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 had an impact on the later Russian Orthodox churches at Karluk in 1888 and Ouzinkie in 1906.[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

Gradually the residents of Belkofski moved to nearby villages which offered them new economic opportunities. In the 1980s, a new Orthodox church was built in King Cove, located twelve miles away by boat. The church's inventory, which includes an iconostasis containing numerous icons from Russia, was transferred there.[5]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ "Rasmuson Foundation Boosts Alaskan Bell Project".


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