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'''Archbishop Benjamin (Basalyga) (1887-1963)'''

Basil may be spelt Basile, Vasilios, Vasili, Vasily, Wasyly.

Benjamin may be spelt Veniamin.

==Early life of Basil Gregorievich Basalyga==

On 11 January, 1887, Basil (Vasily) Gregorievich Basalyga was born to Gregory and Elena Basalyga in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olyphant,_Pennsylvania Olyphant], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania Pennsylvania], which is a borough in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_anthracite_coal_mining_in_Pennsylvania anthracite coal region] of northeastern Pennsylvania. It was into this region that many emigrants from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicia_%28Eastern_Europe%29 Galician] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusyns Carpatho-Russian] areas of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe central Europe] had moved in order to work in the coal mines. Thus, Basil (Vasily) was a member of one of the earliest families to emigrate to the USA from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavs Slavic] middle Europe (specifically from Carpatho-Russia).

From his youth up, he was an active participant in the [http://orthodoxcanada.ca/The_%E2%80%9CRussian_Mission%E2%80%9D_in_North_America Orthodox Mission] as it developed in [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Church_in_America North America].

In October, 1897, seeing their son's aspiration for spiritual life, the parents, despite the financial difficulties associated with caring for 4 sons and 4 daughters, decided to send Vasily (Basil) to the newly-opened [https://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=St._Platon%27s_Orthodox_Theological_Seminary_(Tenafly,_New_Jersey)&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile Russian Orthodox Missionary School] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis Minneapolis], [https://www.britannica.com/place/Minnesota Minnesota].

In 1902, Basil graduated from the missionary school. He was immediately given a position as an instructor of the school’s preparatory class.

In July, 1903 Basil was sent to Pennsylvania, where he served as a choir director and a parish teacher in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleroi,_Pennsylvania Charleroi] and in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh Pittsburgh] until 1905.

In October, 1904, he was sent to serve in the same capacity at [https://orthodox-churches.cmac.ws/saint-michaels-russian-orthodox-cathedral-parsonage/765/ Saint Michael's Church] in Pittsburgh.

==Higher education==

In 1905, the new seminary in Minneapolis was opened. Under the influence of [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Diocese_of_Washington_and_New_York_(OCA) Priest John Nedzelnitsky], Basil returned to Minnesota as a student there in September, 1905.

Basil completed a 6-year course of study in a shorter period.

In 1910, Basil became seriously ill for a time.

As soon as he recovered from the illness, he entered the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/St._Tikhon%27s_Orthodox_Monastery_(South_Canaan,_Pennsylvania) Monastery of Saint Tikhon] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Canaan_Township,_Wayne_County,_Pennsylvania South Canaan, Pennsylvania].

==Monastic tonsure, 1911==

On 29 March, 1911, Basil was [https://orthochristian.com/101607.html tonsured] to be a [https://www.orthodoxwiki.org/Monk monk] at Saint Tikhon's Monastery. He was at that time given the name Benjamin.

==Ordinations, 1911==

On 2 April, 1911 the Monk Benjamin (Basalyga) was ordained to the Holy [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Deacon Diaconate] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn Brooklyn], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state) New York] by [[Metropolitan Platon (Rozhdestvensky) |Archbishop Platon (Rozhdestvensky)]].

On 9 April, 1911, Archbishop Platon ordained [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierodeacon Hierodeacon] Benjamin (Basalyga) to the Holy [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Presbyter Priesthood] at Saint Tikhon’s Monastery.

==Pastoral service==

After his ordination, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieromonk Hieromonk] Benjamin became a sort of travelling priest (or perhaps better, a missionary priest), in that he served on assignment for short times in many parishes throughout the [https://www.britannica.com/place/United-States USA]. These included parishes in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago Chicago, Illinois] ; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartshorne,_Oklahoma Hartshorne, Oklahoma] ; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo,_Colorado Pueblo, Colorado] ; and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. In addition, he helped to organise parishes in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akron,_Ohio Akron, Ohio] ; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Valley,_New_York Spring Valley, New York] ; and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellaire,_Ohio Bellaire, Ohio]. Despite any brevity of service, he managed to improve the organisation, and to strengthen the parishes, and he organised other parishes.

