Journals of the priest Ioann Veniaminov in Alaska, 1823 to 1836

496 Pages·1993·1.15 MB·English

by  Saint Innokentiĭ (Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna)

Journals of the Priest Ioann Veniaminov in
title: Alaska, 1823 to 1836 Rasmuson Library
Historical Translation Series ; V. 7
author: Innokentii.; Mousalimas, S. A.
publisher: University of Alaska Press
isbn10 | asin: 0912006641
print isbn13: 9780912006642
ebook isbn13: 9780585182438
language: English
Innokentii,--Saint, Metropolitan of Moscow
and Kolomna,--1797-1879--Diaries,
Orthodox Eastern Church--Alaska--
Bishops--Diaries, Russkaia pravoslavnaia
subject
tserkovâ --Alaska--Bishops--Diaries,
Aleuts--Missions, Alaska--Church history,
Aleuts--Religion and myt
publication date: 1993
lcc: BX597.I55A3 1993eb
ddc: 281.9/092
Innokentii,--Saint, Metropolitan of Moscow
and Kolomna,--1797-1879--Diaries,
Orthodox Eastern Church--Alaska--
subject: Bishops--Diaries, Russkaia pravoslavnaia
tserkovâ --Alaska--Bishops--Diaries,
Aleuts--Missions, Alaska--Church history,
Aleuts--Religion and myt
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Journals of the Priest Ioann Veniaminov in
Alaska, 1823 to 1836
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The Rasmuson Library
Historical Translation Series
Volume VII
Marvin W. Falk, Editor
Additional titles in the Series:
THE GREAT RUSSIAN NAVIGATOR, A. I. CHIRIKOV. By Vasilii
A. Divin. Translated and annotated by Raymond H. Fisher. RLHTS
Volume VI, 1993.
THE KHLEBNIKOV ARCHIVE. UNPUBLISHED JOURNAL
(1800-1837) AND TRAVEL NOTES (1820, 1822, and 1824). Edited
with introduction and notes by Leonid Shur. Translated by John Bisk.
RLHTS Volume V, 1990.
RUSSIAN EXPLORATION IN SOUTHWEST ALASKA: THE
TRAVEL JOURNALS OF PETR KORSAKOVSKIY (1818) AND
IVAN YA. VASILEV (1829). Edited with introduction by James W.
VanStone. Translated by David H. Kraus. RLHTS Volume IV, 1988.
BERING'S VOYAGES: THE REPORTS FROM RUSSIA. By
Gerhard Friedrich Müller. Translated, with commentary by Carol
Urness. RLHTS Volume III, 1986.
TLINGIT INDIANS OF ALASKA. By Archimandrite Anatolii
Kamenskiis. Translated, with an Introduction and Supplementary
Material by Sergei Kan. RLHTS Volume II, 1985.
HOLMBERG'S ETHNOGRAPHIC SKETCHES. By Heinrich Johan
Holmberg. Edited by Marvin W. Falk. Translated from the original
German of 1855-1863 by Fritz Jaensch. RLHTS Volume I, 1985.
NOTES ON THE ISLANDS OF THE UNALASKHA DISTRICT. By
Ivan Veniaminov. Translated by Lydia T. Black and R. H. Geoghegan.
Edited with an introduction by Richard A. Pierce. Published jointly by
the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library Translation Program and the
Limestone Press, 1984.
All titles listed are available from the University of Alaska Press.
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Journals of The Priest Ioann Veniaminov in
Alaska, 1823 to 1836
Translated by Jerome Kisslinger
Introduction and commentary by S. A. Mousalimas
University of Alaska Press
Fairbanks, 1993
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Innokentii, Saint, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1797-1879.
Journals of the priest Ioann Veniaminov in Alaska, 1823 to 1836 /
translated by Jerome Kisslinger; introduction and commentary by
S. A. Mousalimas.
p. cm. (The Rasmuson Library historical translation series
; v. 7)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-912006-64-2
1. Innokentii, Saint, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna,
1797-111879Diaries. 2. Orthodox Eastern ChurchAlaskaBishops-
-Diaries. 3. Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkov'AlaskaBishops-
-Diaries. 4. AlaskaChurch history. 5. AlaskaDescription and
travelTo 1867. I. Mousalimas, S. A. II. Title. III. Series.
BX597.I55A3 1993
281.9'092dc20 92-44542
[B] CIP
International Standard Series Number: 0890-7935
International Standard Book Number: 0-912006-64-1
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 92-44542
English Translation © 1993 by The University of Alaska Press.
All rights reserved. Published 1993.
"A story about Father Veniaminov" by Ismail Gromoff, page 211,
reprinted with permission. The story originally appeared in Aleut for
Beginners, Aleut Language Instruction, Unalaska City School, 1975,
pp. 33-34.
Printed in the United States of America by McNaughton & Gunn, Inc.
on recycled and acid-free paper.
This publication was printed on acid-free paper that meets the
minimum requirements of American National Standard for
Information Sciences-Permanence for Paper for Printed Library
Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Publication coordination and production by Deborah Van Stone, with
assistance from Katherine L. Arndt and Pamela Odom.
Cover graphic: Pectoral cross reproduced from Zakon Bozhii
Rukovodstvo dlia sem'i i shkoly, by Priest Serafim Slobodskoi.
Published by Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville, New York, 1957.
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CONTENTS
Foreword vii
by Alice Petrivelli
Foreword ix
by Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia
Introduction xiii
by S. A. Mousalimas
Journals of the Priest Ioann Veniaminov
Journal No. 1, October 20, 1823, to May 1, 1824, Island of 3
Sitka
Journal No. 2, July 29, 1824, to July 1, 1825, Unalaska 17
Journal No. 3, July 1, 1825, to July 1, 1826, Unalaska 37
Jouranl No. 4, April 17, 1827, to July 15, 1827, Unalaska 49
Journal No. 5, July 1, 1827, to July 1, 1828, Unalaska 57
Journal No. 6, July 1, 1828, to June 21, 1829, Unalaska 85
Journal No. 7, June 21, 1829, to July 1, 1830, Unalaska 107
Journal No. 8, July 1, 1830, to July 1, 1831, Unalaska 129
Journal No. 9, July 1, 1831, to September 1, 1832, 149
Unalaska
Journal No. 10, September 1, 1832, to September 1, 1833, 167
Unalaska
Journal No. 11, September 1, 1833, to August 15, 1834, 185
Unalaska