St Matushka Olga of Alaska - 5.25 x 7 (Walnut) Crucifix living off the land

living off the land

25 x 11 Icon of Archangel Michael in cherry is the perfect larger sized icon to have hanging on your icon wall at home or on a mantle

In 1908 he resigned his position as director of the school and withdrew to Holy Trinity Monastery where he spent the rest of his days as a monk

to a Protestant middle class family

At birth his name was given to him by the family's spiritual father Priest monk Arsenios

St Matushka Olga of Alaska - 5.25 x 7 (Walnut) Crucifix living off the landSt 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