Bishop Nikolai Soraich Aliases: Father Nikolai Soraich Father Nicholas Soraich
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Bishop Nikolai (Soraich) was the ruling hierarch of the Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America. He was retired in 2008.
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Kenneth Enoch Bracy 7/26/2004 Seminarian expelled before sex abuse charges 7/23/2004 Former seminary student charged with sexual abuse 12/6/2002 Ex-priest admits to fraud 12/6/2002 Former Sitka priest admits to fraud 4/25/2001 Archimandrite Nikolai [Soraich] Consecrated to Episcopacy at Dallas Cathedral 1/1/2001 Six communities received into Diocese of the West 12/22/1999 Awkward Christian Soldiers 4/1/1996 Second Oregon community received into Orthodoxy 12/1/1995 Entire Oregon community accepts Orthodox Faith Related Groups SOCAU St. Sava Monastery (Elaine VIC Australia) SOCAU St Stephan of Dechani Church (Carrum Downs VIC Australia) Russian Orthodox Sacred Sites in Alaska OCA St. Tikhon of Moscow Mission (Anchorage AK) OCA St. Seraphim of Sarov Cathedral (Dallas TX) OCA St. Paul the Apostle Church (Las Vegas NV) OCA St. Nicholas Church (Juneau AK) OCA St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral (Sitka AK) OCA St. Herman Seminary (Kodiak AK) OCA Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Kodiak AK) OCA Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Kodiak AK) OCA Holy Apostles Mission (Portland OR) OCA Elevation of the Holy Cross Church (Russian Mission AK) OCA Diocese of Alaska OCA Church of the Annunciation (Milwaukie OR) Related Links OCA Orthodox Church in America OCA Diocese of Alaska OCA Diocese of Alaska OCA St Herman Seminary (Kodiak AK)
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