Timeline of Orthodoxy in Hawaii

• Late 1700s
  There is a story that a Russian trading ship with a priest on board stopped in the Hawaiian Islands to celebrate Pascha on land.
  (Wikipedia: Orthodox Church in Hawaii)
• 1816
  Celebration of the Divine Liturgy in Hawaii by an Orthodox priest accompanying Kotzebue, captain of a Russian ship.
  (Hawaii 1778-1920 from the Viewpoint of a Bishop by Rt. Rv. Henry Bond Restarick, p. 48. Bishop Restarick cited this as the first Eucharist in Hawaii)
• About 1817
  Hawaiʻi's first Orthodox church: Fort Elizabeth constructed on Kauai, housing a small Orthodox chapel.
• 7 Jan 1916
  Protopresbyter Jacob Korchinsky (who became a martyr) celebrated a Christmas Divine Liturgy at Saint Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral in Honolulu.
• 29 Dec 1916
  Priest John T. Dorosh arrives to serve in Honolulu with his wife and the blessing of Archbishop (later Patriarch) Tikhon
• 1930s-40s
  Archimandrite Innokenty Dronov of Hilo serves Orthodox faithful of Hawaii and establishes a church in Hilo (largely Japaense).
• 1960s
  Ss. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church and St. Mark of Ephesus Russian Orthodox Mission (ROCOR) formed on Oahu.
• 1980s
  St. Mark Mission becomes Holy Theotokos of Iveron Orthodox Church. In 1988, Ss. Constantine and Helen Church purchased their current property.
• 1990s
  Greek Orthodox Mission formed on Maui. A Serbian Orthodox mission (now inactive) formed on Oahu.
• 2003
  St. Paul the Apostle Antiochian Orthodox Mission (later dissolved) established in Honolulu at Fort Shafter Army Base
• 2004
  The “Orthodox Christian Mission of Kona” (OCMK) established on the Big Island. (Previously priests from Oahu had visited the Big Island occasionally.)
  Fr Sergius Naumann arrives to serve the Mission.
• 2005
  Fr. George Gray from Portland assigned as "visiting" priest-in-charge of the OCMK community, coming to Hawaii every other month.
• 2006
  The Mission in Kona given the name “St. Juvenaly.” Fr. John Schroedel arrived in December. Services were being held St. Paul's Catholic Church in Honalo.
• Feb 2010
  St. Juvenaly Mission moved to the “Hualalai Gardens” location at the Palani Junction.
• 6 Jan 2013
  Ocean blessing at Carlsmith Beach Park
• Apr 2013
  Honomu property purchased for a Hilo-side mission.
• Jun 2013
  Holy Ascension Orthodox Church formally established in Honomu, 11 miles north of Hilo.
• Dec 2015
  Holy Ascension separates from St. Juvenaly Mission.
• Aug 2018
  Fr. John Schroedel departs St. Juvenaly Mission.
  Fr. Matthew Tate assigned as "Priest in Charge".
• July 2019
  Fr. George Gray — recently retired from St. Nicholas parish in Portland — arrives on the Big Island, serving St. Juvenaly and Holy Ascension Missions.
• July 2023
  Fr. Benjamin Huggins assigned to Holy Ascension Mission in Honomu.
• September 2023 (9/24)
  Feast of the New Martyrs of Alaska — Inauguration of St. Juvenaly's "Twentieth Anniversary Year" with Mainland guests: Archbishop Benjamin, deacons and their families, some of the founding members of "The Orthodox Christian Mission of Kona," as well as the pastor and members of Holy Ascension Mission.