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Sts. Peter and Paul Church () is a Russian Orthodox church on
St. Paul Island, Alaska Saint Paul Island (russian: Остров Святого Павла, Ostrov Svyatogo Pavla) is the largest of the Pribilof Islands, a group of four Alaskan volcanic islands located in the Bering Sea between the United States and Russia. The city o ...
. 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. (continuation sheet from thematic resources document) and


See also

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska


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* with service schedules and brief history * 20th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings Buildings and structures in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska Churches completed in 1907 Russian Orthodox church buildings in Alaska Tourist attractions in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska Historic American Buildings Survey in Alaska Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska Historic district contributing properties in Alaska Saint Paul Island (Alaska) {{Alaska-church-stub