Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the village of Pava description and photos - Russia - North-West: Pskov region (Topic)

Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos in the village of Pava description and photos - Russia - North-West: Pskov Region. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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On a hilly area, six versts from the border of the Pskov province, the village of Pava is located. In 1766, the Church of the Intercession was erected in Pavakh. Previously, there was a church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, built of wood. After the stone church was rebuilt, the wooden one was moved to Veleni. The church was built by Dmitry Ioakimovich Krekshin at his own expense.

In 1787, the benefactor was buried in the narthex of the main church. The church is located in a lowland, under a mountain. At the foot of the mountain there is a gate with a small chapel built of stone, which is located next to it. All along the slope, surrounding the church, is a cemetery. The territory is fenced with a fence made of boulders.

The traditional octal is located on the cubic four, which is covered with an octagonal closed vault. The church ends with an onion dome with a cross resting on a small octagonal drum with eight elongated arched windows. The middle dome of the church is crowned by a head with a figured iron cross, which ends with a crown, the side chapters also have crosses, but they are not crowned with crowns. The apse, lowered in comparison with the main volume, has five faces. To the west there is a rectangular refectory and a square bell tower, consisting of three tiers. From the north and south, the side-altars are symmetrically located: Dmitry Rostovsky (northern) and Nikolsky (southern). On one line are the walls of the side-chapels and the refectory on the west side. The apses of the side-altars are similar to the shape of the main altar ledge.

The main church was consecrated on December 20, 1770. The church was consecrated by the Chermenets hegumen Joel. A thick stone wall separates the temple from the chapels. There are two large windows in the lower part of the temple, two small windows in the middle, and seven large windows in the dome. The walls and the dome were painted by the painter Smirnov in 1870. In the temple there is an old iconostasis, consisting of five tiers, at the top - a crucifix. The side-altar of St. Nicholas is connected with the main church by a glass door located in the main wall. The two-tiered iconostasis is convex, without carving. There are five windows in the side-chapel. The side-altar and the main temple were consecrated on the same day. The chapel of St. Demetrius is arranged in the same way as Nikolsky, it was consecrated by Abbot Joel in December 1770, or rather on the 22nd.

The four-sided facade and the eight-sided facade are decorated with blades in the corners, however, the apses have the same decor. The volumes are completed with cornices, loosened over the shoulder blades. Niche, as well as door and window openings are decorated with platbands. The drum is decorated with arched threads. Also in the corners are decorated with blades and tiers of the bell tower. The bell tower has four floors. The roof of the bell tower has the form of a four-sided dome and is topped with a spire with a cross. The vault and walls of the quadrangle are painted with oil paints on plaster, made in the nineteenth century.

The church has retained its original appearance to this day. There is a silver cross in the church, donated to the church by Mrs. Tatishcheva, it is placed in the main altar; parishioners believing in its healing power ask to serve the Cross with a prayer service with blessing of water and to wash sick babies with blessed water. In addition, there are icons of the Dormition of the Mother of God in the church, the gospel has been preserved, which in 1831 was presented by the court archpriest Gerasim Pavsky, a native of these places. The gospel is overlaid in crimson velvet. An iconostasis is attached to the narthex wall on the east side. It contains portable icons, among which there is an ancient icon of St. Nicholas `` with deeds '', which was taken from the old church.

Today the church is active.

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