Assumption Church in Zavidovo
   Photo: Church of the Assumption in Zavidovo

Assumption Church in Zavidovo mentioned in scribe books 1623-1624 biennium. Klin district. The church was a stone and had two altars in honor of the Archangel Michael and Nicholas.

Numerous reconstruction of the temple for a long time made it impossible to determine when it was built. Obviously, the Assumption Church was built between 1610 and the beginning of 1620s. years. During this period, stone churches in the villages were rare. For the construction of the stone church in Zavidovo, likely to have been a special reason. For example, the relationship with the clergy Zavidovo Archangel Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin and the participation in the construction of the church of St. Arseny Elassonskogo, who had the title of Archbishop of Archangel, he also managed attributed to the Archangel Cathedral of villages and hamlets.

Architecture Assumption Church is typical of Russian architecture of the end of the 16- first half of the 17th century. Today, the temple looks very different than it looked at the Archbishop Arseny. His new image was the result of mutations produced in the 1850-1860 years., When it was changed decor quadrangle, and it was added a new dvuhpridelnaya refectory.

Church of the Assumption of Our Lady is in the middle of the village, in the center of the cemetery. From St. Petersburg temple road separates the small grove.

The temple consists of the altar (the apse), the refectory and the church (quadrangle). Chetverik temple - double-height without columns, in terms of the square, completed five domes. Entrance to the Temple on the south side is framed by a small porch. On the eastern side of the quadrangle adjacent to the semi-circular apse of the altar, and from the west - almost square refectory with chamfered corners, its width is 2 times the width of the quadrangle. The roof of the refectory - hipped ends and the head mounted on a square plinth.

The facades of the church is decorated with white stone, brick and plaster details. Average fence wall of the refectory and the quadrangular completed keeled innovative features. The brick walls are plastered.

Inside the temple, the walls are covered with paintings on the theme of the events in the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary. At the base of the arches quadrangular - resonators, which are inserted into the masonry to improve the acoustics of the church.

Presumably in the 1620s. When the Assumption Church mentioned in the scribe books, St. Nicholas and St. Michael's Church of the Assumption thrones were not inside the temple, and in small pridelnyh churches that were attached to the southeast and northeast corners of the main temple.

Initially, lower tier covered quadrangle six windows - three on the south and north facades. Now western windows closed columns which are adjacent to the apses chapels, which are located in the refectory of the 19th century. Three-stage bypasses the upper window -proportsionalny, light and elegant. Initial details were replaced with massive sills and jambs keeled. Upstairs quadrangular survived without damage and changes difficult cornice, which consists of crackers, belts panels and curbs. Also survived and mezhyarusny cornice, having a simple profile, extending at the level of window sills of the upper light.

During one of the renovations in the dining room door came with a massive porch. According to experts, as a result of numerous reconstructions of 18-19 centuries. the temple was lost most of the corbel arches, located on the roof of the quadrangle. Builders eliminated the upper ranks of corbel arches, retaining the lower tier, reducing the size of the side of heads and lowered them to the vaulted ceiling, breaking the original proportions of the building.

Domes of church - bright blue. From the gate to the porch of the church of the Assumption - a direct path on the sides of which there are old tombstones (some dating back to the 18th century.). On the west wall of the church - the image of the Archangel Michael and the prophet Elijah, who remind us of the initiations of the refectory and chapels.

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