Holy Trinity Churches in Yazvishche, Religious landmark in Yazvishche, Russia.

The Holy Trinity Church in Yazvishche is a brick building in the classical style, begun in 1815 and consecrated in 1820. Its central cube (chetverik) is topped by a large light-filled rotunda with a dome pierced by small dormer windows (lucarnes). A semicircular apse adjoins the east side, four-column porticoes stand to the north and south, and a wide four-pillar refectory links the church to a bell tower of four cubic tiers crowned by a cupola and cross.

A wooden Trinity church was first mentioned in the 15th century; the village is also the 1440 birthplace of Saint Joseph of Volotsk. The brick church was built with parish funds from 1815 and consecrated in 1820, and its refectory was rebuilt in 1894 to a design by S. I. Borodin. Closed and desecrated in 1956, it served as a collective-farm warehouse before being returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1990.

The churches serve as a gathering place where local believers attend services and mark important Orthodox holy days throughout the year. Visitors can observe how the community uses and cares for these buildings as living religious spaces.

The site is best visited during daylight hours when the architectural details are well lit and the surrounding landscape is visible. Visitors should dress respectfully and be prepared for active religious services that may take place on certain days.

The village name Yazvishche translates from Old Slavonic as a large cave or collapse, echoing the Greek word Khony (cleft), linked to the legend of the Miracle of Archangel Michael at Chonae. The church's side chapel to Archangel Michael preserves this older dedication, absorbed when the ancient wooden church was rebuilt in stone.