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Church of the Sign on Mzhara in Suzdal

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The Church of the Sign on Mzhara, also known as the Znamenskaya Church, is an Orthodox temple in Suzdal. It is located at the entrance to the city, near the former Vladimir Gate, on the banks of the Mzhara River, a tributary of the Kamenka. The surviving summer church was built in 1749 and forms an architectural ensemble with a free-standing bell tower and the winter Rizopolozhenskaya Church, erected in 1777.

On the site of the current Znamenskaya Church, there was the Vvedensky Convent and the village of Pinaeva in the early 13th century, the latter of which is mentioned in 1685. The Vvedensky Convent was destroyed in 1237 by Batu Khan's army, and the village was incorporated into Suzdal in the late 17th century under the name of Pinaikhi or Pinaeva Side.

According to the land survey book of Suzdal, in 1617 there were two wooden churches here, the Church of the Introduction and the Church of the Nativity of Christ. Later, in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, by order of Metropolitan Hilarion, the wooden Znamenskaya Church was moved here from the Trading Square. In 1749, the current stone church was built in its place.

This single-domed church is a two-tiered square structure with a large apse on the eastern side. The windows are arranged in two rows and are adorned with carved frames featuring figurative columns on the second tier. Previously, the upper part of the walls was decorated with biblical-themed images instead of carved kokoshniks. A massive porch with polygonal columns adjoins the square structure from the west. The separate three-tiered bell tower was built a little later.

During the Soviet period, the church was closed. In 1959, it was restored by A.D. Varganov. In 1991, the temple was transferred to the Vladimir-Suzdal Diocese.

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Церковь Знамения на Мжаре в Суздале

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