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| '''Alexis Georgievich Toth''' ('''Алексий Георгиевич Товт''' or '''Alexis of Wilkes-Barre'''; March 18, 1853 – May 7, 1909) was a [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]] church leader in the [[Midwestern United States]] who, having resigned his position as a [[Byzantine Rite|Byzantine Catholic]] priest in the [[Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church|Ruthenian Catholic Church]], became responsible for the conversions of approximately 20,000 [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Rite Catholics]] to the Russian Orthodox Church, which contributed to the growth of [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] in the United States and the eventual establishment of the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. He was [[canonization|canonized]] by the Orthodox Church in 1994. | '''Alexis Georgievich Toth''' ('''Алексий Георгиевич Товт''' or '''Alexis of Wilkes-Barre'''; March 18, 1853 – May 7, 1909) was a [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]] church leader in the [[Midwestern United States]] who, having resigned his position as a [[Byzantine Rite|Byzantine Catholic]] priest in the [[Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church|Ruthenian Catholic Church]], became responsible for the conversions of approximately 20,000 [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Rite Catholics]] to the Russian Orthodox Church, which contributed to the growth of [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] in the United States and the eventual establishment of the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. He was [[Glorification|glorified]] by the Orthodox Church in 1994. |
| ==Early life== | ==Early life== |
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| ==Death and glorification== | ==Death and glorification== |
| [[File:Saint Alexis of Wilkes-Barre.jpg|thumb|Icon. Saint Alexis of Wilkes-Barre, 2012]] | [[File:Saint Alexis of Wilkes-Barre.jpg|thumb|Icon. Saint Alexis of Wilkes-Barre, 2012]] |
| Toth was elevated to the rank of [[protopresbyter]] later in life, continuing his efforts to convert the Eastern Catholics of North America to Eastern Orthodoxy. He died on May 7, 1909, in [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania]], and was honored with a special shrine at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary|St. Tikhon's Monastery]] in [[South Canaan Township, Pennsylvania|South Canaan, Pennsylvania]]. On May 29, 1994, Toth was [[Glorification#In Orthodox Christianity|glorified]] (canonized) as Saint Alexis of Wilkes-Barre by the Orthodox Church in America.<ref name=oca/> | Toth was elevated to the rank of [[protopresbyter]] later in life, continuing his efforts to convert the Eastern Catholics of North America to Eastern Orthodoxy. He died on May 7, 1909, in [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania]], and was honored with a special shrine at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary|St. Tikhon's Monastery]] in [[South Canaan Township, Pennsylvania|South Canaan, Pennsylvania]]. On May 29, 1994, Toth was glorified as Saint Alexis of Wilkes-Barre by the Orthodox Church in America.<ref name=oca/> |
| ==Notes== | ==Notes== |
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