Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Chapel, Russian Orthodox chapel in Ninilchik, Alaska, United States.
The Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Chapel is a Russian Orthodox church near Ninilchik, Alaska, built in 1901. The roughly cruxiform building measures about 20 by 50 feet (6.1 by 15.2 metres) and was mainly designed by Alexi Andreev Oskolkoff, who came from Sitka to supervise construction. It belongs to the Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America.
The chapel was built in 1901 under architect Alexi Andreev Oskolkoff's direction and replaced an earlier building that had served the community since the settlement's founding. This reconstruction took place when Russian cultural influence remained strong in the region.
The chapel belongs to the Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America, which continues the Russian Orthodox mission begun when Ninilchik was founded in 1846. Services and parish life keep the building in active use rather than as a museum piece. Its Russian name is Khram Preobrazheniya Gospodnya, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord.
The chapel sits on Orthodox Avenue at mile 135 of Sterling Highway and is straightforward to locate using standard navigation. Visitors should know the site is in a small town and access can become challenging during Alaska's winter months.
The 1901 church was built under Alexi Andreev Oskolkoff, who travelled from Sitka to supervise construction. By 1977 it stood with only a heavily altered schoolhouse as evidence of Ninilchik's Russian past, and it joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
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