The brick parish church in the classical style, characteristic of this region, is located on a high bank of the Kostroma River. In 1562, the village and nearby settlements belonged to the Moscow Simonov Monastery. In 1627, there were two wooden churches here: the Assumption Church and the Church of St. Paraskeva. In 1823, the current brick church, painted ochre with white details, was built on the site of the Assumption Church, and in memory of the second church, one of its chapels was consecrated. Previously, the churchyard with a cemetery was surrounded by a brick fence with columns, but only the church's square base and bell tower have survived to this day.
The church is located among the cemetery, with its northern facade facing the meadow road. The square base of the church is topped with five scaly domes on blind faceted drums, set on a four-pitched roof. The bell tower, square in plan, consists of two tiers and a half-tier, crowned with a spire on a bulging roof.
The side facades of the square base are adorned with a Tuscan portico with four pilasters, an incomplete entablature, and a triangular pediment imposed on a horizontal attic that connects small domes at the corners. In the intercolumniations of the porticos are rectangular windows without frames: the lower ones are tall, the upper ones are almost square, combined with vertical niches. The tympanum of the pediment is pierced by a semicircular window with a wedge-shaped lock. Unlike the strict classical facades, the octagonal drums of the domes have baroque elements: the diagonal faces are decorated with volutes, and the cornice above them is actively supported. The corners of the bell tower are slightly recessed and rounded. The high arches of the main tiers are placed in rectangular niches and are topped with stepped cornices. The central parts of the facades of the half-tier are highlighted by light supports with semicircular niches and triangular pediments.
The square base of the church is covered with a vaulted ceiling, and the tiers of the bell tower are separated by wooden floors. The windows of the square base are located in vertical niches. At the base of the vault runs a molded cornice with small brackets. Fragments of oil painting from the early 20th century have been preserved on the walls. Below the windows of the second light are six rectangular panels with icons of the Mother of God in different iconographies, and in the intercolumniations in two tiers, saints in full height.
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