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The holy, glorious, right-victorious [[hieromartyr]] '''Juvenaly of Alaska''', or '''Juvenal''', [[Protomartyr]] of America, was a member of the first group of Orthodox [[missionary|missionaries]] who came from the [[monastery]] of [[Valaam Monastery|Valaam]] to preach the Word of God to the native inhabitants of [[Alaska]]. He was [[martyr]]ed while evangelizing among the Eskimos on the mainland of Alaska in 1796. His [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[July 2]], and he is also commemorated with all the saints of Alaska ([[September 24]]), and with the first martyrs of the American land ([[December 12]]).

There are other, conflicting accounts of his martyrdom. In an article entitled "The Orthodox Church in America an Historical Survey" (''Russian Review'', Vol. 31, No. 2. (Apr., 1972), pp. 138-152 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0036-0341%28197204%2931%3A2%3C138%3ATOCIAA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z], [http://www.zarubezhje.narod.ru/texts/Grigorieff01.htm]), Fr. [[Dmitry Grigorieff ]] writes: "Father Juvenaly was killed by the natives on the Alaska mainland in 1795. He had urged the people of a village there to send their children to the mission school on Kodiak Island. They agreed, and Father Juvenaly led a group of children to the seashore. On the way he was overtaken and killed by villagers who had changed their mind." (p. 139).