Sts. Peter and Paul Church (St. Paul Island, Alaska)
church building in St. Paul, United States of America
Sts. Peter and Paul Church (Russian: Св. Церковь Петра и Павла) is a Russian Orthodox church on St. 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 Russian Orthodox church (Saint Paul Island) at Wikimedia Commons
Official website with service schedules and brief history
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No.
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