Sts. Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Church
Sts. Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Church | |
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Nearest city | Bramble, Minnesota |
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Coordinates | 47°54′23″N 93°10′0″W / 47.90639°N 93.16667°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1915-18 |
NRHP reference No. | 83000908[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 27, 1983 |
Saints Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Church is a historic church in Bramble, Minnesota, United States.
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The first Mass was celebrated by a Russian Orthodox priest from Chisholm. The interior contains an iconostasis installed in 1926. In keeping with Russian Orthodox tradition, there are no pews. Most of the congregation stands throughout the service, except for the elderly and infirm, for whom there are benches provided.[2]
The active life of this parish was short-lived, as many of the people who had settled in the area for land left as they realized that the conditions of northern Minnesota only make for marginal farming.
There is also a cemetery one quarter of a mile from the church on an acre of land which was donated by Andrew Soroka (Sorokie), one of the founders and builders of the parish.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
References
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- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ ISBN 0816629099.
- ^ a b “Lost parish” receives new convert! “Lost parish” receives // The Orthodox Church 2005 VOLUME 41, NUMBERS 8/9/10, page 14
- Duly, William. The Rusins of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minn. : Rusin Association, 1993.