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In 1884, he was assigned to assist at [[Cathedral_of_St._Michael_the_Archangel_(Sitka,_Alaska)|St. Michael's Cathedral in Sitka, Alaska]] before he was sent to Russia to prepare for a life as a [[missionary]] [[priest]]. After three years of study at the [[St. Petersburg Theological Academy|St. Petersburg]] and [[Kiev Theological Academy|Kiev Theological Academies]], John was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] in 1887 with the name Sebastian and [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]]. Following his ordination, Dn. Sebastian returned to San Francisco where he served as deacon at the San Francisco [[cathedral]]. He also taught at the pastoral school in San Francisco.
On [[August 16]], 1892, Dn. Sebastian was ordained a [[priest]] by [[Bishop]] [[Nicholas (Ziorov) of Warsaw|Nicholas]]. He was soon sent to Minneapolis, Minnesota to replace Fr. [[Alexis of Wilkes-Barre|Alexis Toth]] as the priest of [[St. Mary Cathedral (Minneapolis, Minnesota)|St. Mary's Church]] there. While there he also taught at the Missionary School. After a year, Fr. Sebastian returned to San Francisco where he organized [[St. Sava Church (Jackson, California)|the first Serbian Orthodox Church, dedicated to St. Sava]], in Jackson, California. Additionally, Fr. Sebastian was also asked by Bishop [[Tikhon of Moscow|Tikhon]] to be a member of the [[Orthodox Church in America|North American Mission]] administration. Additionally, he was a legitimate force in helping organize the Orthodox Christians in Seattle into a parish (the future [[St. Spiridon Cathedral (Seattle, Washington)|St. Spiridon Cathedral]]), visiting the city, organizing the community, and even serving as a temporary priest before Fr. [[Ambrose Vretta]]'s arrival in November of 1895. In 1902, he continued his missionary activities, returning to Alaska as [[dean]] of the Sitka deanery.
As more Serbians emigrated to the United States, Abp. Tikhon asked Fr. Sebastian to lead a Serbian Mission in the North American [[diocese]]. With his appointment to head the mission, Abp. Tikhon elevated Fr. Sebastian to [[archimandrite]] on [[August 15]], 1905. For the next five years Archim. Sebastian led the Serbian Mission from its center at the Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church in Chicago, Illinois, where he was the parish priest.
