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Location
Unalaska Island, Unalaska, AK

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.

Notes
Survey number HABS AK-37-A
National Register Number: 70000112
Significance: One of the oldest Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska, the Holy Ascension Church of 1894 has a cruciform plan but a hip-roofed nave that emphasizes its squareness. Featuring three altars, this church is rivaled only by St. Michael's Cathedral in Sitka for size and grandeur. In addition, the site is associated with Fr. Innocent (Veniaminov), the Russian Orthodox missionary priest who studied Aleut language and culture while located here in the early nineteenth century. Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church is a National Historic Landmark.

Subjects
Orthodox Churches


Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Contents
Photograph caption(s): 
1. FRONT ENTRANCE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
2. SIDE AND REAR CORNER, LOOKING NORTHEAST
3. NORTHWEST FRONT
4. NORTHWEST FRONT AND SOUTHWEST SIDE, FROM ABOVE
5. NORTHWEST FRONT AND SOUTHWEST SIDE, CLOSER
6. SOUTHWEST SIDE AND SOUTHEAST REAR
7. NORTHEAST SIDE
8. NORTHEAST SIDE AND NORTHWEST FRONT
9. INTERIOR, NAVE, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST WALLS
10. INTERIOR, NAVE, NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST WALLS
11. INTERIOR, NAVE, ICONOSTAS
12. INTERIOR, NAVE, ICONOSTAS, DETAIL OF LEFT HALF, WITH LAMPADA
13. INTERIOR, NAVE, ICONOSTAS, DETAIL OF LEFT HALF, WITHOUT LAMPADA
14. INTERIOR, NAVE, ICONOSTAS, DETAIL OF RIGHT HALF, ROYAL DOORS OPEN
15. INTERIOR, NAVE, ICONOSTAS, DETAIL OF ROYAL DOORS
16. INTERIOR, NAVE, LOOKING THROUGH ROYAL DOORS TOWARD ALTAR
17. INTERIOR, SANCTUARY, DETAIL OF ALTAR
18. INTERIOR, SANCTUARY, LOOKING NORTH
INTERIOR, ST. INNOCENT CHAPEL, ICONOSTAS, LOOKING SOUTH
INTERIOR, ST. INNOCENT CHAPEL, ICONOSTAS, LOOKING EAST
INTERIOR, ST. INNOCENT CHAPEL, NAVE, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST WALLS
INTERIOR, ST. INNOCENT CHAPEL, SANCTUARY, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST WALLS
INTERIOR, ST. SERGIUS CHAPEL, ICONOSTAS LOOKING EAST
INTERIOR, ST. SERGIUS CHAPEL, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST WALLS
INTERIOR, ST. SERGIUS CHAPEL, SANCTUARY, ALTAR
INTERIOR, BELLTOWER, DETAIL OF BELLS
NORTHWEST FRONT
NORTHEAST SIDE
NORTHWEST FRONT AND SOUTHWEST SIDE, FROM ABOVE
INTERIOR, NAVE, ICONOSTAS
INTERIOR, NAVE, ICONOSTAS, DETAIL OF LEFT HALF, WITH LAMPADA
INTERIOR, NAVE, ICONOSTAS, DETAIL OF RIGHT HALF, ROYAL DOORS OPEN
INTERIOR, NAVE, ICONOSTAS, DETAIL OF ROYAL DOORS
INTERIOR, NAVE, LOOKING THROUGH ROYAL DOORS TOWARD ALTAR
INTERIOR, ST. INNOCENT CHAPEL, ICONOSTAS, LOOKING SOUTH


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