The Church of the Resurrection on Cathedral Square in Kolomna is one of the most famous and mysterious architectural monuments of the city. Built in the 16th century, this brick structure is adorned with a terracotta frieze featuring plant motifs and a white stone undercroft. In the 18th century, the church underwent significant reconstruction: in 1764, a chapel dedicated to Cosmas and Damian with a refectory was built, complemented by a bell tower in 1781, and in 1786, the upper part of the structure took on features of late Baroque. In the 19th century, the refectory and southern porch were built in the classical style. The first mention of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ dates back to 1577-1578, when it served as the household church of the grand princely court. Records in Kolomna books from 1481 and around 1473-1480 mention the priest Theodot of the Resurrection, who likely served here. The dating of the original church is clarified by a preserved icon of the "Descent into Hell" from the late 14th century, kept in the State Tretyakov Gallery. This suggests that the church existed here as early as the second half of the 14th century. In the 19th century, the church attracted the attention of researchers: in 1843, N.D. Ivanchin-Pisarev recorded a legend about the wedding of Dmitry Donskoy and Evdokia of Suzdal-Nizhny Novgorod in this church. In 1947, N.N. Voronin conducted the first excavations, dating the original church to the 14th century and the undercroft to the early 16th century. He later claimed that the white stone church was built before 1366. The Moscow architectural-archaeological expedition led by M.Kh. Aleshkovsky and B.L. Altshuller conducted further research, suggesting the church was built in the first third of the 16th century. B.L. Altshuller refined the dating to the first quarter of the 16th century, finding analogies with other constructions of that time. In 1968 and 1996, architects M.B. Chernyshev and V.V. Kavelmakher studied the monument, attributing it to the early 16th century. The history of the church is full of contradictions not confirmed by strict archaeological excavations. In 1929, the church was closed, its head, bell tower, and fence were destroyed, and the interior decoration was lost. The building was used as a sports hall. In 1992, the church was returned to the parish of the Assumption Cathedral. Today, the cross and dome are gilded, the roof over the central part has been replaced, and the refectory has been fully restored. Since 2016, the Divine Liturgy has resumed, and in 2017, a stone iconostasis was installed in the refectory. Plans for the construction of a bell tower are underway.
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