The Ascension of Our Lord Chapel (russian: Вознесение Часовни Господа нашего) is a historic
Russian Orthodox
Russian Orthodoxy (russian: Русское православие) is the body of several churches within the larger communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, whose liturgy is or was traditionally conducted in Church Slavonic language. Most ...
chapel in
Karluk, Alaska
Karluk (''Kal’uq'' or ''Kal’ut'' in Alutiiq; russian: Карлук) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kodiak Borough, Kodiak Island, Alaska, United States. The population was 37 at the 2010 census, up from 27 in 2000.
Geography
Karluk i ...
. Now it is under
Diocese of Alaska of the
Orthodox Church in America
The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) is an Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian church based in North America. The OCA is partly recognized as Autocephaly, autocephalous and consists of more than 700 parishes, missions, commun ...
It is believed that an original church was built in Karluk in the 1700s. The current church was built in 1888, with design and building "attributed to one Charles Smith Hursh". Its architecture shared some with its contemporary
Russian Orthodox church at Belkofski, but has "a more fully realized design for a small church, embodying eclectic features of one main stream of R. O. rural church design."
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Its design was largely copied in the design of the
Nativity of Our Lord Chapel
The Nativity of Our Lord Chapel (russian: Церковь Рождества Христова) is a historic Russian Orthodox church located in Church Street, Ouzinkie, Alaska. It is now under the Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in Amer ...
in
Ouzinkie, Alaska
Ouzinkie (, in Alutiiq, russian: Узинки), is a hamlet on Spruce Island in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 161, down from 225 in 2000.
Geography
Ouzinkie is located at (57.923, -152.502 ...
.
The church was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1980.
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In 2021, the church was relocated from a bluff overlooking the river to prevent its destruction.]
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Churches completed in 1888
Russian Orthodox church buildings in Alaska
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska
Buildings and structures in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Russian Orthodox chapels
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