The Russian Orthodox church was established in Alaska on Kodiak Island in 1794 and missionaries spread the faith, baptizing an estimated 18,000 Alaska Natives. Today, up to 50,000 Alaskans ...

A refurbishing effort will breathe new life into Anchorage’s oldest standing building, a simple Russian Orthodox log church. 35° Make wishtv.com your home page ...

The Russian Orthodox church was established in Alaska on Kodiak Island in 1794 and missionaries spread the faith, baptizing an estimated 18,000 Alaska Natives. Today, up to 50,000 Alaskans ...

Anchorage’s oldest building, a Russian Orthodox church, ... Russia sold Alaska to the United States for $7.2 million in 1867 and Alaska became a U.S. state in 1959.

The narrow church with white-framed windows near Anchorage is a vestige of Russia's nearly 150-year attempt to colonize Alaska and the Indigenous people who lived here.

The Russian Orthodox church was established in Alaska on Kodiak Island in 1794 and missionaries spread the faith, baptizing an estimated 18,000 Alaska Natives. Today, up to 50,000 Alaskans ...

Anchorage’s oldest building, a Russian Orthodox church, ... Russia sold Alaska to the United States for $7.2 million in 1867 and Alaska became a U.S. state in 1959.

EKLUTNA, Alaska (AP) — The Russian Orthodox church was established in Alaska on Kodiak Island in 1794 and missionaries spread the faith, baptizing an estimated 18,000 Alaska Natives.

A refurbishing effort will breathe new life into Anchorage’s oldest standing building, a simple Russian Orthodox log church dating from the era of Russia’s colonization of Alaska.