The village church, characteristic of this region, is built in the late baroque style with flat forms, preserving its interior decoration. Constructed in 1829 with funds from parishioners, the brick church with whitewashing stands in the southern part of the village on the banks of the Kostroma River. In the 19th century, the area around the church was enclosed by a whitewashed brick wall, with gates to the west and a wicket gate to the east, except for the northern, river side.
The architectural composition of the church is typical for that time: a two-light square base with a curved four-pitched roof and five shingled domes on blind drums adjoins low rectangular volumes of the wide altar and refectory with side chapels, the corners of which are rounded and supported. The three-tiered quadrangular bell tower with a gabled roof is topped with a spire on a blind faceted drum.
The main square is divided into two tiers by a profiled cornice with dry loaves, which extends to the walls of the altar, refectory, and bell tower, linking all elements of the composition. The windows are uniformly designed: they are framed with architraves with ears, complemented by niches and straight sills. The three-part entablature of the square is adorned with large consoles. Above the side northern entrance, which lacks a portal, there is a rectangular niche for an icon. The octagonal drums of the domes are decorated with arched niches with imposts and profiled cornices, their narrow edges ending in volutes. The high arches of the bell tower, in the lower square, the southern arch is bricked up, and behind the northern false arch is an internal staircase, framed by semi-columns supporting the entablature, and in the two lower tiers, triangular pediments. The entablatures above the corners are supported.
The interior bright space of the church is covered by a vaulted ceiling. Three narrow arches lead to the altar, covered by a semi-cylindrical vault, and one wide arch leads to the two-column refectory with barrel vaults and arches above the windows. The windows retain cubic grilles from the 19th century, and the floor is laid with Metlakh tiles.
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