Old Russian Orthodox Church

After we got settled in we walked over to Old Town Kenai to see the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church.


On the way we saw the old manse. It was in pretty bad shape but they were getting ready to paint it.

Notice that all of the buildings surrounding the Church were painted white with blue trim. This may have been the caretaker's house or someone else who worked for the Church. Check out the height of the lupines on the left side of the house. They are kin to the bluebonnet.

Here is the Church itself. It is quite unique and beautiful

This chandelier is original and they actually light the candles on special occasions.

The inside of the church was beautiful. The altar is behind the doors in the center.

The 80 year old Rector talked to us about his life and about the life of the Church. He was very interesting but a little hard to understand even though he was born in the USA.

We later walked over to the cemetery.

This is the chapel.

It was built over the graves of the founders of the Church.

This evening we will have a crab bake with us supplying the crap and our mechanic, Roger, supplying everything else.