A beautiful yellow church resembling both a palace and a Catholic church at the same time is located near the Krasny Perekop factory. This location of the church is no accident, because it was built with funds from the workers of the Yaroslavl Big Manufactory Partnership.
The development of industry attracted more and more people to the city, and by the end of the 19th century there was already a need for a large church. The completion of its construction coincided with the 50th anniversary of the factory, so the church was dedicated to the patron saints of the enterprise, the namesakes of the founders of the manufactory - John, Andrew and Gabriel.
This three-altar church has three altars in honor of John the Faster, Archangel Gabriel and Andrew of Crete, but townspeople more often call it by its shortened name - the Church of Andrew of Crete.
The appearance of the church is a mixture of Art Nouveau and elements of Gothic. The high arches around the windows and two tiers of arcades on the 40-meter bell tower are decorated with ceramic tiles with floral patterns. The exterior walls of the church are adorned with beautifully preserved frescoes and mosaics made of glazed tiles in pastel shades.
In Soviet times the church was not in operation; its premises first housed the workshops of an electromechanical plant, then a children's sports school. In 2010 the church returned to the ownership of the Russian Orthodox Church, and restoration work is now being carried out there. Over the decades of using the church for purposes other than its intended one, the interior decoration was almost completely destroyed.