In November, 1919, Hieromonk Benjamin was raised to the dignity of [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Igumen igumen] by [[Archbishop Alexander (Nemolovsky)]].

Archbishop Alexander (Nemolovsky) then assigned Igumen Benjamin (Basalyga) to serve as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_(Christianity) dean] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania Scranton, Pennsylvania] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deanery Deanery].

In 1920, Igumen Benjamin was elevated to the dignity of [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Archimandrite archimandrite].

'''Service in Canada, 1920-1922'''

On 15 December, 1920, Archimandrite Benjamin (Basalyga) was assigned to serve as the administrator of the parishes in [https://www.britannica.com/place/Canada Canada]. He served in this capacity from [[Winnipeg MB Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral 1904 |Holy Trinity Cathedral]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg Winnipeg, Manitoba], for 2 years. During his pastorate there, he had to cope with the controversies that arose with the establishment in 1919 of the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_of_Canada Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of Canada]. This included a court case in southern Manitoba.

After the return of Metropolitan Platon (Rozhdestvensky) to the USA in 1923, Archimandrite Benjamin (Basalyga) was assigned to serve for a time as the metropolitan's personal secretary.

Thereafter, Archimandrite Benjamin again was sent to serve a series of parishes, including, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha,_New_Jersey Alpha, New Jersey] ; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City, New York] ; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware Wilmington, Delaware] ; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin,_New_Hampshire Berlin, New Hampshire] ; and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal Montréal, Québec].

[[File:Archbishop Benjamin Basalyga (as a priest) s.jpg]] '''Hieromonk Benjamin (Basalyga)'''

[[File:Th2ICM156W.jpg]] '''With the Wilmington parish council'''

In the wake of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution Russian Revolution] of 1917, and the establishment of the "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renovationism Renovationist Church]" in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union Soviet Union], the North American Diocese suffered great turmoil for a long time. The "epicentre" of the turmoil was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas_Russian_Orthodox_Cathedral_(Manhattan) Saint Nicholas Cathedral] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City], where the residence of Vladyka Platon (Rozhdestvensky) was located. In 1925, Archimandrite Benjamin was arrested by the American authorities for refusing to evacuate the New York Cathedral after an American court had decided to transfer it into the hands of the Renovationist "Metropolitan" [https://www.translatetheweb.com/?ref=SERP&br=ro&mkt=en-CA&dl=en&lp=RU_EN&a=https%3a%2f%2fru.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2f%25D0%259A%25D0%25B5%25D0%25B4%25D1%2580%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%25D1%2581%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9%2c_%25D0%2598%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD_%25D0%25A1%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B8%25D1%2587 John Kedrovsky].

During this period of service, in July, 1928, Archimandrite Benjamin was sent to Ellport (that is, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellwood_City,_Pennsylvania Ellwood City], Pennsylvania) in order to lead the services of dedication of the new [http://orthodox-world.org/en/i/23673/holy_trinity_orthodox_church_ellwood_city Russian Orthodox Holy Trinity Church] there.

On 9 September, 1933, Archimandrite Benjamin was elected by the [http://oca.org/holy-synod Holy Synod of Bishops] of the [http://oca.org/ Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of North America] (Metropolia) to become a [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Bishop bishop].

==Episcopal ordination, 1933==

On 10 September, 1933, Archimandrite Benjamin (Basalyga) was ordained to the Holy [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Episcopate Episcopate] at the [http://nycathedral.org/ Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral] in New York City. The Hierarchical [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Divine_Liturgy Divine Liturgy] of the ordination was led by [[Metropolitan Theophilus (Pashkovsky)]].

Thus, Bishop Benjamin (Basalyga) became the first bishop of the Orthodox Church who had been born in North America.

[[File:Bishop Benjamin, 1930s 1.jpg]] '''Bishop Benjamin (Basalyga)'''

==Episcopal service==

Bishop Benjamin (Basalyga) was then assigned to be the Bishop of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh Pittsburgh] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia West Virginia]. His cathedral was at [https://orthodox-churches.cmac.ws/saint-michaels-russian-orthodox-cathedral-parsonage/765/ Saint Michael's Church] in Pittsburgh.

