Description of the attraction
The Church of the Intercession is located in Pereslavl-Zalessky, on Pleshcheevskaya Street, 13a. It was built in 1789. After some time, a three-tiered bell tower crowned with a spire was added to it.
The Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos is almost the only one in all of Pereslavl that has retained its original layout and interior furnishings, since it was not closed in Soviet times, and services continued to be held there.
First, on the site of the Intercession Church, a wooden temple of Paraskeva Pyatnitsa, mentioned in the scribes of 1628, was erected. In 1659, it was replaced by a new church in the name of the Intercession of the Virgin, also built of wood. And only 130 years later, the current church was erected at the expense of the merchant Bykov and the district secretary of Tolsky.
In those years, the Church of the Intercession stood on the lively Market Square, where there were shops, warehouses and taverns. Trade in Pereslavl was going well, and therefore on market days it was especially noisy and crowded. The Church of the Intercession was not alone here, but its “neighbors” have not survived to this day.
The building of the church has preserved many of the architectural details, made in the Baroque style, which was popular in the middle of the 18th century. In general, it is recognized as almost the best preserved monument of the Moscow Baroque in Pereslavl-Zalessky. The compositional solution "octagon on a quadruple" ends with a huge, high and wide hemispherical vault, on which a small drum with a dome is installed. Lucarnes (round-shaped light holes) are cut in the dome. A large apse is attached to the church on the east side. There are 2 chapels in it: in honor of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos and in the name of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos. The windows are decorated with baroque carved frames. On the outside of the walls of the temple, paintings on biblical themes have survived, the paintings inside are quite new, but also in good condition.
A strong impression is made by the three-tiered bell tower, which is completed not with a dome, but with a high spire on an intricate base.
Church utensils and icons from the abolished neighboring churches were brought to the Intercession Church. This is how one of the most valuable icons survived here, which is now kept in the Pereslavl Museum - the icon of Peter and Paul, dated to the 15th century (from the destroyed Peter and Paul Church).
Today, the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos is located at a distance from the busy main street, surrounded by tall trees and small houses.
