Orthodoxy in America?

“Many of us have never even seen a Russian,” says Gary Kompkoff, the elected village chief in Tatitlek, letting out a small laugh. “Most of us are full-blooded Aleut. It was very long ago that the Russians were here, of course.”

The diocese’s modest growth is almost all in the Anchorage area, where it has opened five new churches in the last decade as well as a museum that tells the tale of the faith in Alaska. The church’s leader here is the Right Rev. Bishop Nikolai, the bishop of Sitka, Anchorage and Alaska. . . .

The bishop, who formally uses just one name … (More).

Humph! You mean, like Madonna & Prince? Ren & Stimpy?

Staggering.

By the way, the image here is of a man who now uses two “names” … Saint Herman.