Saint Paraskevi Church, Wooden Orthodox church in Barabanovo, Russia.
Saint Paraskevi Church is a wooden Orthodox church in Barabanovo featuring five decorative cupolas and eight gables set on the Yenisei River bank. The structure displays characteristic details of Russian wooden church architecture with its distinctive arrangement of rooflines.
The church was constructed in 1857 during the era of Siberian settlement expansion. It served a parish of more than 2,000 people, drawn from exiles and peasant settlers moving eastward from western Russia.
The church is named after Saint Paraskeva-Pyatnitsa, an Orthodox saint traditionally revered as protector of merchants and trading in medieval Russian tradition. This dedication reflects how commerce mattered to the early settlers in this Siberian region.
The wooden structure requires substantial repairs and sits roughly 65 kilometers northwest of Krasnoyarsk on the left bank of the Yenisei. Visitors should prepare for challenging access conditions, as the church is located in a remote area with variable road conditions.
The interior retains primitive-style paintings of the four Evangelists, each with their respective symbols, despite decades of abandonment. These wall paintings offer a rare window into the religious artistic tradition of 19th-century Siberian settlements.
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