Despite the burden of administrative duties, Bishop Benjamin finally found a permanent residence. He was then able to take the time to create a long-needed bilingual (English-Slavonic) prayer book. It was published in 1933, and it passed through at least 5 reprints by 1961.

In 1935, in connection with the reconciliation of the North American Metropolitanate ("Metropolia") with the Synod of Bishops of the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Russian_Orthodox_Church_Outside_Russia Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia] (ROCOR) in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sremski_Karlovci Sremski Karlovtsy], Bishop Benjamin (Basalyga) became a member of the episcopate of the ROCOR.

On 14-24 August, 1938, Bishop Benjamin was sent as a delegate from the "Metropolia" to the All-Russian Sobor of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church_Outside_Russia Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sremski_Karlovci Sremski-Karlovtsy], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslavia Yugoslavia].

In view of the fact that there was not a single Orthodox seminary in the USA at that time, he asked the Serbian Patriarch [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavrilo_V,_Serbian_Patriarch Gavrilo (Dožić)] and the Yugoslav government for permission for American students to receive free education in Yugoslav theological schools. This arrangement provided the North American flock with pastors for many years.

During his stay in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe], Vladyka Benjamin visited [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpathian_Ruthenia Carpatho-Russia] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicia_(Eastern_Europe) Galicia], the homeland of his parents, where he visited many Orthodox shrines, especially the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Pochaev_Lavra_of_the_Dormition_of_the_Theotokos Pochaev Lavra].

During [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II World War II], he took an active part in the work of the Pittsburgh branch of the Military Aid Society.

==Service in Japan, 1946==

After the end of the hostilities of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_during_World_War_II World War II], [https://www.britannica.com/place/Japan Japan] came under the rule of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan#:~:text=The%20Allied%20occupation%20of%20Japan%20at%20the%20end,Union%20had%20little%20to%20no%20influence%20over%20Japan. Allied Occupation Administration] headed by the American [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur General Douglas MacArthur]. In association with this, the affairs of religious organisations in Japan came under the jurisdiction of the Americans. In this context, there was an appeal from the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Church_of_Japan Church of Japan] that a bishop be sent from North America in order to lead the flock. Thus, at the meeting of the Lesser Synod of Bishops of the North American "[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Church_in_America Metropolia]" in New York on 31 October-1 November, 1946, it was decided to send Bishop Benjamin to Japan.

In 1946, Bishop Benjamin (Basalyga) was assigned to lead the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Orthodox_Church Orthodox Church in Japan], which had been placed under the protection of the American "Metropolia" after the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan Japanese surrender] at the end of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II World War II]. He arrived in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo Tokyo] on 7 January, 1947.

In this responsibility, he led the Church of Japan in its recovery from the devastation caused by the war.

The division within the Japanese flock was intensified since the majority of believers there accepted a new bishop from North America, while a minority professed allegiance to the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Church_of_Russia Moscow Patriarchate]. Because he was concerned about the possibility that there might arise some acts of violence on the part of the pro-Soviets in the diocese, Vladyka Benjamin asked the army chaplains near Tokyo to announce the service on 7 January, 1947 (the [https://www.orthodoxwiki.org/Nativity Feast-day of the Nativity of Christ]), and that they encourage the Faithful to attend. All was peaceful at the time. There continued to be some disturbances until 1949, after which the situation calmed.

During his time of service in Japan, Bishop Benjamin was in fact the head the Orthodox Church in Japan, although some continued to be under the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Bishop Benjamin came into conflict with supporters of the Moscow Patriarchate, which resulted in lengthy trials, mutual accusations, assaults and even arrests. This was the case with the [https://www.orthodoxkorea.org/history/ Korean Orthodox Mission] (which had been under the jurisdiction of the Japanese Church since 1923 by order of [[Saint Tikhon (Belavin) |Patriarch Tikhon (Belavin)]]). Its leader, [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259F%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BB%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B0%25D1%2580%25D0%25BF_(%25D0%259F%25D1%2580%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BA)&prev=search&pto=aue Archimandrite Polycarp (Priymak)], refused to accept the jurisdiction of the American "Metropolia".

