Spirit

Since October of last year, Anchorage has been visited by a rare, feathered celebrity — a white raven, which appears to have taken up residence in the Spenard neighborhood.

The late Orthodox missionary and scholar Fr. Michael Oleksa played a key role in compiling the accounts of holiness essential to the official process of Olga’s glorification.

Oleksa served as a priest in more than a dozen Alaska Native villages across the state over his five decades in Alaska.

Tribal and church leaders say it’s an important step towards self-determination for the Chilkat Indian Village.

Sitka’s new Catholic priest has an unusual skill set – he’s also the official exorcist for the Catholic Church in Alaska.

Both men say Bradley Earl Reger’s trips to Echo Ranch gave him access to children with little or no supervision from other adults.

The percentage of Americans who believe in a number of antisemitic tropes has spiked in the past three years, according to the results of a recent survey by the Anti-Defamation League.

KCAW’s Meredith Redick brings us this audio postcard, featuring the voices of Father Ishmael Andrew and choral director KathyHope Erickson.

A longtime pastor says the question used to be how can the church change the culture? Now, it’s how do they change the culture of the church? Ways range from gardening to food giveaways to fire pits.

Soboleff, who lived to be 102, was a longtime advocate for Lingít people through his ministries and work to support Juneau’s youth.