Tserkov' Zhon-Mironosits

The crown between the line of churches in this area.

The Church of the Myrrhbearers was the first church built in Novgorod since 1467 after the destruction of the Novgorod Republic. The building that has survived to our time was erected in 1510. The tutor was a Moscow guest (this is such a privileged social group "guests" from the highest Moscow merchants who were resettled to Novgorod by Ivan III, and not that he came to Novgorod to visit) Ivan Syrkov with his sons Afanasy and Dmitry. The Church of the Myrrhbearers is a four-pillar, three-apse, one-domed church, but it is very different from the Novgorod architecture. The church is divided by vaults into three floors: a basement (below ground level), a sub-church and the church itself. The basement and subchurch were commonly used as storage facilities. The Syrkovs apparently decided to combine the church with the warehouse, and this is clearly in favor of the latter. Well, so that God looks after the goods. The basement did not communicate with the main premises and had a separate entrance from the south side. The western part of the main room on the top floor is separated by a blank wall and divided by a wooden floor into two tiers, that is, a fourth floor has appeared there. The blades on the side facades of the church start from the level of the floor where the church is located (there are none on the subchurch wall) and are pulled together at the top by zakomars. The drum is decorated with an arcature belt. Initially, there was a two-span belfry on the western wall, later dismantled, and again restored in the 20th century. About the name of the church, it must be said that the wives of the myrrh-bearer are women who came in the morning on the first day after Saturday to the Tomb of the Risen Jesus Christ with incense (peace) for ritual anointing of the body. Initially, the church had a chapel of St. Procopius, but in 1536 it was rededicated to the limit of the Evangelist Matthew, and in 1722 it was abolished. In 1538 or 1539, another Moscow guest, Fyodor Syrkov, built a warm adjoining church of the Presentation of the Lord with a refectory. It was the first warm home church in Novgorod. A home church is a church that is practically at home, so as not to go far. He crossed his own courtyard, or even in general along a special passage or gallery, and already in the church. The Syrkovs' yard is believed to be located very close to the Church of the Myrrh-Bearing Women, at the north-western corner of the church. Apparently, the Sretensky chapel with the refectory was a northern two-story extension to the church, but this is not certain. Sretensky chapel was abolished after a severe fire in 1745. The western annex was built in the 16th century. In the 18th century, instead of the gable (gable-gables) roof, a hip hip roof was arranged. Since the church even had two floors of storage facilities in 1572, Tsar Ivan the Terrible left the state treasury in Novgorod under the protection of 500 archers in several churches, including the Church of the Myrrh-Bearing Women. In 1722, a warm side-altar of the Nativity of the Virgin was built in the sub-church, but in 1745 after a strong fire it was abolished and storerooms were placed there. After the construction of the Gostiny Dvor in 1692-1701, the Church of the Myrrh-Bearing Women became an integral part of the trapezoidal square of this building, and other buildings that are not present were adjacent to it. In 1724, the Church of the Myrrh-Bearing Women was transferred to the Yuryev Monastery for the establishment of a courtyard. In 1832, the courtyard and the Church of the Myrrh-Bearing Wives were transferred to the Syrkov Monastery, where they remained until its abolition in 1919. During the war, the church received minor damage. It was restored in the forms of the early 16th century (original if possible) with subsequent extensions. The belfry on the western wall, the gable roof was restored, and the roof was made of plowshares (these are wooden curved oblong planks resembling tiles). Now, from the south and west, two wooden porches with stairs leading to the upper floor are attached to the temple building. The church is under the jurisdiction of the Novgorod Museum, but you cannot get into the main building. There is a museum storage. Only in the sub-church are various exhibitions with an ethnographic bias, but we did not like it. Boring.

I really liked this place, a wonderful guide, a warm atmosphere.

Wonderful museum. Existing exhibits. True .. a little lacking .. competent guide) ...

Despite the external two-tiered, in fact, the church has three floors. The lowest level is hidden under the ground and is used as a warehouse. According to legends, a part of the treasury of Ivan the Terrible was once kept there. Now the temple hosts various exhibitions and other recreational activities.