Church of the Intercession and the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary from Prolom description and photos - Russia - North-West: Pskov (Topic)

Church of the Intercession and the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos from Prolom description and photos - Russia - Northwest: Pskov. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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The Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in the XIV century (in other sources in the XVI century). It belonged to the Intercession Monastery. After in 1581 the Pskovites defeated the Polish troops of Stefan Batory in a fierce struggle, they, together with the governor, Prince Shuisky, built another next to the Intercession Church - the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos.

Time passed, and both churches were rebuilt into one. Thus, the temple consists of 2 pillarless churches, each of which has one apse and a vestibule. The porches and quadrangles of the temples have common walls. The vaults of the ceilings are held on the southern wall of the Intercession Church and on the northern wall - Rozhdestvenskaya. The middle common wall bears the ceiling vaults of 2 temples. Perpendicular small bow arches are made to it between the ceiling vaults. The facades of the vestibules and quadrangles have no decoration, only the apses and chapters are decorated with belts of runners and curbs. The altars have one window and one slotted openings in the altars, which were built in the recesses of the northeastern corners of the quadrangles of both churches. Corridor vaults with formwork over the windows overlap the vestibules connected by a door in the common wall; in addition, they are connected by doorways with fours. Each narthex has one main door - the entrance to the temples. Roofs - gable, plank. The belfry is a 3-pillar belfry, built during the restoration of 1962-1964. The churches are made of limestone slabs. The length (with the narthex) is 17 meters, the width is 15 meters.

In 1808, the church fell into disrepair, and they wanted to demolish it, but the Holy Synod did not allow this to be done. After 5 years, she was assigned to the Church of the Great Martyr Nikita in Pole. The church had 2 altarpieces: the central one - in honor of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos and in the side-chapel - in honor of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos. History has brought to us the name of only one benefactor of this church: the collegiate adviser V.D. Trusova.

Since 1915 in the Church of the Intercession and the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, priest Nikandr Troitsky served from Prolom, who graduated with honors from the Theological Seminary in Pskov, then in Kazan. In 1920, the department of management of the Pskov district-city executive committee drew up an act on the transfer of the Nikitsky temple and the Pokrovsk church assigned to it to the religious society. In May 1936, the church was closed. During the Second World War, the temple received minor damage to the roof, walls, exterior and interior decoration. In 1961-1964, restoration work was carried out in the church according to the project of V.P. Smirnov, who erected a stone cross on a boulder base in memory of the events of 1581. After more than a dozen years of oblivion and desolation, in October 1994, the first divine service was held in the Intercession Church, conducted by Archbishop Eusebius of Pskov and Velikie Luki. Now the temple belongs to the Pskov Cossack community and houses a historical exposition.

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