Description of the attraction
In Gus-Khrustalny, located on the territory of the Vladimir region, there is one of the most famous churches, namely the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity, which was previously called the Church of Joachim and Anna.
The construction of the temple fell on the period from 1810 to 1816, which was carried out at the expense of Sergei Yakimovich Maltsov. Joachim and Anna were chosen among the saints. During the years 1848-1851, Sergei Yakimovich built a warm refectory at the church, the chapel in which was consecrated in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity, which happened on May 28, 1851. In 1895, a parish library was opened at the church, operating free of charge for parishioners. In 1901, the temple was surrounded on all sides by a stone quadrangular fence, equipped with cast-iron gratings. There was a central gate near the fence.
During the years of Soviet power, the church was closed more than once, and all church valuables were confiscated by the authorities. After the end of the Great Patriotic War, mechanical workshops at the Glass College were housed in the temple. During the period from 1946 to 1948, the church existed as a warehouse, after which a fire brigade worked in it. In 1983, the Holy Trinity Church was accepted for local protection as an architectural monument, and in 1989 it was returned to the community of believers again, after which its restoration began.
The church is located in the left-bank zone of the Gus River, which is not far from the Paper Mill, as well as the Crystal Factory, located on the river itself. The temple is the very center of the left-bank planning structure of the city.
The Church of the Holy Trinity is completely lined with bricks and fixed with lime mortar. The facades of the refectory room are equipped with large and high-positioned window openings. The division of the facades is done vertically, which is emphasized by the interwindow paneled blades, which correspond to the pilasters placed on the side walls from the inside of the church. Window openings are equipped with plaster rods. The church drum is completely upholstered with iron. Drum windows are rectangular, but over time they were laid; now they are round. The western and front doors are framed by a decorative portico with a semicircular top and cannellised pilasters.
As for the interior of the main volume, there are sixteen columns, which somewhat limit the central space, and also carry a drum with a deaf domed vault. The frieze and capitals of the columns around the drum are gilded and stucco. The walls are painted dark blue, and the columns are plastered and then whitewashed. Above the capitals there is a strip of painting made of floral ornaments.
The space-planning structure of the church is represented by the main volume, the apse, the refectory room and the bell tower. The main volume is cross-shaped, with the eastern wing being the apse. The light drum is small and stands on the middle cross; the end is decorated with a high dome. The rectangular east wing is oriented across the axis, while the side wings have the same shape, which are oriented longitudinally. The rectangle of the refectory room is elongated longitudinally and slightly widened to the line of the side porches of the main volume. The roof is covered with a gable roof.
The bell tower of the Holy Trinity Church is three-tiered and equipped with rectangular tents on the sides. Bell tiers are presented in the form of fours. The hipped roof, equipped with dormer windows, as well as kokoshniks, belongs to modern times.
The facades of the church, apse, bell tower tents are designed along several horizontal axes that encircle the building, excluding the refectory room, as a result of which two tiers of window openings appear. The window openings located at the bottom have a rectangular shape and are much higher than those at the top, which are made semicircular. There is only one such vertical axis on the temple, and there are two of them on the facades of the bell tents.
Today the Holy Trinity Church is an architectural monument of Gus-Khrustalny. Despite the fact that many of its parts were lost during the Great Patriotic War and during the years of Soviet rule, today it has been completely restored and pleases numerous parishioners.
