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Fr. Jacob, a well-known [[missionary]] priest, established churches in Canada, the United States, Alaska, Australia and the Phillipines. He was murdered arrested in [[Wikipedia:Odessa|Odessa]] on [[June 23]], 1941and shot (murdered) two months later.<ref>[http://www.rusvera.mrezha.ru/515/14.htm Газета "Вера" (Newspaper ''Faith'')]</ref>, but . He has not yet been officially recognized as a martyred saint. St. [[Tikhon of Moscow]] once quoted Fr. Jacob's missionary exploits this way, "He did much to convert the heathens to the Christian Faith and returned many [[Uniate]]s to the Orthodox Church. He set the foundation for parish life in many places, built churches and assisted the unfortunate with his acquied medical knowledge." ''<br>(Report by Bishop (Saint) Tikhon Belavin to the Holy Synod. No. 155 Nov. 26, 1906)''

Following the departure of Fr. Jacob Korchincky, due to an illness contracted Australia in the IslandsMarch of 1916, he was subsequently replaced by Priest Archpriest John Dorosh in 1917that same year, who remained in Hawaii until his departure in the 1920s.

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 MissionParish. 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 [[Panagia Portaitissa|Iveron]] Russian Orthodox Church. In the late 1990s, the Council President of the Russian Orthodox community in Hawaii, Anatole Lyovin, was [[ordination|ordained]] to serve the Orthodox faithful in Hawaii. Currently After many years of prayer, hard work and dedication, this parish is without community recently purchased a permanent structurenew Church complex in Kailua, hoping to build the first Russian Orthodox [[church]] in HonoluluOahu. This church is also where the Miracleworking "Hawaiian" Iveron Icon of the Theotokos is brought on most Saturdays and Sundays for veneration, when not travelling to other churches. This community is under the spiritual care of Archbishop +[[Kyrill (Dmitrieff) of San Francisco]] ([[ROCOR]]). Three clergy are assigned to this parish; Priest Athanasius Kone, the Rector, Archpriest Anatole V. Lyovin, and Deacon Michael BressemNectarios Yangson.

In the mid to late 1990's, a separate Russian Orthodox mission community was established on the Big Island of Hawaii. It later became inactive.  In 2017, a new Western-Rite ROCOR Orthodox Religious Hermitage was established on the Big Island of Hawaii in Kapaau. This community is [[Stavropegial]] and is under the Omophorion of His Eminence Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York]], First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. The priest in charge is Fr. Columba Stephen Lally, two nuns also live and worship at the hermitage.

In the mid 1960s, a Greek Orthodox community established a Greek Orthodox mission under the auspices of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America|Greek Archdiocese]]. This community became known as [http://www.schgoc.hi.goarch.org/ Ss. Constantine Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church]. The current Dean of the Cathedral is Fr. Alexander Leong, who was assigned to the parish in Honolulu in 2013. The community is under the omophorion of Metr. [[Gerasimos (Michaleas) of San Francisco]] ([[GOARCH]]). This community is well-known for its annual Greek Festival held at Ala Moana Beach Park near Waikiki. Priest Alexander Leong is Dean of the Cathedral in Honolulu.

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 monthsyears, visiting clergy (including the Serbian Bishop [[Maxim (Vasilijevic) of Western America]]) have come from the mainland to minister to them. This mission is now active and under the spiritual direction of Archpriest Protopresbyter Blasko Paraklis.

In early 2004, a new Orthodox community under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church in America ([[OCA]]) was established on the Big Island of Hawai`i, in Kailua-Kona. In 2007 this was named [http://stjuvenaly.org St. Juvenaly Orthodox Mission]. The pastor of  In 2013, this mission is Fr. John Schroedel, and it is under the oversight of His Eminence, Archbishop community purchased a building in [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Franciscow:Honomu|Honomu]] , on the east side of the Hawaiʻi. The east-side mission is now known as [[Diocese of the West (OCA)|Diocese of the West]http://ascensionhilo.org Holy Ascension Orthodox Church].

