Holy Resurrection Church (Belkofski, Alaska)

The Holy Resurrection Church in Belkofski, Alaska is a historic Russian Orthodox church.[2][3]

Holy Resurrection Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Exterior of church
Location	Belkofski, Alaska
Coordinates	55°5′13″N 162°1′56″W
Area	less than one acre
Architectural style	Eclectic Byzant./Russ./Alas., Other
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

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]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. 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. http://www.doaoca.org/news_150906_1.html