https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=St._Sava_Church_(Douglas,_Alaska)&feed=atom&action=historySt. Sava Church (Douglas, Alaska) - Revision history2024-03-28T13:26:50ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.0https://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=St._Sava_Church_(Douglas,_Alaska)&diff=123070&oldid=prevKatjuscha: links to pictures, categories2016-04-01T14:54:13Z<p>links to pictures, categories</p>
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</table>Katjuschahttps://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=St._Sava_Church_(Douglas,_Alaska)&diff=122859&oldid=prevMagda: formatting, typos; added categories2016-03-02T03:43:59Z<p>formatting, typos; added categories</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Douglas, Alaska was a town that came to be due to the Alaska Gold Rush that began in earnest at the end of the 19th century. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Gold was found in the area around 1880, and the towns of Juneau, Douglas, and Treadwell soon came into <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">existance</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Douglas and Treadwell are located on Douglas Island, across the Gatineau Channel from Juneau. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Prior to this time, there were no permanent settlements in the area. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Treadwell was the location of the gold mine. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>Douglas became a city in 1902, and by 1910, the population had grown to 1722.   </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Douglas, Alaska<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </ins>was a town that came to be due to the Alaska Gold Rush that began in earnest at the end of the 19th century. Gold was found in the area around 1880, and the towns of Juneau, Douglas, and Treadwell soon came into <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">existence</ins>. Douglas and Treadwell are located on Douglas Island, across the Gatineau Channel from Juneau. Prior to this time, there were no permanent settlements in the area. Treadwell was the location of the gold mine. Douglas became a city in 1902, and by 1910, the population had grown to 1722.   </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Among those who had made it to Douglas were a group of Serbians.  There were enough of them to warrant organizing a church.  This makes St. Sava somewhat unique in that it was an Alaskan church not set up as a mission to minister to Native Alaskan peoples, but rather to a group who were already Orthodox Christians.  This is an early example of the attempt of Bishop Tikhon to set up churches that represented other Orthodox nationalities in the diaspora, in particular the Syro-Arab mission (led by Bishop [[Raphael Hawaweeny]]), and the Serbian Mission, which Bishop Sebastian would later be named to lead.  The land was donated by the Treadwell Gold Mine Company, and though this church was part of the "Russian Mission", a donation for the church's construction was sent from the Holy Assembly of Bishops in Serbia.  The parish members themselves provided funding for various repairs over the years, including a new Church foundation in 1915 and two cemeteries.  The building was a fairly simple wooden structure and had a single altar.  According to some sources, Fr. Sebastian also participated in the actual construction of the building.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Unfortunately, the fortunes </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mining towns are </del>not <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">always good.  In 1911, despite having </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">fire department</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">however primitive,  Douglas experienced </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">devastating fire</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> In 1917</del>, the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Treadwell mine had a partial cave</del>-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">flood</del>, which <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">led </del>to the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mine's eventual closure in 1922.  Following this, </del>Treadwell, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for all intensive purposes, ceased to exist.  Douglas' population also dropped, the 1920 census recording only 919 people still living there.  In 1926, Douglas experienced another fire that burned down much </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">town.  In 1935</del>, a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">bridge </del>was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">built connecting Douglas and Juneau, thereby making travel between </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">two communities much easier.  In 1937, fire hit Douglas again, taking with it approximately 500 </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">its 600 residential structures as well as many non-residential buildings</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> Records are scant</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">due to many of them having been destroyed by fire.  