Nevertheless, Vladyka Benjamin made great efforts to restore Church life in Japan. Because of the war many Temples had been destroyed ; the lives of many priests had been lost, and the country was left in ruins and poverty. According to his appeals, donations were repeatedly collected in North America, and a Committee for Assistance to the Japanese Orthodox Church was organised there. The gradual revival of Church life in Japan was reflected in the organisation of the "Nikolskaya School" ("Nikorai Gakuin") at the Tokyo [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Resurrection_Cathedral Holy Resurrection Cathedral] in 1950, the founding of the "Morning Dawn" ("Akatsuki-kai") preaching society (13 February, 1950) and the "Tokyo Orthodox Youth Society" (September, 1952).

His works were recognised in the USA. On 14 May, 1947, the Great Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of North America ("Metropolia") elevated him to the dignity of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop archbishop].

On 23 March, 1948, Vladyka Benjamin was officially assigned to serve as the Archbishop of Tokyo.

As life in the Church of Japan began to stabilise, on 24 August, 1950, a national meeting of Church school teachers was convened.

In 1950, the [https://www.oca.org/history-archives/aacs/the-8th-all-american-sobor Eighth All-American Sobor] of the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Church_in_America Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of North America] (ROGCCNA) especially noted the achievements of Vladyka Benjamin.

On 12 July, 1951, the 90th anniversary of the arrival of [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Nicholas_of_Japan Saint Nicholas (Kasatkin)] in Japan was marked during the session of the Annual All-Japan Church Council.

==Return to the USA, 1953==

In 1953, Archbishop Benjamin was succeeded in Japan by [[Metropolitan Ireney (Bekish) |Bishop Ireney (Bekish)]], and he was returned by the Holy Synod of Bishops to the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Diocese_of_Western_Pennsylvania_(OCA) Diocese of Pittsburgh] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia West Virginia].

On 22 October, 1961, during the celebration of his 50th anniversary of ordination to the Holy Priesthood, Archbishop Benjamin ordained the monk [[Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor) |Theodosius (Lazor)]] to the Holy Priesthood. Hieromonk Theodosius would in time become one of his successors as the Bishop of Pittsburgh.

==Repose, 1963==

On 15 November, 1963, during the sessions of the [https://oca.org/history-archives/aacs/the-11th-all-american-sobor Eleventh All-American Sobor], Archbishop Benjamin (Basalyga) fell asleep in the Lord in New York City. He had suffered a heart attack at that time.

On Sunday, 17 November, 1963, at 7:00 p.m., a [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Memorial_Services Parastas] (memorial service) was offered at [https://www.oca.org/parishes/oca-wp-homsgc Saint Gregory's Orthodox Church] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead,_Pennsylvania Homestead], Pennsylvania.

On Monday, 18 November, 1963, the [http://www.archbishop-of-ottawa.org/content/burial-services-over-presbyter-or-over-bishop Funeral Services for the Burial of a Hierarch] were offered at Saint Gregory's Orthodox Church in Homestead, Pennsylvania. Presiding was [[Metropolitan Ireney (Bekish) |Archbishop Ireney (Bekish)]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston Boston] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Church_in_America_Diocese_of_New_England New England], with [[Archbishop John (Shahovskoy)]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco San Francisco]. They were assisted by [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Joseph_J._Pishtey_II Protopresbyter Joseph Pishtey] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonkers,_New_York Yonkers], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state) New York] (Chancellor of the "Metropolia") and Archpriest Nicephore Befmertunk (dean of the diocese). Alexander Bezsmertny (Secretary of the "Metropolia" and the Metropolitan Council) was also present.

On Tuesday, 19 November, 1963, at 10:00 a.m., the bishops and priests served a Memorial [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Divine_Liturgy Divine Liturgy], followed by a [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Memorial_Services Litiya] (memorial service) at Saint Gregory's Orthodox Church in Homestead, Pennsylvania. At this service, Archpriest Nicephore Befmerunk preached a homily in Russian, and Protopresbyter Joseph Pishtey preached a homily in English.

After the completion of the funeral services, the body of Archbishop Benjamin was interred at the [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/990886/saint-tikhon-cemetery cemetery of Saint Tikhon’s Monastery] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Canaan_Township,_Wayne_County,_Pennsylvania South Canaan], Pennsylvania.

