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Travel: St. Michael Orthodox Cathedral

2026-06-19 - Sitka, AK - Photo by Trey Stephens
The clock tower of St. Michael's Cathedral in downtown Sitka. According to Wikipedia, St. Michael's is the earliest Orthodox cathedral in the New World. It was built in the nineteenth century, when Alaska was under the control of Russia, though the original structure burned down in 1966.
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