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Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church
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The Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church on June 27, 2010
Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church (Berlin, New Hampshire) is located in New Hampshire
Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church (Berlin, New Hampshire)
Location20 Petrograd St., Berlin, New Hampshire
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1915
NRHP reference No.79000196[1]
Added to NRHPMay 16, 1979

Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church (Russian: Свято-Воскресенский Православной Церкви, romanized: Svyato-Voskresenskiĭ Pravoslavnoĭ Tserkvi), is a historic Orthodox Church building on Petrograd Street in Berlin, New Hampshire. The church is known locally as "The Russian Church" because it was built in 1915 by Russian immigrants who were mostly from the provinces of Gordensk, Wolensk, and Minsk. The church closed in 1963 but reopened in 1974 for the funereal of a Russian immigrant named Eugenia Tupick. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Architecture

The Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church was designed by an architect from New York City. The church was built with six onion domes, which was common in Russian architecture of that period. Its icons are some of the last ones allowed to leave Russia before Czar Nicholas II was overthrown.

History

A group of immigrants at the church right after it was built in 1915

In 1915, Reverend Arcady Piotrowsky came to Berlin from Cleveland, Ohio to establish an Orthodox Church for the approximately 500 Russians that inhabited Berlin at that time. At first the church services were held in another church, but then moved to an old garage owned by the city. A site on the base of Mt.Forist was chosen for a new church building to be built and on May 1, 1915, construction of the church began. By October of that same year, the church was complete.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

2. Images of America, Berlin by Renney E. Morneau. page 67

3. Postcard History Series, Berlin Published by Arcadia Publishing in 2008 and writen by Jacklyn T. Nadeau, Page 87.

See also

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Inside the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church


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