Chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and Elijah the Prophet description and photos - Russia - Karelia: Pryazhinsky District (Topic)

Chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and Elijah the Prophet description and photos - Russia - Karelia: Pryazhinsky District. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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Behind the village of Chuinavolok, which is located in the Karelian Republic of the Pryazhinsky region in a sacred fir grove, there is a chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and Ilya the Prophet. The approximate age of the church dates back to the second half of the 18th century. The chapel is safely hidden by numerous trees and can only be seen from the southern side of the lake. At the moment, the chapel carries the functions of a monument of republican significance.

The chapel has a relatively large size and is made in the form of a parallelepiped. The roof covering is steep, gable, topped with a dome. From the western part of the roof, a nine-column bell tower rises on an eight-pillar base, which is completely covered with an eight-pitched roof. The end of the tent is made in the form of a dome with a cross, located on the axial column of the bell tower, at a distance of one meter above the top of the tent roof. In addition, on the western side of the chapel, there is a porch with an upper rectangular platform, to the center of which is a single-flight staircase from the lower underground platform. The porch cover is a gable roof supported by pillars. The internal space was divided by a transverse cut into the eastern half, which consists of two prayer rooms separated by a longitudinal cut, as well as the western half, intended for the refectory room. The side-altars are equipped with an independent exit directly from the refectory and are connected by a door. A staircase leads to the bell tower from their refectory room.

The chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and Elijah the Prophet is a wooden building, cut into "oblo" with fellings. A slab roof is made of two layers of the road timber. The slabs are made of plates along the beams. The porch is designed as an accessory. The widened upper porch platform is formed on consoles along the carved base of the stairs. The inner walls of the chapel are neatly and smoothly hewn with a peculiar rounding of the corners. The ceilings have a flat shape and are made "closed" along the beams.

As for the overall appearance of the chapel, from the outside it is completely sheathed with planks with the allocation of vertical sheathing blades at all corners of the building. The windows are decorated in the form of platbands made of smooth-planed boards. Roof berths form a contour cut. The pillars of the belfry are made in the form of a square section, and the fences are cut from a bar with a handrail. The cover of the domes is triangular with a scaly share. Porch area, located on top has a herringbone-shaped fence made of bogs, as well as columns with cutting, made in the form of double counter jugs, decorated with intermediate elements. The wing valances have contour and through carvings.

The chapel was built in honor of Nicholas the Wonderworker and Elijah the Prophet and, therefore, is divided from the inside by means of a plank partition into two zones with independent entrances from the vestibule. The plank cladding of the outer walls was made in the 19th century. Unfortunately, the interior of the chapel is missing.

In 1998, the chapel was subject to restoration, which was carried out by Karelian craftsmen with the participation of experienced specialists from Norway.

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