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This is a list of parishes of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Alaska, United States. Eastern Orthodoxy in North America is divided into several separate Eastern Orthodox Churches Many parishes in Alaska are members of the Orthodox Church in America while others are members of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia or the Russian Orthodox Church.
Located on the Kenai Peninsula, about 22 miles (35 km) east of Homer, Voznesenka is one of several villages founded by Russian Old Believers in the Fox River area. The village was founded in 1985 by residents who decided to leave Nikolaevsk and begin new settlements in the Kachemak Bay area.
Homer from space. Homer is located at 59°38'35" North, 151°31'33" West (59.643059, −151.525900). [4] The only road into Homer is the Sterling Highway. [5] The town has a total area of 25.5 square miles (66 km 2), of which 15 square miles (39 km 2) are land and 10.5 square miles (27 km 2) are covered by water.
The church served as a vital method of assimilating the natives to the Russian culture. In addition to religious and educational purposes, the church served as an administrative and judicial center for the region. [4] Built from 1895 to 1896, the church was the second Orthodox church at the site, replacing the 1849 structure.
The Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Chapel (Russian: Храм Преображения Господня) is a historic Russian Orthodox church located near Ninilchik, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, that was built in 1901. It is an approximately 20-by-50-foot (6.1 m × 15.2 m) roughly cruxiform-shaped building, mainly designed by Alexi ...
The first congregation of the Church in Alaska was organized in 1938. It has since grown to 33,574 members in 81 congregations. Official church membership as a percentage of general population was 4.53% in 2014. According to the 2014 Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, 5% of Alaskans self-identify themselves most closely with The Church ...
The Salty Dawg originally was one of the first cabins built in Homer in 1897, soon after the establishment of the town site. [citation needed] It was acquired in the late 1940s by Chuck Abbott. [citation needed] In 1949 Chuck and his friend Gerald Gifford put the cabin on skids and moved it to the Homer Spit.
The Homer Tribune was a weekly newspaper published every Wednesday in Homer, Alaska. It has been independently owned and operated since 1991. It has been independently owned and operated since 1991. It ceased publishing in October 2019.