Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church

St. Michael's Cathedral is a cathedral of the , at Lincoln and Maksoutoff Streets in , . 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.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: historic church in Alaska, United States
  • Also known as: “Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel”, “Saint Michael’s Cathedral”, “Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral”, “St. Michael’s Cathedral”, and “St. Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church”
  • Address: 240 Lincoln Street, Sitka, 99835

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sitka Lutheran Church and Sitka Public Library.

Church
is an Evangelical Lutheran Church in . Its first building was constructed in 1843 on what is now 224 Lincoln Street and was the first Protestant church in Alaska.

Library
is the public library for Sitka, . It receives about 100,000 guests annually and houses a collection of 75,000 books, audiobooks, music recordings, reference resources, videos as well as an assortment of Alaskan and national periodicals. is situated 360 feet southeast of Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church.

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also known as the American Flag-Raising Site and now as the Baranof Castle State Historic Site, is a National Historic Landmark and state park in .

Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church

Latitude
57.05004° or 57° 3′ 0″ north
Longitude
-135.33539° or 135° 20′ 7″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
94963M27+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 116029214
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Geo­Names ID
7304698
Wiki­data ID
Q2472818
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديس ميخائيل”
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية سانت مايكل”
  • Belarusian: “Сабор Архангела Міхаіла”
  • Dutch: “Aartsengel Michaelkathedraal (Sitka)”
  • Dutch: “Aartsengel Michaëlkathedraal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائية سانت مايكل”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Mikaelin katedraali”
  • Finnish: “Sitkan arkkienkeli Mikaelin katedraali”
  • German: “St. Michael’s Cathedral (Sitka)”
  • German: “St. Michael’s Cathedral”
  • Japanese: “天使首ミハイル大聖堂”
  • Polish: “Sobór św. Michała Archanioła w Sitce”
  • Russian: “Собор Архангела Михаила”
  • Russian: “Собор Святого Архангела Михаила”
  • Russian: “Собор святого Михаила”
  • Serbian: “Саборна црква Архангела Михаила (Ситка)”
  • Serbian: “Саборна црква Архангела Михаила”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de San Miguel de Sitka”

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