Orthodox Saints of California: The Lives of Saint Sebastian Dabovich, Saint John Maximovitch, and Saint Peter the Aleut (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798177271224)

California is rarely associated with Orthodox Christianity, yet its history preserves the stories of three saints whose lives reached the state in very different ways.

Orthodox Saints of California follows Saint Sebastian Dabovich, Saint John Maximovitch, and Saint Peter the Aleut through church biographies, parish histories, eyewitness testimony, and historical records. From Serbian immigrant parishes and California mining towns to Russian refugee communities and the early world of Russian America, the book traces a lesser known chapter of Orthodox Christian history on the Pacific coast.

Written as a documentary narrative, the book distinguishes between documented evidence, Church tradition, and points where surviving sources do not fully agree. It offers a concise introduction to three remarkable Orthodox lives and the places in California connected with their memory.