Protection of the Theotokos Chapel

The Protection of the Theotokos Chapel is a historic Russian Orthodox chapel on Kodiak Island, Alaska, along E Street at Akhiok, Alaska. Now it is under Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America[2]

Protection of the Theotokos Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
HABS photograph, 1990
Location	E Street, Akhiok, Alaska
Coordinates	56°56′42″N 154°10′5″W
Area	less than one acre
MPS	Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR
NRHP reference No.	80004590[1]
AHRS No.	XTI-021
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 6, 1980
Designated AHRS	May 18, 1973

The church was built early in the 20th century, exact date not known but soon after 1900. It is not the first church on the site. It has a unique design, one that is simple, but with "details reminiscent of the more ambitious churches built ten to twenty years earlier at Belkofsky and Karluk". It has an approximately 30-by-20-foot (9.1 m × 6.1 m) nave and a 16-by-14-foot (4.9 m × 4.3 m) altar chamber.[3][4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The Ascension of Our Lord Chapel at Karluk and the Holy Resurrection Church at Belkofski were also listed on the National Register on the same date.[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. https://oca.org/parishes/oca-ak-akhptc
3. Alfred Mongin and Father Joseph P. Kreta (June 14, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites Thematic Resources". National Park Service.
4. Alfred Mongin and Father Joseph P. Kreta (June 14, 1979). "Protection of the Theotokos Chapel (AHRS SITE NO. XTI-021)". National Park Service. (continuation sheet from thematic resources document) and accompanying photo from c.1975