Lifestory: Native Alaskan healer named North America’s first female saint in Orthodox Church
A Native Alaskan midwife known for her healing love, especially toward abused women, has become the first female Orthodox Christian saint from North America. MEAGAN SALIASHVILI, of Religion News Service, reports…
“Walking where our ancestors walked”: Anchorage’s oldest building, a Russian Orthodox church, gets new life in restoration project
MARK THIESSEN, of Associated Press, reports…
A good dog with great genes – 1920s Alaska sled-relay hero Balto
Washington DC, USReuters In 1925, a handsome male sled dog named Balto led a 13-dog team that braved blizzard conditions during the grueling final 85 kilometre leg of a 1,088 kilometre dogsled relay, bringing lifesaving medicine to the Alaskan city of Nome during a diphtheria outbreak. Balto was feted as a hero, the subject of […]
StrangeSights: AI robot addresses UK parliamentary inquiry; scandal at Alaska’s Fat Bear Week; and, the world’s largest Tetris game…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
Snapshot: Northern lights, Portage, Alaska, US
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Lifestory: How one woman’s prayers helped a strip-club become a church in Alaska
MARK THIESSEN, of Associated Press, reports from Anchorage…
Postcards: ‘Jesus and wi-fi’ – Alaskan church helps students during pandemic
BOBBY ROSS JR, in an article published on Religion Unplugged, reports on how one Alaskan Church of Christ is providing a place for students to learn during the coronavirus pandemic…
Search for clergy: How the Episcopal Church is trying to fill Alaska’s priest shortage with Natives
JULIA DUIN, writing for Religion Unplugged, reports on the Episcopal Church’s search for more Native clergy in remote Alaska…
Winter sea ice in Bering Sea reached lowest levels in millennia – study
London, UKReuters The Bering Sea ice cover during the winters of 2018 and 2019 hit new lows not seen in thousands of years, scientists reported on Wednesday, adding to concerns about the accelerating impact of climate change in the Arctic. Satellite data provides a clear picture of how sea ice has changed over the last […]
Liberty University names acting leader with Falwell on leave
Richmond, Virginia, USAP Liberty University in Virginia announced Monday that its board had chosen an interim president to lead the school days after Jerry Falwell, Jr, began an indefinite leave of absence after one of his posts on social media created an uproar. Jerry Prevo, who has served as chairman of the school’s board of […]