The church, combining elements of early and late classicism in its appearance, is a characteristic example of the architecture of the Kostroma region from the first third of the 19th century. It is located in the center of the village on a spacious square. The village of Bogoroditskoye, with a wooden church, is first mentioned in 1616, and in 1667 it was transferred to the Trinity-Sergius Monastery. The existing temple, according to various sources, dates back to either 1803 or 1828, with the latter date more closely corresponding to its architectural forms. It is possible that in 1803, Emperor Alexander I allocated 500 rubles for the construction of a new church, but the building was completed later, mainly with funds from Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Skripitsyn. During the Soviet era, the church lost its dome and interior decoration, and by the end of the 20th century, the drum and spire of the bell tower collapsed, as well as the ceilings of the refectory. The walls and vaults of the church are made of brick, with facades partially plastered and whitewashed.
The composition of the church is symmetrical relative to the longitudinal axis. A two-light square is adjoined by a narrower and lower five-sided apse and a refectory of the same height with chapels, the semicircular altars of which partially obscure the facades. The bell tower, consisting of three tiers of squares, has a pillar-like appearance. The square is topped with a multi-tiered cornice, and the corners are treated with rusticated pilasters. The facades are pierced with rectangular openings: two in the first tier and three in the second. On the middle and eastern axes, between the upper and second rows of windows, there are round panels. The second-light windows are highlighted with U-shaped aprons and shelf-like lintels on short brackets. Similar windows are found in the apse and refectory, the walls of which are divided by pilasters and a crowning entablature with a smooth frieze and stepped cornice. In the apse, there is one window on each of the three main sides, while in the refectory on the southern and northern facades, there are two windows, as well as one window on the side apses. The tiers of the bell tower, topped with stepped cornices, are pierced with high arched openings. The first tier is divided by a three-tiered shelf into a taller lower part with a ribbon rustication and an upper part with rectangular and diamond-shaped panels. The arches of the third tier are highlighted by massive archivolts.
The pillarless church is covered by a vaulted ceiling with four slopes. Wide arched openings connect it to the apse, which is covered with a faceted conch, and the refectory, which has a unified space with chapels. In the thickness of the northern wall of the first tier of the bell tower, there is a staircase leading to the upper tiers.
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