Holy Resurrection Church | |
Coordinates: | 55.0869°N -162.0322°W |
Architecture: | Eclectic Byzant./Russ./Alas. |
Added: | June 6, 1980 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 80000739 |
Designated Other1: | Alaska Heritage Resources Survey |
Designated Other1 Name: | Alaska Heritage Resources Survey |
Designated Other1 Color: |
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Designated Other1 Abbr: | AHRS |
Designated Other1 Date: | May 18, 1973 |
Designated Other1 Number: | XCB-020 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
The Holy Resurrection Church (Russian: Церковь Воскресения Христова) in Belkofski, Alaska is a historic Russian Orthodox church.[1] [2]
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.[1]
The church's design had an impact on the later Russian Orthodox churches at Karluk in 1888 and Ouzinkie in 1906.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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.[4]