St. Sava </del>Church <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">had been lucky to escape the earlier disasters, but it seems that by sometime </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the 1920s, the church </del>was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">not regularly used, </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">result, when the church did burn </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the ground in 1937</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it was not rebuilt</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> The cities </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Douglas and Juneau voted in 1970 to incorporate Douglas into Juneau</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Among those who had made it to Douglas were a group of Serbians. There were enough </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">them to warrant organizing a church. This makes St. Sava somewhat unique in that it was an Alaskan church </ins>not <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">set up as </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mission to minister to Native Alaskan peoples</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but rather to </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">group who were already Orthodox Christians</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This is an early example of the attempt of Bishop Tikhon to set up churches that represented other Orthodox nationalities in the diaspora</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in particular </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Syro</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Arab mission (led by Bishop [[Raphael Hawaweeny]]), </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the Serbian Mission</ins>, which <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Bishop Sebastian would later be named </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lead. The land was donated by </ins>the Treadwell <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Gold Mine Company</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and though this church was part </ins>of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"Russian Mission"</ins>, a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">donation for the church's construction </ins>was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">sent from </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Holy Assembly </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Bishops in Serbia</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The parish members themselves provided funding for various repairs over the years</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">including a new </ins>Church <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">foundation </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1915 and two cemeteries. The building </ins>was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a fairly simple wooden structure </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">had </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">single altar. According </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">some sources</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Fr</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sebastian also participated in the actual construction </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the building</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Unfortunately, the fortunes of mining towns are not always good. In 1911, despite having a fire department, however primitive, Douglas experienced a devastating fire. In 1917, the Treadwell mine had a partial cave-in and flood, which led to the mine's eventual closure in 1922. Following this, Treadwell, for all intents and purposes, ceased to exist. Douglas' population also dropped, the 1920 census recording only 919 people still living there. In 1926, Douglas experienced another fire that burned down much of the town. In 1935, a bridge was built connecting Douglas and Juneau, thereby making travel between the two communities much easier. In 1937, fire hit Douglas again, taking with it approximately 500 of its 600 residential structures as well as many non-residential buildings. Records are scant, due to many of them having been destroyed by fire. St. Sava Church had been lucky to escape the earlier disasters, but it seems that by sometime in the 1920s, the church was not regularly used, and as a result, when the church did burn to the ground in 1937, it was not rebuilt. The cities of Douglas and Juneau voted in 1970 to incorporate Douglas into Juneau.  </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Sources==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Sources==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://www.eserbia.org/sa-people/prosopography/143-archimandrite-sebastian-dabovich?showall=&start=3 The Life of St. Sebastian Dabovich, page 3] (eSerbia site)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://www.eserbia.org/sa-people/prosopography/143-archimandrite-sebastian-dabovich?showall=&start=3 The Life of St. Sebastian Dabovich, page 3] (eSerbia site)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://lccn.loc.gov/mm82038695 Library of Congress, Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America, Diocese of Alaska Records, 1733-1938]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://lccn.loc.gov/mm82038695 Library of Congress, Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America, Diocese of Alaska Records, 1733-1938]</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2444684 Find-a-grave Russian Orthodox Cemetery Douglas]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2444684 Find-a-grave Russian Orthodox Cemetery Douglas]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2546222 Find-a-grave Serbian "Servian" Orthodox Cemetery Douglas]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2546222 Find-a-grave Serbian "Servian" Orthodox Cemetery Douglas]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://stnicholasjuneau.org/history.html The Church Across the Channel] St. Nicholas Juneau site</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://stnicholasjuneau.org/history.html The Church Across the Channel] St. Nicholas Juneau site</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://orthodoxhistory.org/2010/07/27/source-of-the-week-an-interview-with-fr-sebastian-dabovich/ Interview with Fr. Sebastian Dabovich, 1903 from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer] Orthodox History site</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*[http://orthodoxhistory.org/2010/07/27/source-of-the-week-an-interview-with-fr-sebastian-dabovich/ Interview with Fr. Sebastian Dabovich, 1903 from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer] Orthodox History site</div></td></tr>
