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His Eminence the Most Reverend '''Amphiloky Amphilokhy (Vakulsky) of Alaska''' was a [[missionary]] [[priest]] in Siberia and North America before his appointment as Bishop of Alaska in 1923.
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==Life==
[[baptism|Baptized]] Anton Vakulsky and given the name Amphiloky Amphilokhy when he was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]], Amphiloky was a missionary among the Chukchi people[[Wikipedia:Chukchi_people]] in Siberia during the years 1909-1910. After arriving in North America, he continued serving, from 1910 to 1915, the [[parish]]es of emigrant Orthodox Christians in Alberta, Canada.
Abp. Amphiloky Amphilokhy reposed in 1933 at St. Tikhon's Monastery in South Canaan, Pennsylvania.
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before=?Philip (Stavitsky)|
title=Bishop of Alaska|
years=1923-1931|
after=—[[Antoninus (Pokrovsky) of Alaska|Antoninus (Pokrovsky) ]]}}
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