Church of the Epiphany in Suzdal, Orthodox church in Suzdal, Russia.
The Church of the Epiphany is a summer church in Suzdal's Kozhevennaya Sloboda, standing low on the right bank of the Kamenka River beside the winter Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist (1739). Built in 1781, its cubic main volume has paired rustication on the corners, also on the apse and porch, while the windows keep 17th-century half-column frames and keel-shaped kokoshniks. It is crowned by a two-tier drum with an onion dome.
The building was constructed in 1781, reflecting Russian religious architecture of the late 18th century. Its creation came during a period when the city was expanding and updating its religious structures.
The church stands in Kozhevennaya Sloboda, the old tanners' quarter that stretched along both banks of the Kamenka River. Its name, Epiphany, refers to the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, and the church is the summer member of a pair with the winter Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist next door. The two were built as one ensemble.
The church stands in the low-lying Kozhevennaya Sloboda on the right bank of the Kamenka River, beside the winter Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist. The two form one ensemble viewed from the riverbank and the bridge. It is a working summer church, so the interior is open around services rather than as a museum.
The church is built of brick and thickly whitewashed with lime, so its paired corner rustication and simple cornice stand out against the white walls. Its window frames keep the older 17th-century form of thin half-columns topped by keel-shaped kokoshniks, a detail easily missed at a glance.
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