The Nativity of Our Lord Chapel (russian: Церковь Рождества Христова) is a historic

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located in Church Street,

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 ...

. It is now under the Diocese of Alaska of the

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. The current building was built in 1906 as a replacement to an older, adjacent building from 1849 or 1855 that was left to deteriorate. Its design was based on that of the 1888 Russian Orthodox church at Karluk, which itself was based upon the church at Belkofski. This church has a relatively larger onion dome, though the onion dome is still small. It was added to the

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in 1980. (continuation sheets) and

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Churches completed in 1906 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 {{Alaska-church-stub

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