Holy Resurrection Church (Belkofski, Alaska)
Holy Resurrection Church | |
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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| Location | Belkofski, Alaska |
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| Coordinates | 55°5′13″N 162°1′56″W / 55.08694°N 162.03222°WCoordinates: 55°5′13″N 162°1′56″W / 55.08694°N 162.03222°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Architectural style | Eclectic Byzant./Russ./Alas. |
| MPS | Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 80000739[1] |
| AHRS No. | XCB-020 |
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| Added to NRHP | June 6, 1980 |
| Designated AHRS | May 18, 1973 |
The Holy Resurrection Church (Russian: Церковь Воскресения Христова) in Belkofski, Alaska is a historic Russian Orthodox church.[2][3]
It is significant as "a striking example of a special type of Russian Orthodox Church architectural heritage", with a pyramidal-shaped roof over a central tower, in a design following from the 1732 design of the Church of the Resurrection on the Moskva River at Kolomenskoye, near Moscow, Russia. It is believed that there has been a church at this site since 1881; the current church may be a reconstruction.[2]: 13
The church's design influenced the design of the later, 1888, Russian Orthodox church at Karluk and also of the 1906 Russian Orthodox church at Ouzinkie.[4]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
Gradually the residents of Belkofski moved to nearby villages which offered them new economic opportunities. The church's rich inventory, including a beautiful iconostasis containing numerous icons from Russia, was transferred to King Cove, twelve miles away by boat, where a new Orthodox church was built in the 1980s.[5]
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Alfred Mongin and Father Joseph P. Kreta (June 14, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites Thematic Resources". National Park Service.
- ^ Alfred Mongin and Father Joseph P. Kreta (June 14, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Holy Resurrection Church (AHRS SITE NO. XCB-020)". National Park Service. (continuation sheets from Thematic Resources document) and accompanying photo from c.1975
- ^ Alfred Mongin and Father Joseph P. Kreta (June 14, 1979). "Nativity of Our Lord Chapel (AHRS SITE NO. KOD-193)". National Park Service. (continuation sheets) and accompanying photo from c.1975
- ^ "Rasmuson Foundation Boosts Alaskan Bell Project".
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