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Did you know 2026 marks 50 years since the rebuild of St. Michael’s Cathedral was completed? Did you ALSO know that 2026 marks 60 years since a downtown Sitka fire destroyed it? But did you ALSO ALSO know that as the cathedral burned, over 100 Sitkans formed a human chain, passing icons and treasured pieces out of the burning church one by one... read more
Did you know 2026 marks 50 years since the rebuild of St. Michael’s Cathedral was completed?
Did you ALSO know that 2026 marks 60 years since a downtown Sitka fire destroyed it?
But did you ALSO ALSO know that as the cathedral burned, over 100 Sitkans formed a human chain, passing icons and treasured pieces out of the burning church one by one? Because of them, much of what was inside was saved and can still be seen inside St. Michael’s today!
📸 George Mike Gutierrez
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