Mid-Pentecostal church, Sacred building in Pskov, Russia.
The Mid-Pentecostal church is a religious building in Pskov featuring red brick walls and characteristic domes in the style of traditional Russian Orthodox architecture. The structure displays typical features of its period, including geometric proportions and detailed facade work.
The church is first mentioned in chronicles in January 1468, when Archbishop Jonah of Novgorod summoned Pskov's posadniks and clergy to the Pustynsky courtyard. Vladimir Gedimin's book states it was built in 1494 on the metochion of the Velikopustynsky Monastery. In 1822, part of the roof was removed and the vaults demolished after Archimandrite Zosima reported services had become unsafe; the walls were rebuilt. Closed before World War II, it was used by German forces as a garage, and in 1960 the apse housed a smithy. Returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1995, it was restored from summer 2006, with the first service on 5 January 2007.
The church serves as a gathering place for the local faithful who come to pray and observe traditional religious practices. Walking through the interior, visitors see how the space reflects the spiritual values of the community.
The church stands at Detskaya (Spasskaya) Street 3 in the Okolny Gorod, measuring 23 by 10 metres. It was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1995 and assigned to Trinity Cathedral; restoration began in summer 2006, and the first service followed on 5 January 2007. It now serves as a metochion of the Spaso-Eleazarovsky Monastery.
In 1867 a stone tent-roofed bell tower was built over the porch on pillars, on the site of an older belfry. In Soviet times the church housed a smithy in the apse and a garage with an inspection pit in the main volume; during the war the Germans cut wide gates in the south wall to drive vehicles inside.
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