Barbara Church is located on the shores of picturesque Lake Yandomozero and stretches from east to west. Located in the heart of the church of the village and is a dominant architectural feature of the settlement. The construction of the church had for the period from 1653 to 1656.

The famous church belongs to the churches of the "octagon on the quadrangle." Such buildings near Lake Onega a considerable amount, but Barbara church is one of the earliest buildings of this type. Illumination of the church occurred in 1650. The original church was Kletskaya and consisted of several rooms - the prayer room, the altar and the refectory.

In the early 18th century greatly increased the number of villages that have been attributed to the parish, which served as an important reason for the restoration in 1865. During the repair work has been moved frame, rastesany window in the dining room and re-cut windows in the church premises. The following restoration work took place in the 80s of the 20th century, when the refectory of the church acquired form of the 17th century. This again was punched Volokovaya two windows and left one kosyaschatoe, replaced ohlupen that covers the joints of the porch, and the refectory, and replaced the roof planks.

Strict helmet, located on the roof is not the negligence of the restorers, just in Karelia often gave him the shape of the head of a bird or a horse and more carefully otesyvali not decorating. With regard to the structural elements relating to the roof, in Karelia it was made to adorn decorative thread ends only "ceiling." The thread was carried out using a chisel, ax, rarely used brace, which is directly dependent on the style of the proposed thread. The thread used several types: planar, which was designed for closer examination; the volume, which was clearly visible from a long distance and large clumsy, which were decorated with "ceiling", located at the turn of the temple porch roofs lockers.

As you know, the porch decorated churches are always much more carefully. Bulk thread was used in the decoration of the pillars that support the roof, decorated with carving deaf pricheliny, slotted thread decorated valances, fired between the pillars under the roof.

Particular attention Varvara church can draw on the bell tower, which was built in the 18th century. At the base is quadrangular small few crowns, which is octagonal frame. Area ringing open and covered with a high hipped roof, over which hung a bell and. Transition, which connects the church and bell tower leads to internal stairs directly to the site for ringing. From here you can see all Zaonezhskaya and gave a detailed examination of the design of the bell tower, which keeps its own history.

At the base of the bell tower could be up to nine pillars, because the number of the more, the more stable the bell tower, especially when podgnivanii. Later columns enclosed with steel framework. For the smallest podgnivaniya pillars, they were not put on earth, or in the wooden house on it. Poles had to support beams and pinched frame, which was not conducive to rot. If there podgnivanie log, you could simply replace the crown at the bottom, which greatly simplifies the process of repair. This kind of design can be seen on Yandomozerskoy belfry. One bushel, which is located at the base, appeared in the 17th century and had a few crowns. Later, their number began to increase, reaching half the log bell tower.

With regard to the prayer room, it is in the form shestnadtsatichastnogo "sky." Trehkosyaschatye Volokovaya window and survived. Architectural part consists of valances and carved pillars of the porch and belfry, cutting in the form of peaks all over the planks on the porch and the porch gallery. These are part of the Church of Great Martyr Barbara bear the historical and architectural value as an example of the formation and development of tent temples, located in the Russian North.