The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America, during its meeting in Chicago, decided to canonize the Blessed Mother Olga. She will be the first saint glorified in America. The Synod established the commemoration day of the Venerable Olga on October 28/November 10, to be celebrated annually, as well as in the Cathedral of All Saints who Shone Forth in the American Land on the second Sunday after Pentecost.

Olga of Alaska (1916–1979) has long been revered as a protector of women who have survived violence. She was born in Kwethluk, Alaska, and was of Yupik Eskimo descent. At that time, there was a Russian mission in Alaska, and the girl was baptized with the name Olga. According to the memories of fellow villagers, Olga loved the Church from childhood, knew many services in Church Slavonic by heart, and could sing hymns in the Yupik language. When Olga grew up, she got married and brought her husband to the faith. Her husband, Nikolai, entered the St. Herman's Seminary on Kodiak Island and became the first priest in the history of Kwethluk.

While her husband was away from the family, caring for numerous remote parishes without their priests, Mother Olga raised children and took care of others. Olga assisted women in childbirth, visited those in need and the sick, cleaned and cooked for them, read or told them the Gospel. Mother Olga especially cared for women who had experienced violence: she invited them into her home, talked to them, comforted them, and prayed with them. For her tireless assistance to others, Mother Olga was called the "new righteous Tabitha."