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Orthodoxy in Hawaii

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Rebirth of Orthodoxy
- [[Image:innokenty.jpg|left|frame|Fr. Innokenty in front of the Old Apostles Episcopal church in Hilo in 1937]]
In the 1960s a [[Greek]] community established a separate Greek Orthodox parish under the auspices of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America|Greek Archdiocese]]. This community became known as the Saints [[Constantine the Great|Constantine]] and [[Helen]] [[Church of Constantinople|Greek Orthodox Church]]. Also in the 1960s, a group The current (and temporary) pastor of Russian Orthodox faithful joined the Russian Greek Orthodox Church community in Hawaii and formed the St. [[Mark of Ephesus]] Russian Orthodox Community. This community was later re[[consecrate]]d under the heavenly protection of the [[Mother of God]] and is now known as the Holy [[Theotokos]] of [[Iveron]] Russian Orthodox ChurchFr. In the early 1990sDemetrius Dogias, a Serbian community established an Orthodox mission dedicated he was assigned to Saint [[Lazar of Serbia|Lazar of Kosovo]]. The Serbian mission later became inactive, and its remaining members joined the local Greek and Russian Orthodox churches. In early 2004 a new Orthodox community under the jurisdiction of the [[OCA]] was established church in Honolulu in Kona, Hawaii. This new mission has no association with the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox]] mission established by Archimandrite Innokenty Dronov of Hilo (+1940s)2007.
Also in the 1960s, a group of Russian Orthodox faithful joined the Russian Orthodox Church in Hawaii and formed the St. [[Mark of Ephesus]] Russian Orthodox Community. This community was later re[[consecrate]]d under the heavenly protection of the [[Mother of God]] and is now known as the Holy [[Theotokos]] of [[Iveron]] Russian Orthodox Church. In the late 1990s, the current pastor of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox]] community, Father Anatole Lyovin, (one of the few [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox]] priests since Archimandrite Innokenty, ) was [[ordination|ordained]] to serve the Orthodox faithful in Hawaii. Currently there are plans to build the first [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox]] [[church]] in Honolulu.  In the early 1990s, a Serbian community established an Orthodox mission dedicated to Saint [[Lazar of Serbia|Lazar of Kosovo]]. The Serbian mission later became inactive, and its remaining members joined the local Russian and Greek Orthodox 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) have come from the mainland in to minister to them.  In the 90's on the Island of Maui, a Greek Orthodox mission was established, this mission is served by clergy of the Greek Orthodox church in Honolulu.  In early 2004 a new Orthodox community under the jurisdiction of the [[OCA]] was established in Kona, Hawaii. They are overseen by visiting clergy from the mainland. This new mission has no association with the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox]] mission established by Archimandrite Innokenty Dronov of Hilo (+1940s).
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