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Fr. '''Innocent Kassianov Shayashnikov''' (also rendered Innokenty Shaishnikoff, Innokentii Shaiashnikov; Russian: Иннокентий Шаяшников/Иннокентій Шаяшниковъ) (b. July 1824, St. Paul Island, Alaska-[[April 26]], 1883) was a priest of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Mission to Alaska]] in the 1800s. Born of a Russian father and Aleut (Unangax̂) mother, he served as an assistant to [[Jacob Netsvetov|St. Jacob (Netsvetov)]] before becoming one of the first Native Alaskan priests to be ordained. He served the area of Alaska's Aleutian islands for 35 years and translating numerous Church texts into the Eastern Dialect of the [[w:Aleut language|Aleut language]], including the entirity of the four [[Gospels]] and the [[Acts of the Apostles|Book of Acts]].
==Early Life==