-Orthodox Christian nation to legalize same-sex marriage under civil law. At least for the near future, it will almost certainly be the only one.

As the wife of an Orthodox Christian priest, she was a “matushka,” or spiritual mother to many more. The Yup’ik woman became known in church communities across Ala ...

This 1930s photo provided by her family shows Olga Michael, an Alaskan Yup’ik woman who became St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska, the first female North American saint in the Orthodox ...

As the wife of an Orthodox Christian priest, ... Alaska Native Woman, 'Everybody's Helper,' Is Orthodox Church's First Female North American Saint.

Now, after an elaborate ceremony in her village of about 800 people in southwestern Alaska, she is the first female Orthodox saint from North America, officially known as “St. Olga of Kwethluk ...

Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint. By PETER SMITH. June 26, 2025 at 7:01 am EDT. ... As the wife of an Orthodox Christian priest, ...