Holy Resurrection Church (Belkofski, Alaska)
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Holy Resurrection Church | |
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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 Exterior of church | |
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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°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 |
| Significant dates | |
| 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 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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