Description of the attraction
The famous Paromenskaya Church of the Assumption was built in 1444 and was located on a ferry crossing, passing through the river Velikaya goroda, on Zavelichye; in 1521 the church was rebuilt into a stone one. The Assumption Church has preserved a beautiful five-span belfry, which has become a phenomenon of Pskov traditional architecture, located next to the temple. Once upon a time Ivan the Terrible himself visited this church, making a gift for her in the form of an icon depicting St. George the Victorious. It is known that a silver ladle belonging to Peter I was kept in the sacristy for a long time. Today, the iconostasis is being restored in the Assumption Church, and the icons are created by the master with funds collected by the Pskov policemen; instead, each police department had its own patron icon.
Not far from the place where the church is located, in the old days there was a ferry. In the warm season, there was a ferry crossing, after a while, a floating bridge appeared here. In 1521, a stone church was built in place of the former wooden one. The chapels of the church were built in the 17th century. Throughout 1885, the church side-altars were redecorated at the expense of the parishioners. Thanks to the help of the church head of the Monastyrsky, the main church, the vestibule and another chapel were finished. Starting from the 18th century, two more churches were attributed to the Church of the Assumption: St. Nicholas of the former Valkovsky Monastery and St. Nicholas from the Stone Wall. The first church was abolished in 1799 due to strong dilapidation. Before the appearance of the states in 1876, services were carried out in the temple: a deacon, a priest, a psalmist, and after that a psalmist and a deacon.
In the Church of the Assumption, there were four thrones, the main of which was the throne in the name of the Assumption of the Mother of God; on the left there was a throne in honor of the Cathedral of the Mother of God, on the right - in the name of the Nativity of the Mother of God and St. Nil of Stolobensky. The head of the church is crowned with a cross with a dove, which is a symbol of the Holy Spirit.
The five-span belfry was added to the church much later and stood separately from the temple building. After a while, it was adapted for housing, although the apartments here were very inconvenient and did not bring enough income. The belfry had nine bells. In the 16th century, the belfry spans were covered with a separate gable roof. The belfry of the Assumption Church is considered the largest surviving one.
At one time, two chapels were assigned to the Assumption Church: the Monk Martyr Anastasia and the Holy Blessed Russian Princess Olga. According to legend, the Olginskaya chapel was built in the place where Saint Olga saw on the other side of the Great River several bright rays that descended from the sky, after which she predicted that the Church of the Holy Trinity would be located on this place, and the city would be glorious. and great for good deeds. On the eve of the significant day in memory of St. Olga, namely on July 10, an all-night vigil took place in the chapel, and the next day in the morning, during the crusade to Olga's homeland in Vybuty, water consecration took place. There was a spring near the chapel, which was named after Saint Olga - Holguin's key.
There was no school, parish guardianship or hospital in the parish. Beginning in 1888, an almshouse began to operate, supported by peasants from the Logaz volost, in which about twenty people of both sexes lived. Among those who donated to church needs were Khryastolov, Chernyavsky, Kudryavtseva, Evstafiev, Penzentsev and the psalmist Sokolovsky.
At the moment, the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is active. In 1995, the northern chapel was consecrated, named in honor of the Equal-to-the-Apostles Holy Princess Olga. In 2006, a new church iconostasis was consecrated, which was built on the initiative of volunteers from the Department of Internal Affairs of the region. The icons of the 17th century, painted by the Velikie Luki icon painter Deacon Dmitry Laskin, were inserted into the iconostasis.
