Editing Juneau, Alaska (section)

===Establishment of Russian Orthodox Church===
[[File:Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Downtown Juneau, Alaska 3.jpg|thumb|[[St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church (Juneau, Alaska)|St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church]], built in 1894 by Tlingit and Serbians in Juneau]]
Likely due to the pressure of European encroachment, some Tlingit appealed to the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]. It held services in northern Tlingit settlements in local languages as early as 1800 and 1824. [[Innocent of Alaska|One of its priests]] translated scripture and liturgy into the [[Tlingit language]] during the 1830s and 1840s. The Tlingit arranged for an Orthodox priest to come to their Juneau settlement. In 1890, about 700 people converted, following chief Yees Gaanaalx and his wife of [[Auke Bay, Juneau|Auke Bay]]. The Orthodox Church Missionary Society supported the Tlingit in furnishing and constructing a church for the large congregation.<ref name=nrhpdoc/>

The [[St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church (Juneau, Alaska)|St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church]] was completed in 1894 and has maintained an important presence among the Tlingit, Serbians, and other Europeans who follow Orthodox traditions. The iconostasis has six large panels which were sent from [[Russia]].<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web |url={{NRHP url |id=73000377}} |title=St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church |author=Amos Wallace |date=April 10, 1973 |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=73000377|title=accompanying photos from 1961 and 1972|photos=y}}</ref>