Back كاتدرائية القديس ميخائيل (ألاسكا) Arabic كاتدرائية سانت مايكل ARZ St. Michael’s Cathedral (Sitka) German Catedral de San Miguel de Sitka Spanish Sitkan arkkienkeli Mikaelin katedraali Finnish 天使首ミハイル大聖堂 (アラスカ) Japanese Aartsengel Michaëlkathedraal (Sitka) Dutch Sobór św. Michała Archanioła w Sitce Polish Собор Архангела Михаила (Ситка) Russian Саборна црква Архангела Михаила (Ситка) Serbian

St. Michael's Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska)

St. Michael's Cathedral
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Saint Michael's Cathedral in 2008
St. Michael's Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska) is located in Downtown Sitka
St. Michael's Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska)
St. Michael's Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska) is located in Alaska
St. Michael's Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska)
Location240 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Alaska
Coordinates57°03′00″N 135°20′06″W / 57.05008°N 135.33512°W / 57.05008; -135.33512
Area0.16 acres (0.065 ha)
Built1848
ArchitectBishop Innocent (Veniaminov); Sergey Padyukov
Architectural styleRussian
MPSRussian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR (AD)
NRHP reference No.66000165[1]
AHRS No.SIT-010
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966
Designated NHLJune 13, 1962[2]
Designated AHRSJune 13, 1962
Fire at St. Michael's Cathedral, 1966.

St. Michael's Cathedral (Russian: Собор Архангела Михаила Sobor Arkhangela Mikhaila, also known as the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel) is a cathedral of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska, at Lincoln and Maksoutoff Streets in Sitka, Alaska. The earliest Orthodox cathedral in the New World, it was built in the nineteenth century, when Alaska was under the control of Russia, though this structure burned down in 1966.[3] After 1872, the cathedral came under the control of the Diocese of Alaska. It had been a National Historic Landmark since 1962, notable as an important legacy of Russian influence in North America and Southeast Alaska in particular.[4][5]

An accidental fire destroyed the cathedral during the night of January 2, 1966, but it was subsequently rebuilt.[4] The new building's green domes and golden crosses are a prominent landmark in Sitka.[5] Some of the icons date to the mid-17th century;[6] two icons are by Vladimir Borovikovsky.

St. Michael's Cathedral is located in the downtown business district in Sitka, on the southwestern coast of Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of Southeastern Alaska. Its surroundings along Lincoln Street and Maksoutoff Street, which ends at the cathedral, have not altered much during the last more than 100 years.[5] Harrigan Centennial Hall on Harbor Drive lies behind the cathedral,[7] while Pioneers' Home is to its left.[6] The restored Russian Bishop's House, home of the first Orthodox Bishop of Alaska, Innocent (Veniaminov), is also nearby, operated by the National Park Service as part of the Sitka National Historical Park.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "St. Michael's Cathedral". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 27, 2007. Archived from the original on August 9, 2007.
  3. ^ Dunham, Mike; Glover, Charlotte; Kiffer, Dave (February 21, 2012). Frommer's Alaska. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 143–. ISBN 978-1-118-07470-1.
  4. ^ a b "St. Michael's Cathedral". National Park Service. Archived from the original on August 9, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Invent was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b Lakeside Publishing Co. (March 1991). "Cruise Travel". Cruise Travel Magazine. Lakeside Publishing Co.: 34–. ISSN 0199-5111.
  7. ^ Butler, Stephanie E. (November 23, 2010). Fodor's Alaska 2011. Fodor's Travel Publications. pp. 155–. ISBN 978-1-4000-0487-4.

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