The two-story Church of the Resurrection was built between 1770 and 1787 according to the design of local architect Stepan Andreevich Vorotilov, replacing an old wooden church. This was Vorotilov's first independent work outside his native settlement of Bolshie Soli. Construction lasted 17 years due to a lack of funds. The upper summer church was consecrated in honor of the Resurrection of Christ, while the lower winter church was dedicated to the great martyr Barbara, which is why the church is sometimes referred to as Barbara's.
In the late 18th century, a porch with a three-flight staircase to the second floor was added to the northern side of the church, which was dismantled during renovations in the mid-19th century. In 1795, the upper church was painted. In the mid-19th century, the church was renovated: the northern porch was dismantled and a two-story extension was built in its place. At that time, the frescoes were updated, and a carved gilded iconostasis was installed in the upper church. In the late 19th century, the church was surrounded by a metal fence with gates.
During the Soviet period, the church's dome and the two upper tiers of the bell tower were demolished, and the fence was destroyed. The church was adapted for housing, with wooden ceilings and partitions installed.
Due to the conversion into housing, the original interiors of the church have poorly survived. The lost carved gilded iconostasis, made by Kostroma masters Andrey Denisov and Pyotr Mikhailov in the mid-19th century, was replaced in the 1990s with a two-tiered iconostasis with an attic from the Trinity Church of the village of Krasnoye-Sumarokovykh. It was made in the second half of the 19th century in the style of late classicism with elements of eclecticism. In the upper church, some frescoes from the mid-19th century have partially survived, updated at the end of the same century with the replacement of some subjects.
In 1987 and 1995, the Church of the Resurrection was restored according to the project of architect S. V. Demidov: the two upper tiers of the bell tower, the dome over the octagon, and the church fence were restored. In 1990 and 1995, the Moscow Regional and Kostroma restoration workshops restored the frescoes in the upper church and installed a new iconostasis to replace the lost one.
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