Ascension Church, Yaroslavl

Ascension Church is an Orthodox house of worship featuring traditional architectural elements and standing on Svobody Street in the city. Its white stone structure is marked by four supporting piers and five domes that form its distinctive appearance.

The building was first constructed in 1584 by a Greek merchant who wanted to prevent a Lutheran place of worship from being built in the area. A merchant funded major rebuilding work in the mid-1800s, commissioning new interior decorations at that time.

The church is named for the Ascension of Christ and contains frescoes from the 1700s that show Russian Orthodox artistic traditions of that era. These interior paintings still convey the spiritual purpose they were created for.

The site is open to visitors daily, having returned to its religious function in the late 2000s after serving as a storage depot for decades. Visitors can now experience the space as an active place of worship rather than in its Soviet-era use.

The interior decorations were created by different artists at different times, showing how the artistic work evolved over generations. These layers of creative activity make the decoration particularly interesting for visitors wanting to understand the history of local craftsmanship.

Location: Yaroslavl

Inception: 1682

Website: http://prihod-voznesenie.orthodoxy.ru

GPS coordinates: 57.62619,39.87067

Latest update: December 13, 2025 11:40