Wyrm - an ancient village, which is located in the White Sea area of ​​the Karelian republic on the shores of the White Sea. This place is especially famous for its unique monument - the Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul. The church was built in the 17th century.

It is known that for quite a long time, the village was part of the Wyrm estates famous Martha-Governor's Wife. Patrimony is the leading Novgorod feudal lords of the territorial size of holdings in Karelia. But soon after falling down boyarschiny Novgorod boyars all the possessions were seized. It has since come down to us the first mention of the church, which was the first priest John Sorokin. Which it was the church - is hard to say, we only know that it was the forerunner of the Peter and Paul church. It is believed, Peter and Paul Church was built no earlier than 1625.

The appearance of the church impresses with its plastic richness that contrasts beautifully with the surrounding nature scarce. Chetverik - is the central space of the temple, which is crowned with a five-domed cube and unusual coating in the form of gentle curves tent with faces, and on top of it is the central chapter. On the eastern part of the church adjacent to the quadrangular altar five walls that blocked the barrel; located on the west porch and the refectory.

Regarding the form of coatings Peter and Paul Church, he belongs to kubovatomu type that has arisen, and is widespread in the Russian north in the 17th century. There are several reasons that have influenced the emergence of so ornate and intricate cover. One of them is a ban on the construction of the Patriarch Nikon tent churches. This hypothesis can be confirmed by the fact that earlier lost Paraskeva church, which was located in the village of Shueretskaya and which was built in 1666, had only one Glaucus, which was crowned with an elongated cube, from a distance resembling a tent. In addition, the appearance of intricate pictorial forms and helped cover new decorative tendencies, touching art in the 17th century. Low bushel, a little rough cube and especially massive central chapter describes the antiquity of the church.

Peter and Paul Church came to modern times is not in its original form .  As the largest number of monuments of wooden architecture of the whole Russian north during the operation, she was subjected to a considerable number of reconstructions, which combine with all sorts of repairs, reflecting different periods of construction and architectural trends .  The first church building repairs suffered during the years 1635-1639 .  This was followed by restructuring of half a century later .  In addition, there is speculation that the church re-consecrated, because at that time could not help but reflect on the consequences of the raids of the Swedish church and reinstall the windows, as well as due to the inconsistency of the iconostasis tyablovogo new church canons .  In 1842, Peter and Paul Church was first painted with ocher; in 1874 the church was repainted with whitewash and upholstered new wallpaper indoors; in 1893 the church was also subjected to minor changes relating to whitewash and cover with boards .

Quite a number of alterations could not harm the internal and external decoration of the church, especially since significant traces of the western part of almost did not survive. Significantly affected the northern part of the wall paneling of the central pillars.

The very constructive decision of the church and the altar is traditional: the walls are made of logs with a diameter of 36 cm and skived to the inside of more than half; logs have rounded edges and the top of the gradually expanding. In the attic of the main room, you can see the structure inside the cube, which is crowned by the church. Cube carved out of logs with gaps, and rests on a quadrangular shestiventsovom that vrublyus in the outer wall of the church at the height tumbled down. This building is very stable thanks to the log walls, intersecting at right angles.

With regard to the spiritual heritage of the Church, according to historical data, the Peter and Paul Church tyablovy iconostasis consisted of four tiers of iconic 17th century, and the iconostasis dates from the 1625 year.

Peter and Paul Church is the result of difficult searches, as well as the joyful discovery of master architects of the ancient time.