Church of Vladimir: a review, history, interesting facts and reviews

The Russian city of Vladimir is 176 km from Moscow, on the shore of Klyazma, and is the administrative center of the Vladimir region. The city is part of the world-famous Golden Ring.

Historians consider the city of Vladimir one of the oldest in our country. It was founded by Prince Vladimir in 990. It is not surprising that there is a huge amount of priceless historical and architectural monuments that attract tourists from all over the world.

Of particular interest among travelers are the churches of the city of Vladimir. They amaze with a variety of architecture and interior decoration.

The Trinity Church (Vladimir)

Unfortunately, the history of this church was very short. It was built in the year of the three hundredth anniversary of the House of Romanovs (1916). The Trinity Church (Vladimir - the city where it was founded) appeared on the initiative of Old Believers merchants, and was built on the funds they collected. The author of the project was the well-known architect Zharov S.M.

The temple, built of red brick, had a high glazing and a nearby bell tower. The Trinity Church in Vladimir became an example of a new, more advanced technique of building religious buildings, which included decorative elements of different architectural styles.

Until 1928, divine services continued in the Trinity Church. In the mid-sixties of the last century, the city authorities decided to destroy the shrine for the expansion of the city square. By that time, many churches of Vladimir had already ceased to exist, so we can assume that the Trinity Church saved a miracle. More precisely, the people who performed this miracle: the numerous defenders of the Trinity Church, among whom was the writer Soloukhin VA, defended the temple.

Many churches of Vladimir and today are not used for their intended purpose. The Trinity Church did not escape this fate.

Restoration

In 1971, a large-scale restoration of the Trinity Church began, which lasted for two years. In the spring of 1974 the exhibition "Crystal. Embroidery. Lacquer miniature. " Since then, the building is located, a branch of the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum. There is also an art salon where you can buy products of talented Vladimir masters.

Assumption Cathedral

The Assumption Church in Vladimir was built in 1649 by the means of the townspeople: Semion Somov, Vasily Obrosimogo and his son, as well as Andrei and Grigory Denisov. They were from the rich and noble families, known in the city names.

The temple is made in the style typical for Moscow and Yaroslavl religious buildings. The peculiarity of the church is its white-stone high walls, which are crowned by numerous kokoshniki. In the Assumption Church there is a refectory room and a bell tower located on its end. Over the kokoshniks of tinned iron, five bulbous heads rise, which at first covered the scaly wooden ploughshare. Over time, he found a beautiful silvery color.

From the west and north sides, the church is surrounded by an arcade of the porch. All the entrances are led by stairs. Today the temple is active and belongs to the Orthodox Old Believer church. Together with St. George's chapel, it is considered one of the main functioning churches of the city.

Church of the Ascension

Many churches in Vladimir have a very ancient history. On the site of the Church of the Ascension in the distant past stood a monastery, which was mentioned in the annals of 1187 and 1218. In 1238, it was destroyed by the Tatars.

Mention of the church built on this site has been preserved in patriarchal books. (1628, 1652, 1682). Until 1724 the church was wooden, then its place was occupied by a stone temple, which has survived to our days. In 1813, a cold aisle was added to the church in honor of the Intercession of the Virgin. According to the researchers, around the same time, two bell tiers were built on the building. This is evidenced by the apparent similarity of the decorative solution of these two volumes.

In the church there is one more, a warm side-chapel in the name of the Annunciation. Its stylistic features give grounds to believe that the southern side-chapel was built later than the northern one.

Today the church includes an ancient building, which consists of a main volume, a small refectory, a porch with a porch, two chapels and a bell tower. All these rooms create a compact composition. The Ascension Church is a model of the posadish bespolpnogo church, characteristic of the XVII-XVIII centuries.

Church of St. George the Victorious

This temple was commanded to build Yuri Dolgoruky in 1157. The church was consecrated in honor of St. George the Victorious not by chance: this saint was the heavenly patron of Yuri Dolgoruky and especially revered saints in Russia. In 1778, the fire almost destroyed the church. It was restored, but already in the style of the provincial baroque.

At the end of 1847, a chapel was attached to the south side of the church, consecrated in the name of Prince Vladimir.

The future of the temple

Today's church of St. George is strikingly different from the original structure. In the first half of the last century the church was closed. In Soviet times, the temple was seriously damaged - the church's head was destroyed by machine gunshots. After the Civil War, the temple was used as an economic building for the needs of various institutions.

For ten years (1960-1970), the oil-and-fat factory worked here, sausages were produced. Experts who surveyed the building of the temple in the eighties of the last century, were horrified - the walls, floors, ceiling of the unique building were covered with a layer of black greasy soot, one centimeter thick. Nevertheless, the temple was restored, and in 2006 it was transferred to the Vladimir-Suzdal Diocese (Moscow Patriarchate). Today the church is a monument of history and architecture of federal significance.

It is interesting that since 1986, the Center of Choral Music, led by the People's Artist of Russia, Professor EM Markin, has been giving concerts in the church.

Church of Prince Vladimir

The temple was built in 1785 in the area of the city cemetery, which occupied the lands of the previously held Bogoroditsky monastery. St. Vladimir's Church is located in the eastern part of the city. Its main volume is a square with a faceted apse on the east side. In the western part is a rectangular refectory room, to which adjoins the tier of the bell tower.

Interior decoration

In the Church of Vladimir, the floors are made of wood and painted. The walls are covered with plaster at the base and are designed for painting. The first tier with rectangular window openings has wide slopes. In the decorative design of the monument can be traced elements of traditional classicism and baroque.

From the north and south sides of the temple, where the doorways are located, there are decorations that mimic the triangular fronts. Interesting fact - even in the Soviet period, when almost all churches of the city were closed, in the Vladimir church it was possible to make communion and baptism, funeral services and weddings, join spiritual traditions, attend divine services - the temple never ceased its activities.

Nikolo-Kremlin Church

A magnificent architectural monument dating back to the mid-18th century. A vivid example of a church without a temple. The church was built in 1764 on the site of a wooden temple that was burned down during a fire. It is named after one of the most revered saints among Christians - Nicholas the Wonderworker.

In the temple for a long time the holy icons of the work of ancient masters were kept: the icon of the Savior, St. Nicholas (on the chinar board) and others. Today in the walls of the temple is located the city planetarium, opened in 1962, and a library.

Nikolo-Galia Church

Not all the churches of Vladimir are mentioned in ancient annals. Perhaps, this information is simply lost. But about the Nikolo-Galey church it was possible to find data that in the 12th century on the place where today it is located a church was built from a tree in honor of St. Nicholas, the patron saint of all travelers and seafarers. The stone church was built here in 1735 at the expense of Ivan Pavlygin - a rich merchant. Its name was somewhat unusual for Russia due to the fact that there was a pier near the Klyazma River, directly opposite the temple, to which the "galleys" (galleys)-rowing vessels moored.

By its location, the church, as the clergy say, sanctified the waters of the Klyazma. It was this fact that gave the church a second, popular name - Nikola Mokrogo. The existing stone temple was created in accordance with the traditions of the Russian architecture of the 17th century. Inside, the church impresses with space, because it does not have pillars.

Two tiers of windows illuminate the interior of the temple well. Here there is a magnificent painting dating back to the middle of the XIX century, which was performed in an academic manner by magnificent Vladimir masters. Today it is an active temple.