Not far from the center of Sergiev Posad stands a beautiful church with bright blue walls, white trim, and a three-tier bell tower. This is the Church of the Resurrection or, as it is more often called by locals, the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.
It is not the entire church that was consecrated in honor of Peter and Paul, but only its side chapel, yet people find this name clearer and closer. The church's main dedication, in the name of the Resurrection, refers to the Feast of the Commemoration of the Consecration of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem, on Mount Golgotha. Such a dedication is usually given to churches standing near cemeteries or built to commemorate the dead. This tradition also gave the Peter and Paul Church such a complex name, for it was built to perpetuate the memory of those killed during the Polish-Lithuanian raids, which swept through the entire Moscow Governorate in a destructive and deadly campaign.
The church was built in 1818 in the Baroque and Classicist styles. In the 1930s, the church was closed by the communists. During the years of neglect, all of the church's interior decoration disappeared, and the church complex itself suffered greatly. Previously, it had an unusually tall four-tier bell tower for its time, which was demolished in the 1950s, leaving only the lower tier.
In the late 1990s, the church was returned to the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra, to which it belonged as a metochion. Restoration work was carried out here, and now the Peter and Paul Church looks neat and elegant, delighting the eye and the soul.
