Alexis Toth Saint

Saint Alexis Toth (or Alexis of Wilkes-Barre; March 18, 1853, Kobylnice — May 7, 1909, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) was a Russian Orthodox church leader in the Midwestern United States who, having resigned his position as a Byzantine Catholic priest in the Ruthenian Catholic Church, became responsible for the conversions of approximately 20,000 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 canonized by the Orthodox Church in 1994.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Tovt Alexis
Birth date	March 18, 1853
Birth place	Slovakia , Kobylnice , Austrian Empire
Date of death	May 07, 1909
Place of death	Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania
Title	Protopresbyter and Confessor

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canonized by	Orthodox Church in America
canonized date	May 29, 1994
major shrine	Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary South Canaan Township Wayne County Pennsylvania
venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church