Assumption Church in Vladimir

Assumption Church in Vladimir

The Assumption Church was built on donations from the Vladimir merchants of Somov and Denisov in 1644-1649. on the site of the old wooden church. In memory of this, an inscription was created on the wall of the temple, which has still preserved. Apparently, this inscription is the only thing that has been preserved from the old temple is the time and a large terror of the 1920 – 1930s. They did not spare him. The restoration of the church went on for a very long time – from 1955 to 1981. Architects a. IN. Stoletov and and. A. Stoletov in their project tried to restore the former decoration of the church, and, judging by the descriptions of the XVII Church in., They succeeded. The production bell of 1650 turned out to be irrevocably lost., on which the names of the merchants who built the temple were carved – it was destroyed in 1928. You will need to book a hotel in advance to visit this place. The five -headed church is a good guideline, despite the fact that it is set in the lowland – the architects compensated this for the elevation of the chapters and the bell tower. The temple was made in the traditions of Vladimir architecture using Byzantine white and blue colors. The temple is currently operating in the old rite – it was transferred to the Orthodox Old Believer community in the early 1990s. and re -consecrated in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1995.