Aleksei Sokolov (1787-died after 1833) was a
Russian Orthodox
Russian Orthodoxy (russian: Русское православие) is the body of several churches within the larger communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, whose liturgy is or was traditionally conducted in Church Slavonic language. Most ...
priest. He was the first priest to arrive in
Sitka, Alaska from Russia in 1816.
He brought the festival icon of St. Michael and the silver-plated icon to the
St. Michael's Cathedral. The silver-covered icon is to the right of the main
ikonostasis and the festival icon of St. Michael is in the Chapel of Our Lady of Kazan on display in a showcase.
References
1787 births
Russian Eastern Orthodox priests
19th-century people from the Russian Empire
Year of death missing
18th-century Eastern Orthodox priests
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