Church of Kozma and Damian (Smolenskaya) description and photos - Russia - Golden Ring: Rostov the Great (Topic)

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The Church of Saints Kozma and Damian or the Church of the Smolensk Mother of God is located in the city of Rostov Veliky on Perovsky lane, 10. It was built in 1775 on the site of the former Kozmodamian monastery, about which there are scant information, it is only known that it was located on the outskirts of the city, at the Chudsky end.

The first mention of a parish church at this place can be found in the documents of the first Rostov census, dating back to the beginning of the 17th century. Then the Kletsky temple was built of wood, "on the monastery" − that is, on the territory of the monastery yard. At the Kozmodamian Church there was a second, small "warm" Annunciation Church.

The construction of the modern stone church began in the 1760s. The new building combines the winter and summer churches. In 1769, the ceremony of consecration of the warm side-chapel of Kozma and Damian took place, then − the main throne in the name of Our Lady of Hodegetria. There is evidence that the work in the church was completed in 1775, and at the same time the second chapel in the name of Constantine and Helen was consecrated. Officially, according to the main throne, the temple was called Smolensk, but the people retained its old name − Kozma and Damian.

The Kozmodamian temple is one-domed, built of bricks, according to a three-part-axial composition: the central volume, the refectory and the bell tower are elongated along the same axis. The decoration of the church is distinguished by its simplicity and elegance; the windows have carved platbands; the facades of the building are separated by paired pilasters. On the west side, a low refectory joins the main volume, and a bell tower to it. Bell tower − high, has 3 tiers. It is the only one of all the surviving Rostov bell towers, which is completed with a hipped roof with sound holes - "rumors".

In 1926, the temple was abolished, icons and precious utensils were removed from it. The bell tower has lost its bells. After closing, a pioneer club was arranged in the church building, during the Great Patriotic War − barracks. In the post-war years, apartments appeared here, from which people were later evicted, and a glass container was put into operation in the building.

In 1995, the church of Saints Kozma and Damian was returned to believers. With donations from the Rostov Patriarchal Metochion, repair work began, and in 2004 the revival of the parish community took place.

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