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</table>Magdahttps://en.orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=St._Sava_Church_(Douglas,_Alaska)&diff=122855&oldid=prevKatjuscha: new page2016-03-01T21:38:13Z<p>new page</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>St. Sava Church (also spelled "Savva") was a church of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Mission]] that was located in Douglas, Alaska. Its construction was due, in no small part, to Fr. [[Sebastian (Dabovich)]] (now St. Sebastian of Jackson and San Francisco), who, in 1902, had been appointed Dean of the Sitka Deanery and the superintendent of Alaskan missions. Although under the Russian Orthodox Church, and a "daughter" parish of [[St._Nicholas_Cathedral_(Juneau,_Alaska)|St. Nicholas Church]] in Juneau, St. Sebastian found it important that the Serbians that had come to the area - mostly to work in mining - had a church that was "home" to them. On July 23, 1903, Fr. Sebastian, along with Hieromonk Anthony (Deshkevich-Koribut) and the priest Aleksandar Yaroshevich, consecrated the Church of St. Sava in Douglas. However, the sparse records that remain of this church indicate that by the 1920s, it may have been sitting empty, and in 1937 a fire swept through Douglas, destroying most of the town, including St. Sava Church. It was not rebuilt.<br />
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==History==<br />
Douglas, Alaska was a town that came to be due to the Alaska Gold Rush that began in earnest at the end of the 19th century. Gold was found in the area around 1880, and the towns of Juneau, Douglas, and Treadwell soon came into existance. Douglas and Treadwell are located on Douglas Island, across the Gatineau Channel from Juneau. Prior to this time, there were no permanent settlements in the area. Treadwell was the location of the gold mine. Douglas became a city in 1902, and by 1910, the population had grown to 1722. <br />
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Among those who had made it to Douglas were a group of Serbians. There were enough of them to warrant organizing a church. This makes St. Sava somewhat unique in that it was an Alaskan church not set up as a mission to minister to Native Alaskan peoples, but rather to a group who were already Orthodox Christians. This is an early example of the attempt of Bishop Tikhon to set up churches that represented other Orthodox nationalities in the diaspora, in particular the Syro-Arab mission (led by Bishop [[Raphael Hawaweeny]]), and the Serbian Mission, which Bishop Sebastian would later be named to lead. The land was donated by the Treadwell Gold Mine Company, and though this church was part of the "Russian Mission", a donation for the church's construction was sent from the Holy Assembly of Bishops in Serbia. The parish members themselves provided funding for various repairs over the years, including a new Church foundation in 1915 and two cemeteries. The building was a fairly simple wooden structure and had a single altar. According to some sources, Fr. Sebastian also participated in the actual construction of the building.<br />
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Unfortunately, the fortunes of mining towns are not always good. In 1911, despite having a fire department, however primitive, Douglas experienced a devastating fire. In 1917, the Treadwell mine had a partial cave-in and flood, which led to the mine's eventual closure in 1922. Following this, Treadwell, for all intensive purposes, ceased to exist. Douglas' population also dropped, the 1920 census recording only 919 people still living there. In 1926, Douglas experienced another fire that burned down much of the town. In 1935, a bridge was built connecting Douglas and Juneau, thereby making travel between the two communities much easier. In 1937, fire hit Douglas again, taking with it approximately 500 of its 600 residential structures as well as many non-residential buildings. Records are scant, due to many of them having been destroyed by fire. St. Sava Church had been lucky to escape the earlier disasters, but it seems that by sometime in the 1920s, the church was not regularly used, and as a result, when the church did burn to the ground in 1937, it was not rebuilt. The cities of Douglas and Juneau voted in 1970 to incorporate Douglas into Juneau. <br />
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==Sources==<br />
*[http://www.eserbia.org/sa-people/prosopography/143-archimandrite-sebastian-dabovich?showall=&start=3 The Life of St. Sebastian Dabovich, page 3] (eSerbia site)<br />
*[http://lccn.loc.gov/mm82038695 Library of Congress, Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America, Diocese of Alaska Records, 1733-1938]<br />
*[http://www.juneau.org/history/documents/HistoricCemetariesinDouglas.pdf Historic Cemeteries in Douglas from the City & Borough of Juneau] (pdf file)<br />
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2444684 Find-a-grave Russian Orthodox Cemetery Douglas]<br />
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=2546222 Find-a-grave Serbian "Servian" Orthodox Cemetery Douglas]<br />
*[http://stnicholasjuneau.org/history.html The Church Across the Channel] St. Nicholas Juneau site<br />
*[http://stnicholasjuneau.org/files/tlingit/clerical-news.pdf Report from 1916] by Fr. [[Andrew Kashevaroff]], then assigned to St. Nicholas in Juneau, recording the local situation. <br />
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==For Further Reading==<br />
*[http://orthodoxhistory.org/2010/07/27/source-of-the-week-an-interview-with-fr-sebastian-dabovich/ Interview with Fr. Sebastian Dabovich, 1903 from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer] Orthodox History site</div>Katjuscha