Blessed Olga

This icon in St. Michael’s Cathedral is of Blessed Olga Michael, a native Alaskan (Yup’ik) midwife who lived along the Kuskokwim River from 1916 to 1979. A healer known for her gentle manner and care for those who had suffered abuse, she is venerated in the region where she lived and her story has touched Orthodox women all over the world.