Nativity of Holy Theotokos Church is a historic Russian Orthodox church in Afognak , Alaska . The present church is the third Russian Orthodox church built in Afognak , and replaced the second which had been built in the late 1800s . Its construction began in 1901 , and was completed in 1905 . The community was mostly " washed out " by a 1964 tsunami , and moved to Port Lions , but the church building remained
1964 tsunami
1964 Alaska earthquake
Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Afognak