Lyadinsky temple wooden ensemble, including the Epiphany Church,
the Intercession Church and the bell tower, is located in the
village of Lyadiny, Kargopol District, Arkhangelsk Region. The
Epiphany Church was built in 1793. It is an excellent example of the
inexhaustible forms of wooden architecture. The structure of the
building is simple: the octagon is located on a quadrangle with an
adjoining refectory. But the most amazing thing about the church is
that it is "showered" with 12 lumpy heads. In the old days, she was
called "overwhelmed and decorated."
In addition, the Epiphany
Church has a remarkable "round" porch. It is unique and is not
repeated in any other monuments of wooden architecture. Scientists
call it "exceptional in ancient wooden church buildings." The porch
is leaning against the western wall of the refectory and resembles a
wide, stretched board tent. It stands on carved pillars surrounded
by carved railings. From the outside, the porch has 7 sides. Inside
the porch, between the stairs and the railing, there is a gulbische.
A 5-sided staircase with 14 steps leads to the doors of the church.
The staircase, railings and posts are very graceful, modestly
painted in red and blue. Inside, the vault of the tent is presented
in the form of a blue sky strewn with white stars. Climbing to the
temple on the creaky floorboards of the porch, you experience the
joyful feeling of the fabulous and enjoy the true art of the
masters.
The Church of the Intercession was built in 1761 (in
other sources - in 1743). It amazes with its size - it is a
grandiose building. Only craftsmen with great experience could cut
down such a whopper. The church is a common type of tent-roofed
temple: an octagon on a quadrangle. But it is almost doubled in size
and stretched along the side facade, due to the cuttings of the
two-story refectory with a vestibule, the altar apse. It is square
in plan and covered with a massive barrel. The tent of the temple is
especially majestic. It is huge, and in clear weather it can be seen
from afar.
The building of the Intercession Church is
two-temple. Below was the Vlasyevskaya winter church with a
refectory, which is a gloomy room with a low ceiling. The upper
chambers of the Intercession Church are more spacious and luminous.
In the upper and lower refectory, a powerful beam of the ceiling
beam is supported by 2 carved pillars in the form of "melons" with
interceptions placed on top of each other. Benches with carved legs
and carved edging of a beautiful wavy profile are set along the
walls.
In the Church of the Intercession, a carved gilded
iconostasis and a painted 12-part "sky" have survived to this day.
In the central circle of "heaven" God the Father is depicted on the
throne, in the doorposts - archangels, apostles, and in the 4
corners - angels with trumpets. "Sky" is distinguished by its
ornateness: scarlet and green robes of figures against a blue
background, gilding - everything is bright and unusual, and fills
the semi-dark decoration of the church with a tremulous radiance.
The iconostasis of the Intercession Church has several interesting
icons: for example, icons of the festive rite and the icon of St.
Eustathius, dating from the 16th century (the Arkhangelsk Museum),
the royal gates (Hermitage, St. Petersburg). In the refectory of the
upper church, together with the locally revered saints, there were
icons of the founders of monasteries in the Kargopol region: Cyril
of Chelmogorsky (XIV century) and Alexander Oshevensky (XV century).
The bell tower of the Lyadinsky ensemble, which looks like a
stately tower with a hipped roof, was erected in 1820. The internal
design is no different. It consists of 8 pillars, corresponding to
the edges, and a central pillar that runs through the entire
structure to the cross. The frame of the bell tower of the main
massif is represented by an octagon set on a low quadrangle. This
technique was quite common in buildings of this type, but it was
necessary, since the supporting bell pillars did not touch the
ground and did not rot. The lower tier (quadruple) was adapted for
the storage of church utensils. All buildings are very well
maintained, restoration work is organized.