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His Eminence, the Most Reverend '''Antoninus (Pokrovsky) of Alaska''' was Bishop of Alaska of the [[OCA|Metropolia]] in the early 1930s before transferring his allegiance to the [[Church of Russia]] as Archbishop of Washington. 

==Life==
[[Archimandrite]] Antoninus was received in the United States from Jerusalem in 1923 by Metropolitan [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon]] and assigned as the [[priest]] to a [[parish]] in Vancouver, Canada. In 1931, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] a [[bishop]] by Bishops [[Theophilus (Pashkovsky) of San Francisco|Theophilius (Pashkovsky)]], Alexis (Panteleev), and [[Paul (Gavrilov) of Chicago|Paul (Gavrilov)]]. After his consecration he was assigned by Metr. Platon as Bishop of Alaska. 

In 1934 after the death of Metr. Platon, Bp. Antoninus decided to transfer to the [[Russian Exarchate of North America|Exarchate of the Moscow Patriarchate]], under which he was assigned as Bishop of Washington. After his transfer, he moved to San Francisco where, with Father Peter Kotlyarov, he established St. Nicholas Cathedral. Soon after he was elevated to [[archbishop]].

During the following years Abp. Antoninus traveled to Alaska. On his second trip, the boat on which he traveled encountered a serious storm that caused a shipwreck. He was thrown onto a deserted island. He survived lack of food and frostbite for thirteen days before an Aleut hunter found him. 

Abp. Antoninus reposed on [[May 2]], 1939 in Calistoga, California.

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title=Bishop of Alaska (Metropolia)|
years= 1931-1934 |
after=[[Amvrossy (Merejko) of Pittsburgh|Amvrossy (Merejko)]]}}
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title=Archbishop of Washington <br>(Moscow Patriarchate)|
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==Sources==
*''Orthodox America 1794-1976 Development of the Orthodox Church in America'', C. J. Tarasar, Gen. Ed. 1975, The Orthodox Church in America, Syosett, New York
*[http://www.russiansobor.org/history/historyEn.htm  Archbishop Antonin]

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[[Category: Bishops of Washington]]