— Bishop of Pittsburgh and West Virginia 1933-1946. Preceded by : ___. Succeeded by : [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Dionysius_(Diachenko)_of_San_Francisco Bishop Dionysius (Diachenko)].

— Bishop of Tokyo, Japan 1946-1948. Preceded by : [http://orthodoxwiki.org/Sergius_%28Tikhomirov%29_of_Japan Metropolitan Sergius (Tikhomirov)] and [http://orthodoxwiki.org/Nicholas_%28Ono%29_of_Japan Bishop Nicholas (Ono)].

— Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan 1948-1953. Succeeded by : [[Metropolitan Ireney (Bekish) | Archbishop Ireney (Bekish)]]

— Archbishop of Pittsburgh 1953-1963. Preceded by : Archbishop Dionysius (Diachenko) and Archbishop Vyacheslav (Lisitsky). Succeeded by : [http://orthodoxwiki.org/Amvrossy_%28Merejko%29_of_Pittsburgh Archbishop Amvrossy (Merejko)]

==Reflections==

The Serbian Abbot Sophroniy of [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sr&u=https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259C%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B0%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25B8%25D1%2580_%25D0%2588%25D0%25BE%25D1%2588%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B8%25D1%2586%25D0%25B0&prev=search&pto=aue Yoshanitsa], who had met with Vladyka Benjamin during his stay in Serbia, later recalled Vladyka Benjamin as being a modest and unassuming bishop :
When I asked His Eminence if I could help him with something or, if he wanted, send him a novice to serve him,
he simply replied : 'No, thank you, I can handle it myself'. He was not the type to take advantage of his
position to gain benefits.

Vladyka Benjamin also left a memory of himself as a convinced [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-communism anti-communist].

The American Congress even honoured Archbishop Benjamin with a special speech and commendation dated 2 May, 1961. It was expressed by Representative John H Dent of Pennsylvania, who pointed to
his militant opposition to communism that can only be matched by his zeal for his Church and its members.

'''Awards'''

• [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Nabedrennik Nabedrennik] (1912)

• Diamond Cross on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klobuk klobuk] (the [https://www.oca.org/history-archives/aacs/the-8th-all-american-sobor Eighth All-American Sobor of the Metropolia], 1950)

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[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Church_of_Japan Orthodoxwiki article about the Church of Japan]

[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Timeline_of_Orthodoxy_in_Japan Timeline of Orthodoxy in Japan]

[https://www.translatetheweb.com/?ref=SERP&br=ro&mkt=en-CA&dl=en&lp=JA_EN&a=https%3a%2f%2fja.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2f%25E3%2583%258B%25E3%2582%25B3%25E3%2583%25A9%25E3%2582%25A4%25E5%25A0%2582 Japanese Wikipedia article about Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Nikolai-do) in Tokyo]

[http://nikolaido.org/en/%e6%b2%bf%e9%9d%a9/ Cathedral web-site history of Nikolai-do, Tokyo]

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Church_in_America_Archdiocese_of_Pittsburgh_and_Western_Pennsylvania Wikipedia article about the Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania]

[https://www.ocadwpa.org/files/Events/Centennial/Centennial---Book-Dioc.HistoryChancellors-FINAL.pdf History of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania]

[https://orthodoxwiki.org/St._Tikhon%27s_Orthodox_Monastery_(South_Canaan,_Pennsylvania) Orthodoxwiki article about St Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary]

Orthodox Christianity in North America’ in “The Orthodox Church”, no. 3 (1993), p. 4.

“Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate”, no. 10 (1950), p. 31 ; no. 8 (1960), p. 68. (in Russian)

“Commemorative Album in Honour of the Consecration of the restored Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral” (Tokyo : Memorial Magazine Publishing Committee, 1998) (in Japanese)

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[[Metropolitan Leonty (Turkevich)]]

[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodox_Church_in_America Orthodoxwiki article about The Orthodox Church in America]

[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/990886/saint-tikhon-cemetery Findagrave article about Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox Cemetery in South Canaan, Pennsylvania]

[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211043485/basil-basalyga Findagrave listing for Archbishop Benjamin (Basalyga) at St Tikhon’s Orthodox Cemetery]

[http://www.archbishop-of-ottawa.org/node/90 List of Departed Bishops in/of Canada]

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