Juvenaly of Alaska

Saint Juvenaly of Alaska
Protomartyr of America
Born	Yakov Feodorov Govorukhin c. 1761 Yekaterinburg, Russia
Died	c. 1796 Kuinerrak, Alaska
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodoxy
Canonized	1977, Alaska by Russian Orthodox Church
Feast	2 July 24 September 12 December
Attributes	Monastic habit Epitrachelion Cross
Patronage	Alaska

Juvenaly of Alaska (Russian: Иеромонах Ювена́лий; 1761, Yekaterinburg, Russia – 1796, Kuinerrak, Alaska), Protomartyr of America, was a Russian hieromartyr and member of the first group of Orthodox missionaries who came from the monasteries of Valaam and Konevets to evangelize the native inhabitants of Alaska. He died while evangelizing among the Yupik 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).