Clement Church, Pope
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Church of the Holy martyr Clement Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria, Peter I is located on the waterfront Olginskaya in Pskov. The most common name of the church - the church of Clement and Peter.

The temple was formerly the monastery church. In what time period and by whom it was founded by the church is unknown. In the selection round and cadastres 1585-1857's, he often referred to as "Clement Monastery of the city of Pskov Zavelich'e." The record for 1615 mentions that the church was ravaged by Swedish troops, but soon regained it again.

In the early 18th century, the monastery was closed again, and the church was assigned to the Bishops house. The very first a brief description of the church refers to 1763, when the church Clement and Peter has been attributed to the Bishops house. In this period of time the church was described as a stone and covered with planks, and the head was lined with scales. On the bell tower made of stone hung four small copper bells. The temple had a three-tiered iconostasis tyablovy. Beginning in the late 18th century and early 20th century, klirovye statements tell of the temple quite briefly. In 1786, the Church of Peter and Clement was attributed to the famous church of St. Nicholas Kozhin pre-existing monastery. In the records of 1789 mention a chapel in honor of the Exaltation of the Cross.

By the early 19th century, the temple is very dilapidated, in the vaults and walls were numerous and deep cracks, and the service is completely stopped, while not having the parish. According to the records in 1837, the temple is listed as dvuhprestolny, a strong, though not having a bell tower; at the entrance to the church bells were povescheny between two stone pillars. Apparently, in the 19th century it was radically altered the porch and the porch demolished Gallery, located on the north side, as well as disassembled mnogoskatnaya roof, now changed into a hipped. Restoration work at the time were not carried out. In the early 20th century, it was supposed to carry out a thorough overhaul of the church, for which reason in 1912 the monument was Tonnage Measurement of engineer-architect from Pskov Podchekarevym, and in 1913 - V. Birkenbergom.

Church Clement and Peter is on a steep river bank and a dome-Crusade, and chetyrehstolpny trehapsidny temple dating back to the heyday of the city of Pskov school zodcheskoy .  The main cubic volume of the temple is located on an elevated plinth unusual, having a semi-cylindrical apses, which is on the east side topped by a cylindrical drum with an old dome hemispherical shape, and above it there is a small ball-shaped cupola with four-cross dates from the 17th century .  On the west side adjacent to it later made the porch and the porch, and on the south side - the temple with decorative drum and a small faceted dome .  The traditional three-part division of the blades have facades quadrangular and the upper part of the facade are cut using a hipped roof, which indicates that in ancient times the roof was mnogoskatnoy .  The drum has four quadrangular modest slit windows located on all sides of the world .  Ornament it carried out with the help of decorative belt, which consists of a pair of series beguntsov and curbs, as well as the crowning of a number of terraced semicircular niches .  The top of the apse are decorated in the same way as a drum - with the help of a belt with geometric designs .  In podtserkove can go through the basement of the porch, which has a flat ceiling .  Unfortunately, the interior of the church to this day has not been preserved .

After the 1917 revolution the church was closed, after which it was returned to believers only in autumn 1995. Now the temple is the patron saint of sailors and civilians.

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