'''Orthodox Christianity in Hawaii''' has a history beginning with the early Russian missions of the 19th century and continuing to the work of multiple Orthodox churches on the various islands that make up the stateAloha State.

In 1893, Queen Lili'uokalani was deposed by U.S. Marines and American sugar plantation owners, who were mostly the children of American Calvinist missionaries, and a provisional government under the protection of the United States was installed. In 1898, Hawaii was incorporated into the United States despite near universal opposition from native Hawaiians. In the early 1900s, the Russian ambassador to Hawaii was recalled, the embassy was moved to a small office, and the Russian Orthodox chapel was forever closed.

In the late 1960s, a group of Russian Orthodox Christians parted ways with the local Greek community and joined the Russian Orthodox Church in Hawaii under the Omophorion of Archbishop Anthony of Los Angeles; they formed the St. [[Mark of Ephesus]] Russian Orthodox Mission. In the early 1980s, this mission parish was later re-[[consecrate|consecrated]] under the heavenly protection of the [[Mother of God]] and is now known as the Holy [[Theotokos]] of [[Wikipedia:Iveron|Iveron]] Russian Orthodox Church. In the late 1990s, the pastor Council President of the Russian Orthodox communityin Hawaii, Father Anatole Lyovin, was [[ordination|ordained]] to serve the Orthodox faithful in Hawaii. Currently this parish is without a permanent structure, but there are plans to build the first Russian Orthodox [[church]] in Honolulu.

In the 1990s, on the Island of Maui, a Greek Orthodox mission was established. This mission is served by clergy of Ss. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church Cathedral in Honolulu. These two Greek communities are under the care of Metr. [[Gerasimos (Michaleas) of San Francisco]] ([[GOARCH]]).

In the early 1990s, a Serbian community established an Orthodox mission dedicated to St. [[Lazar of Serbia|Lazar of Kosovo]]. The Serbian mission later became inactive, and its remaining members joined the local Russian and Greek churches. There has been a recent interest within the Serbian Orthodox community in Hawaii to re-establish this mission. In recent months, visiting clergy (including the Serbian Bishop [[Maxim (Vasilijevic) of Western America]]) have come from the mainland to minister to them. This is mission is now active and under the spiritual direction of Protopriest Blasko Paraklis.

[[Image:Bishop Benjamin.jpg|thumb|145px|right|Bishop Benjamin visits the OCA Kona Missionin 2004]]In early 2004, a new Orthodox community under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church in America ([[OCA]]) was established in Kona, Hawaii. Fr. Sergius Naumann served this community for a time until leaving for Alaska. This mission is overseen by His Grace Bishop [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco]] of the [[Diocese of the West (OCA)|Diocese of the West]], and is is under the supervision of Archpriest George Gray of Portland, Oregon.

*Holy Theotokos of Iveron Russian Orthodox Church of Hawaii - [http://www.orthodoxhawaii.org Official website]*Ss. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church Cathedral - [http://www.ssconhelhi.goarch.org Official Website]

*St. Juvenal Juvenaly Orthodox Mission on the Big Island (Kona, OCA) - [http://oca.org/DIRlisting.asp?SID=9&KEY=OCA-WE-KONOCX Official listing], [http://konaorthodox.googlepages.com/orthodoxmissionhawaii Mission website] (, [http://konamission.blogspot.com/ Parish Weblog])

*[http://starbulletin.com/2007/06/02/features/adamski.html StarBulletin Honolulu Star Bulletin article on Fr. Anatole Lyovinof the Russian Orthodox Church] (June 2, 2007)