It stands on the edge of the village, on a high hill above the Vyazma River; it dominates the surrounding landscape. It was built in three construction periods: the first floor (the warm Church of the Origin of the Honest Trees with the side chapel of Michael the Archangel) was erected in 1779 using funds from the landowner A.I. Khmelevsky to replace the wooden church of the mid-18th century; the second floor (the cold Church of All Who Sorrow) and the bell tower were built in 1809 using funds from the parishioners; in the first half of the 19th century, a two-story tent was added to the bell tower from the south, and a covered staircase to the upper church from the north. The appearance of the building, typical of rural churches of the second half of the 18th century, is dominated by simple Baroque forms, complemented by more archaic elements (an onion-shaped dome, a porch on the wing). The stylistically neutral facades of the gatehouse standing nearby include motifs of ancient Russian architecture.
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