Update on the Old Testament (Yup’ik Old Testament Translation Project)

The translation of the books of the Bible into new Yup’ik (that is, the new orthography of modern Yup’ik) has been of much interest to those from the Yukon-Kuskokwim region. (see Small Business in Western Alaska)
by Rev. Peter Green
12 December 2008, The Delta Discovery
The Yup’ik Old Testament Translation Project (YOTTP) is the work of the [...]

Tumblr Post Digest for hlthenvt

[My apologies for the messy formatting and duplicates. I still can't get the Yahoo Pipes Cleaner to work properly. It isn't collecting all requested and doesn't clean up after itself. But the links should all work.]
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Anthropology in a climate of change, war, and internecine environments 1

[In process]
Background*
Part 1**
Part 2*** [separate post]
* Background
I think there is a need for anthropological perspective in any issue of human existence.
It is a sad irony that the discipline (science) which is most comprehensive and fundamental (science is a human activity and the basic science of human activity is anthropology) has often seemed through its [...]

Alaskan author researcher Lydia Black

The following is reprinted with permission from the Kodiak Daily Mirror (thank you) and on-line at

http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=4480

Alaskan author, researcher Lydia Black dies at age 81
Article published on Monday, March 12th, 2007, By SCOTT CHRISTIANSEN, Kodiak Daily Mirror
Dr. Lydia Black, noted anthropologist and author of several books on Alaska Native culture and Alaska history, died this morning [...]

Lydia T. Black 1925 to 2007

I just received notice my friend and guide, Dr. Lydia T. Black, an anthropologist whose research restored to Alaskan peoples important features of their history and culture, has died early this morning in Kodiak, AK, with family, friends, and Orthodox services present. She was 81.
from the family (to be continued)–

Dr. Black’s research of the Russian [...]

Alaska Moravian Church supplies

To make this easier to find, I thought I’d post the information in a separate post.
correct as of 2006
Annual Moravian Church Supplies
Sunday School Commentary (Higley’s)
try first, Far North Christian Bookstore, 1-800-492-0438, ask for Leah
Higley Publishing Corp.
PO Box 5398
Jacksonville, FL 32247-5398
1-877-323-4550
fax 904-396-5087
Daily Texts
Interprovincial Board of Communications
PO Box 1245
Bethlehem, PA 18016-1245
http://www.moravian.org/publications/dailytext/
Elzbieta Macdonald, E-mail pubs AT [...]

550th Anniversary of the Moravian Church, 2007 March 1

Celebrating the 550th Anniversary of the Moravian Church
deadline 2007 March 01

March 1, 1457 was the beginning of the Unity of the Brethren in Bohemia. The Moravian Church, or Unitas Fratrum (Unity of Brethren), as it has been officially known since 1457, arose as followers of Jan Hus gathered in the village of Kunvald, about [...]

Help wanted Alaskan Icons

Yekaterinburg Alaskan Icon Exhibition for 200th Anniversary of American-Russian Diplomatic Relations
Prof. Lydia Black has asked that I publicize the evident need for Orthodox icons made by Alaska Natives and other Native Americans for a special bicentennial exhibit. These could be contemporary examples or historic. I’m guessing icons by unknown Native artists or iconographers would be [...]

Internet Archive (Veniaminov)

Happened to run across something else at the Internet Archive (Wayback Machine). They do a number of virtual library collections.
The russian orthodox church : organization, situation, activity

http://www.archive.org/details/therussianorthod00unknuoft

Pages which mention Veniaminov. The entire book can be downloaded in various formats.

http://ia311517.us.archive.org/zipview.php?zip=/2/items/ therussianorthod00unknuoft/therussianorthod00unknuoft_flippy.zip&file=0153.jpg

The book was published about 1957-58 by the church in the Soviet Union, according to its [...]

Inuktitut-based Bible

The Yup’ik Eskimo language Bible (sponsored by the Alaska Moravian Church) is also getting a major revision. It is written in the Roman or Latin script. See previous post

Yup’ik Bible -
http://13c4.wordpress.com/2006/01/11/ regional-bookstore-planning/

This version described in this newstory,

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/10/17/moravian-bible.html

is written in the Inuit script, Inuktitut
The Inuktitut syllabary is actually only used in Canada, especially [...]

In Alaska, a Tradition of Orthodox Faith

In Alaska, a Tradition of Russian Faith
Those who brought the Orthodox church here are long gone, but the diocese is thriving.
By Sam Howe Verhovek, Times Staff Writer, October 1, 2006
TATITLEK, Alaska — Steve Totemoff keeps faith alive in this tiny Alaskan village — the Russian Orthodox faith.
Totemoff, a native Aleut, keeps the faith when he [...]

St Innocent of Alaska Bicentennial (Ioann Veniaminov)

I had a chance to help Prof. Lydia Black with her organizing of the Veniaminov Bicentennial, by acting as a digital translator. 2007-03-13 Lydia T. Black 1925 to 2007
Ioann Veniaminov is the world’s most famous Alaskan, except in Alaska and the USA.

http://www.uaf.edu/univrel/media/FY98/026.html
I was fortunate to find the Orthodox Church in America
http://www.oca.org which [...]