- Source: Sts. Peter and Paul Church (St. Paul Island, Alaska)
Sts. Peter and paul" target="_blank">Paul Church (Russian: Св. Церковь Петра и Павла) is a Russian Orthodox church on St. paul" target="_blank">Paul Island, Alaska. The current church, built in 1907, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Now it is under Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America.
A first church was built in 1779 "according to legend"; a second church was built in 1819 atop the island's tallest hill. The current church was built in 1907, and was then "one of the most ambitiously designed and effectively executed small churches of the Byzantine tradition in Alaska." Its onion domes, however, were repeatedly damaged in storms, and have been replaced.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska
References
External links
Media related to Saints Peter and paul" target="_blank">Paul Russian Orthodox church (Saint paul" target="_blank">Paul Island) at Wikimedia Commons
Official website with service schedules and brief history
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AK-51, "Saints Peter & paul" target="_blank">Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Church Street, Saint paul" target="_blank">Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK"
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- St. Paul, Alaska
- Sts. Peter and Paul Church (St. Paul Island, Alaska)
- St. Peter and St. Paul's Church
- Herman of Alaska
- List of Russian Orthodox churches
- Orthodox Church of Finland
- Aleutian Islands
- List of cathedrals in the United States
- Seal Island Historic District
- History of Alaska
