This monument of Kostroma architecture from the mid-18th century vividly reflects the volumetric and decorative forms characteristic of church architecture from the previous century. The central element of the composition is an elongated two-light square base with a four-pitched roof, crowned with five domes. The bases of the central light drum and the corner blind octagonal drums have been preserved. A semicircular apse of almost the same width adjoins it from the east, with a large square northern projection of the sacristy. The square is closed to the north by a chapel, and to the west, by a porch, to which the bell tower is attached along the axis of the church. The lower tier of the bell tower is a tall pillar-like volume with eight facets, topped with a tent.
The column-free square is covered with a closed four-slope vault with a round opening for the light drum. All window embrasures have arched lintels. The church is connected to the apse by three arched openings, with one each to the northern chapel and the porch. On either side of the opening leading to the porch, there are two windows. The apse features a conch with arches above the windows. A narrow passage leads from the altar to a square room of the sacristy, covered with a closed vault. The chapel is covered with a barrel vault, the porch with a half-slope vault, and above all openings, there are arches. In the northwestern corner between the porch and the chapel, there is a room connected to the chapel, covered with a barrel vault with a diagonal rib. The openings leading into the church from the chapel and the porch originally had perspective rectangular portals, which were later removed. The lower tier of the bell tower has a barrel vault, and a brick staircase leads to the upper tiers from the southern side.
In the church, small fragments of wall oil paintings from the 1830s and 1840s, executed in an academic style, as well as grisaille decor, have been preserved. The painting was updated in the late 19th century. The lost compositions in the lower part of the vault were completed with arches featuring rosettes and leafy ornamentation, of which only one remains. Among the compositions in the spandrels of the second light windows are such scenes as 'The Good Samaritan' and 'Christ's Conversation with Nicodemus', as well as a rare depiction of the Apostle Peter looking through a window at Christ imprisoned.
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