On the second Sunday after Pentecost, we remember all the saints that have shone forth in North America. Because of the vast diversity of peoples who have settled in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, we are blessed with many saints who were born, labored, died, or were martyred here. Hailing from Russia, Syria, Serbia, and other shores, our saints are a true reflection of this continent, and their many unique stories are a wonderful resource for understanding Orthodoxy.

Updated 6/9/23

General Resources

• Synaxis of the Saints of North America from the OCA
• North American Saints from the OCA
• A Study of North American Saints from Illumination Learning
• All About Saints from Orthodox Pebbles
• All Saints Sunday Ideas from Ascetic Life of Motherhood
• Synaxis of the Saints of North America from Orthodox Sunday School Teachers
• Russia, Ukraine and the OCA Lesson from Dr. Pat
• Saints of North America Activity Book from the OCA
• The American Martyrs from Voices from St. Vladimir's Seminary (audio)
• American Holiness: A Religious History of America and Her Saints from Patristic Nectar (audio)

Individual Saints

St. Alexander Hotovitzky

• St. Alexander Hotovitzky—Missionary to America, and Hieromartyr under the Bolsheviks
• Saints of North America Lesson from the OCA

St. Alexis of Wilkes-Barre

• St. Alexis of Wilkes-Barre—Confessor and Defender of Orthodoxy in America
• Saints of North America Lesson from the OCA
• The Saints of South Canaan Lesson from the OCA
• St. Alexis of Wilkes-Barre from The Monastery of St. Tikhon

St. Anatole of Irkutsk

• St. Anatole (Kamensky) of Irkutsk—New Hieromartyr and Archbishop of Irkutsk

St. Vasily Martysz

• St. Vasily (Basil) Martysz—Hieromartyr in Poland

St. Bogolyub of Chisholm

• St. Bogolyub Gakovich of Chisholm—Missionary to America and Hieromartyr under the Nazis

St. Brendan the Voyager

• St. Brendan the Voyager—First Orthodox saint to set foot in North America, leader of short-lived 6th-century Irish monastic community in Canada
• Saints and the Animals Who Served Them Lesson from the OCA
• Brendan the Navigator by Jean Fritz (book)
• Saint Brendan and the Voyage Before Columbus by Michael McGrew (book)
• Voyage of St. Brendan translated by John J. O'Meara (book)

St. Herman of Alaska

• St. Herman of Alaska—Wonderworker of All America, first missionary to Alaska
• Akathist to St. Herman (PDF) from the Diocese of Sitka & Alaska
• Saints of North America Lesson from the OCA
• Champions of Faith Lesson from the OCA
• Festal Learning Basket for St. Herman from Charming the Birds from the Trees
• How Much Do You Know About Alaska? from Good Books for Young Souls
• Saints of Recent Decades: St. Herman from Orthodox Sunday School Teachers
• North Star: St. Herman of Alaska from Under the Grapevine (audio)
• The Life of St. Herman from The Monastery Trapeza (audio)
• Saints of Alaska coloring book from Potamitis Publishing
• St. Herman Spruce Cookies from Ascetic Life of Motherhood

St. Innocent of Alaska

• St. Innocent of Alaska—Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to America, missionary bishop to Alaska
• Saints of North America Lesson from the OCA
• Respecting the People We Teach from the OCA
• What Archbishop Innocent of Alaska Told Father Nicholas from Charlotte Riggle
• Saint Innocent of Alaska, Apostle and Missionary on Under the Grapevine (audio)
• Saints of Alaska coloring book from Potamitis Publishing

St. Jacob Netsvetov

• St. Yakov (Jacob) Netsvetov—Enlightener and Baptizer of the Native Peoples of Alaska
• Akathist to St. Yakov (PDF) from the Diocese of Sitka & Alaska
• Saints of North America Lesson from the OCA
• Different Centuries and Continents but the Same Goal from the OCA
• To Bring a Light to a Searching People from the OCA 
• Saints of Alaska coloring book from Potamitis Publishing

