Aleutian and North American Diocese under Bishop Tikhon

The book for the first time describes in detail the life of the Aleutian and North American diocese of the Russian Church in the period from 1898 to 1907, when she was headed by Bishop Tikhon (Bellavin), the future Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. Danis description of the diocese before his arrival, his works in the central states on the organization of the life of parishes (in New York, Chicago, etc) It is described about the transition of many parishes from Unia in Orthodoxy, about the first parishes in Canada, the creation and life of the first Orthodox monastery on the American continent and much more.
The Mobilical Proceedings of the Bishop of Tikhon, his travels along the Aleutian Islands and Alaska, at times with risk for life, were fruitful and fateful. The Cathedral of the American Diocese (1907), prepared and held by him was the first step in creating in the future autonomous American Orthodox Church (1970) and preparatory experience in conducting the Holy Council of the Orthodox Russian Church of 1917-1918.
The book is written in archival sources and periodicals of that time, contains an extensive bibliography, nominal and geographical pointers. It will be interesting to both specialists in the history of Russia and America, the history of the Russian Church and a wide circle of readers