Saint Innocent (Veniaminov), Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomensk (1797—1879), was glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church on October 6, 1977. The Apostle of America and Siberia proclaimed the Gospel “even to the ends of the earth”: in the Aleutian islands (from 1823), in the six dialects of the local tribes on the island of Sitka (from 1834), among the Kolosh (Tlingit); in the remotest settlements of the extensive Kamchatka diocese (from 1853); among the Koryak, Chukchei, Tungus in the Yakutsk region (from 1853) and North America (in 1857); in the Amur and the Usuriisk region (from 1860). Having spent a large part of his life in journeys, Saint Innocent translated a Catechism and the Gospel into the Aleut language. In 1833, he wrote in this language one of the finest works of Orthodox missionary activity, Indication of the Way to the Kingdom of Heaven. Having begun his apostolic work as a parish priest, Saint Innocent completed it as Metropolitan of Moscow (1868—1879). He obeyed the will of God all his life, and he left behind a theme for the sermon to be preached at his funeral: “The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the Lord” (Psalm 36/37:23). Saint Innocent is commemorated on April 13/March 31 (his repose), October 18/5 (Synaxis of the Moscow Hierarchs) and on October 6 (his glorification).