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Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel

St. Michael's Cathedral is a cathedral of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska, 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: “Saint Michael’s Cathedral”, “Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral”, “Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church”, “St. Michael’s Cathedral”, and “St. Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church”
  • Address: 240 Lincoln Street, Sitka, 99835

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Highlights include Sitka Lutheran Church and Castle Hill.

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.

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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 .

Social service facility
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The is an assisted living home, located in the U.S. state of at 120 Katlian Street in downtown . It is operated by the Division of Pioneer Homes within the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services and it is the oldest and fourth largest of the six homes in the State. is situated 460 feet west of Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel.

Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel

Latitude
57.05005° or 57° 3′ 0″ north
Longitude
-135.33538° 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—“Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel” 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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