St Matushka Olga of Alaska - 12 x 16 (Maple) Gilding Options:Not Gilded This 8" Crucifix Icon in

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He would go on to repose on August 15th

Incredibly fast in the world of canonizing Saints

Ca in 1970

St Matushka Olga of Alaska - 12 x 16 (Maple) Gilding Options:Not Gilded This 8" Crucifix Icon inSt Matushka Olga of Alaska was born in 1916 into a family of the Yupik tribe in a tiny village in Alaska named Kwethluk. She would spend her entire life there, living off the land, hunting, fishing, and gathering food. She would go on to marry her husband Nicolai who would go on to become priest for their village. St Olga was a mother to 8 children and countless spiritual children. She worked as a midwife in Kwethluk, sewing priest's vestments and