Hieromartyr
Jacob Korchinsky
First resident priest in Canada
The first resident Orthodox priest in Canada, executed in the Odesa region in 1941; venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
Life
Jacob Korchinsky was the first resident Orthodox priest in Canada, who served at Edmonton, Alberta, and was killed in 1941 in the Odesa region. He is venerated by the faithful, without synodal canonization, as a hieromartyr.
He served at Edmonton from 1900 to 1902, with his wife Barbara, as the first resident Orthodox priest in the country. According to sources of his veneration, he was executed in the Odesa region on 19 July 1941. We have no further details.
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