St. Nicholas Orthodox Church

Kwethluk, Alaska USA

Orthodox Church in America (Russian)

Church Website

Kwethluk has been a settlement at the junction of the Kwethluk and Lower Kuskokwim rivers, since prehistoric times. Propspectors came during the gold rush, but most left by 1911. One placer deposit was worked until 1940. The church was established in 1912, this building dating to 1935.