In 2013The administrator of these mission parishes is Fr. Matthew Tate, this community purchased a building in and they are under the oversight of His Eminence, Archbishop [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco]] of the [[w:HonomuDiocese of the West (OCA)|HonomuDiocese of the West]]. Fr. George Gray, a retired archpriest from Portland, now lives on the east side Big Island and cares for the needs of Hawaiʻi. The east-side mission is known as [http://ascensionhilo.org Holy Ascension Orthodox Church]the two parishes.

During the month of October in the year 2007, a great miracle occurred in the State of Hawaii when the Miracleworking and Myrrh-streaming "Hawaiian" Iveron Icon of the Theotokos began streaming myrrh in the home of an Orthodox Christian couple in Honolulu.  [[Image:IveronIcon.jpg|left|frame|The Wonderworking "Hawaiian" Myrrh-streaming Iveron Icon]]

The Iveron Icon, a small mounted print, (a copy of the Montreal [[Panagia Portaitissa|Iveron]] Icon), originally purchased at the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral's small church kiosk in Toronto by Rev. Archpriest Anatole V. Lyovin, was given to the Reader Nectarios in Hawaii as a gift for the aforementioned name's day. This Icon was in the Reader's possession for eight years before it, along with a small hand-painted cross, began exuding a fragrant oil-like substance traditionally referred to as "myrrh" by the Orthodox Church. It was decided by Archbishop [[Kyrill (Dmitrieff) of San Francisco|Kyrill]] of San Francisco that this Icon of the Mother of God was to be taken to the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Cathedral in San Francisco where it underwent tests investigation and testing and was carefully examined by the Archbishop and a commission of priests to verify the Icon's miraculous attributes.

In June of 2008, the "Hawaiian" Iveron Icon of the Mother of God was declared by the Russian Orthodox Church to be a genuine and miraculous Icon, which was in fact exuding myrrh on a continuing basis. It was decided by Episcopal proclamation ([[Ukaz]]) that the Reader Nectarios, the Icon's original owner, be "Her" guardian and was to take escort the Icon to the various churches and monasteries of Holy Orthodoxy, in effect, to provide for the veneration of all Orthodox ChristiansChristian faithful.

Since that time, the Miracle-working Icon has visited over 350 1000 churches and monasteries in throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, and has been venerated by over a quarter millions of a million peoplefaithful. The holy Icon has been a constant source of a growing number of miraculous occurrences, including the healing of cancer, blindness, demonic possession, and various types of physical and spiritual infirmities. People have felt a deep spiritual connection to this Icon, even spending hours on end simply standing before "Her", and watching the myrrh flow from the hands and stars on the image.

As She travels, the Holy Icon has been lovingly called in Greek, "The Wandering Panaghia" since She does not have a [http://www.iveron.org memorial church shrine] to call Her own. When resources become available, plans are underway to build a proper chapel or church structure in Hawaii to house the Mother of God's holy Wonderworking Icon. It has also been affectionately referred to as the "Protectress of the Orthodox in Hawaii" by some of the Orthodox Christian faithful in Hawaii, since Orthodox Christians from all the Hawaii parishes have come to love and have grown very close to this miracle from God.

May She forever protect the Christian faithful of Hawaii!

*St. Juvenaly Orthodox Mission (Big IslandKona) - [http://oca.org/DIRlisting.asp?SID=9&KEY=OCA-WE-KONOCX OCA listing], [http://stjuvenaly.org Mission website]*Holy Ascension Orthodox Church (Honomou) - [http://www.holyascensionhilo.org/ Official Website]

* ''[https://orthodoxhawaii.org/book TWO HUNDRED YEARS ON THE ROAD: A History of the Orthodox Church in Hawaii ]'' by Amir A. Khisamutdinov and Rev. Anatole V. Lyovin. (Honolulu, HI., 2011)