St. John Kochurov

• St. John Kochurov—Missionary to America and First Hieromartyr under the Bolshevik Yoke
• Saints of North America Lesson from the OCA

St. John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai and San Francisco

• St. John (Maximovitch) the Wonderworker—Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco
• Saints of North America Lesson from the OCA
• Festal Learning Basket for St. John from Charming the Birds from the Trees
• Learning About a Saint: St. John from Orthodox Sunday School Teachers
• Akathist to Our Holy Hierarch John
• Books about St. John (with links to purchase)
• St. John Maximovitch on Tending the Garden of Our Hearts (audio)
• My Days with St. John the Wonderworker on The Illumined Heart (audio)

St. Juvenaly of Alaska

• St. Juvenaly of Alaska—Missionary to Alaska and Hieromartyr
• Saints of North America Lesson from the OCA
• Synaxis of the Saints of Alaska Hymns from the OCA
• Life of Ss. Herman, Juvenaly, and Peter the Aleut from Saint of the Day (audio)
• Saints of Alaska coloring book from Potamitis Publishing

St. Mardarije

• St. Mardarije (Uskokovic)—Serbian Bishop of America and Canada

St. Matej of Chisholm

• St. Matej Stiyachic of Chisholm—Missionary to America, and Hieromartyr under the Nazis

St. Nikolai of Zhicha

• St. Nikolai (Velimirovich)—Bishop of Zhicha, rector of St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in Wilkes-Barre, PA
• Saints of North America Lesson from the OCA
• Saints of Recent Decades: St. Nikolai from Orthodox Sunday School Teachers
• The Saints of South Canaan Lesson from the OCA
• Lessons from a Man of Vision from the OCA

St. Peter the Aleut

• St. Peter the Aleut—New Martyr of America
• Martyr Peter the Aleut from the OCA
• Saints of North America Lesson from the OCA
• Synaxis of the Saints of Alaska Hymns from the OCA
• Life of Ss. Herman, Juvenaly, and Peter the Aleut from Saint of the Day (audio)
• Saints of Alaska coloring book from Potamitis Publishing

St. Raphael of Brooklyn

• St. Raphael (Hawaweeny)—Bishop of Brooklyn, first Orthodox bishop consecrated in America
• St. Raphael Hymns and Life from Antiochian Archdiocese of North America
• Learning About a Saint: St. Raphael from Orthodox Sunday School Teachers
• Saints of North America Lesson from the OCA
• The Saints of South Canaan Lesson from the OCA
• St. Raphael, Bishop of Brooklyn from the OCA
• St. Raphael Archives at Orthodox History
• St. Raphael of Brooklyn on Lights from Antioch (audio)
• Akolouthia of St. Raphael from Patristic Nectar (audio)
• Saints, Sanctity and the Life of St. Raphael of Brooklyn from Patristic Nectar (audio)

St. Sebastian Dabovich

• St. Sebastian (Dabovich)—Archimandrite, “Serbian Apostle to America”

St. Seraphim of Uglich

• St. Seraphim (Samoylovich) of Uglich—Missionary in Alaska and Hieromartyr under the Soviets

St. Teofan of Chisholm

• St. Teofan Beatovich of Chisholm—Missionary in Minnesota, Hieromartyr under the Communists

St. Tikhon of Moscow

• Patriarch St. Tikhon (Belavin) of Moscow—Enlightener of North America, Hieromartyr under the Bolsheviks in Russia
• Saints of North America Lesson from the OCA
• Saints in Times of Trouble Lesson from the OCA
• The Saints of South Canaan Lesson from the OCA
• Saints of Recent Decades: St. Tikhon from Orthodox Sunday School Teachers
• St. Tikhon and Holy Trinity Temple from Charlotte Riggle
• St. Tikhon, Apostle to America from Tending the Garden of Our Hearts (audio)

St. Varnava the New Confessor

• St. Varnava (Barnabas Nastić), the New Confessor—Born in Gary, Indiana

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