The Church of Clement, Pope of Rome, and Peter of Alexandria is the former church of the Clement Monastery, which is first mentioned in the chronicle of 1354. The monastery was destroyed by Swedish troops in 1615 and was soon thereafter abolished. The church itself, built in the 15th century from limestone slabs, remained inactive for a long time after the monastery was dissolved. In 1992, it was handed over to the Pskov Diocese, and in 1993, the church reopened. Initially, it was affiliated with the Alexander Nevsky Church, and later with the Church of Nicholas from the Kozhin Monastery. The architectural style of the church corresponds to Pskov architectural traditions: it is single-domed and has a four-pitched roof, but looks somewhat eclectic due to later modifications. The narthex and the connected southern chapel of Peter of Alexandria, with a blind pear-shaped dome and rounded corner, were built in the 18th century. The ornate cross adorning the dome dates back to the 17th century. The dome itself is interesting, having an unusual hemispherical shape, more characteristic of ancient Russian churches from the 10th-12th centuries built in Byzantine traditions. Unfortunately, the bell tower and porch have not survived, as well as the northern chapel, the remains of which were found during archaeological excavations.
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