Nativity of Holy Theotokos Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
HABS photo, 1990
Location	In Afognak, Afognak, Alaska
Coordinates	58°0′38″N 152°45′52″W / 58.01056°N 152.76444°W / 58.01056; -152.76444
Area	less than one acre
Built	1905
MPS	Russian Orthodox Church Buildings and Sites TR
NRHP reference  No.	80004577 [1]
AHRS  No.	AFG-080
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 6, 1980
Designated AHRS	April 10, 1979

The Nativity of Holy Theotokos Church is a historic Russian Orthodox church in Afognak, Alaska. The present church is the third Russian Orthodox church built in Afognak, and replaced the second which had been built in the late 1800s. Its construction began in 1901, and was completed in 1905. The community was mostly "washed out" by a 1964 tsunami, and moved to Port Lions, but the church building remained. ^{[2] [3]}

In 1979, it was believed that the community would return and that the church would be used again, although it would be necessary to move the church further away from the water's edge. ^[3]

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. ^[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska

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