Above the high hills among meadows you can see the massive and well-known Nereditsa Church - Transfiguration Church, located at 1, 5 km from the city of Novgorod on the right bank of the old riverbed of the Small Volhovtsa and close to Rurik settlement.

The church was built in the summer of 1198 the Grand Prince Yaroslav Vladimirovich. Church of the Saviour is one of the last stone buildings of Novgorod princes. Although the dimensions of the church are not so great, it is perceived as a monumental and impressive structure. Initially, the church was attached staircase tower, which led straight to the mountains, but soon it was gone. In 1199 the church was painted, followed by several centuries of obscurity. Later, in the second half of the 19th century, Nereditsa noticed lovers of antiques and historians.

The most famous church acquired in the early 20th century. While already precisely it became clear that the existing Nereditsa Saviour murals are an amazing phenomenon that is on the safety, integrity and artistic significance goes far beyond the boundaries of national art and have a truly global significance. The most precious monument of the Novgorod monumental painting of the 12th century began Nereditsa murals, which are intact and completely finished cycle.

An in-depth study of the frescoes began in the 1910s. During the years 1903-1904 held the first restoration of the church under the direction of renowned architect PP Pokryshkina. On the need to study the sketches and murals Nereditsa took only 40 years. In 1941, the famous monument of world significance was lost. Nereditsa Church was on the front line, which led to her hit by enemy artillery fire; temple in ruins. Destroyed the upper part of the walls, dome and vaults. The building is not half survived, and from the frescoes were only insignificant fragments.

The largest medieval ensemble were "Nereditsa paintings of the Savior," who were brutally killed by Nazi troops, that was an irreplaceable loss for the whole of Russian culture. It is in this ensemble have been expressed so clearly all the features of Novgorod painting. Frescoes Nereditsa amazed amazing safety and completeness in the choice of subjects, acquainting the viewer with an incredible system of medieval paintings.

Temple Nereditsa something similar to the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl, Vladimir is not only the temple but also Nereditsa located outside the city limits and is inextricably linked with the landscape around it. Church of the Saviour in appearance is not much different from the modest merchants, boyars and ulichanskih Novgorod late 12th century buildings. It is a small single-domed church of cubic type, built of limestone, which is a local building materials. Limestone has a wonderful feature - this stone can not handle perfectly, because its surface will always be rough and uneven that create the kind of clay.

The inner space of the temple steeped in gloom and seems particularly cramped due to the massiveness of the walls and pillars of gravity. The surviving fragments of the unique frescoes can be seen on the western and southern walls, as well as in the central part of the temple apsidnoy. The imagery of the temple murals Nereditsa similar to the architecture of the building itself, which expressed the entire spiritual power, combined with a domineering force.

Masters, who were engaged in painting the church, were Novgorod, but were related to different art schools. First Master wrote in an archaic Byzantine style, and the other two belonged to the masters of the Novgorod school, which taught drawing in bright graphic manner, although one of the artists clearly draw another primitive.

Today, the frescoes Church of the Savior on Nereditsa can be viewed only in special albums that have been created by researchers of the first half of the 20th century. The album presents copied mural that will be stored in memory of the great Russian heritage of the greatest masters of the Middle Ages. People continue to visit the famous temple on the ancient walls of which you can see the rest of the immortal frescoes.