The Re-inventory book of the City of Belo-ozero of 1617/18 mentions a wooden temple in the name of John the Evangelist. The book mentions John the Evangelist church with a side-altar in the name of the wonder-worker Kirill Belozerskiy, ‘tent-like top, ruga-supported’. ‘Ruga’ was money allowance provided for the upkeep of priests, clergymen and bell ringers if the temple did not have its own land. The church had a priest named Login.
An excerpt from the 1675-76 Census Book mentions a cellular Temple of John the Evangelist, with side-altars in the name of the miracle workers Kirill Belozerskiy and Simeon Stolpnik, built and decorated with donations from citizens. At the church there was a bell tower with three bells weighing 2 poods or almost 33 kilograms. There was no cemetery near the church, as it stood in the commercial square, in the Re-inventory book the square was called Jitna. The church gave the name to the Gate Tower of the Belozersky Kremlin.
The stone temple was built in 1706. In 1865, the parish had 442 inhabitants. In the heated refectory there were two side-altars: in the name of the Reverend Simeon StOlnik and in honor of the Elevation of the Holy Cross. In 1883, the Elevation side-altar was moved to the new annex. The church building had a distinctive composition: the lower tier of the main building was four-cornered, and the second tier was octagonal. Such a composition was called ‘octagon placed on quadrangle’. The second tier was covered with an octagonal bell dome. It was topped with a small sphere-shaped head with a spire. To the west, the temple was adjoined by a low, broad, heated refectory, also adjoining the temple from the north and south, and a tent-shaped bell tower. The decor was simple: the openings were framed with flat cross-pieces, the walls were decorated with simple cornices and a socle, the arches ‘supported’ simple cornices, above the arches stood out simple roll-shaped cross-pieces.
The appearance of the temple underwent minor changes in the 19th century: the small heads were decorated in line with the classicism canons, decorative columns were added between the windows.
In the Soviet era, the church building was stripped of the bell tower, decapitated and rebuilt. A fire station was located there. Only the first storey was left of the temple, above which the second wooden storey was built. The decor of the walls is lost, new windows are broken in the walls. The building currently houses shops and warehouses.
An excerpt from the 1675-76 Census Book mentions a cellular Temple of John the Evangelist, with side-altars in the name of the miracle workers Kirill Belozerskiy and Simeon Stolpnik, built and decorated with donations from citizens. At the church there was a bell tower with three bells weighing 2 poods or almost 33 kilograms. There was no cemetery near the church, as it stood in the commercial square, in the Re-inventory book the square was called Jitna. The church gave the name to the Gate Tower of the Belozersky Kremlin.
The stone temple was built in 1706. In 1865, the parish had 442 inhabitants. In the heated refectory there were two side-altars: in the name of the Reverend Simeon StOlnik and in honor of the Elevation of the Holy Cross. In 1883, the Elevation side-altar was moved to the new annex. The church building had a distinctive composition: the lower tier of the main building was four-cornered, and the second tier was octagonal. Such a composition was called ‘octagon placed on quadrangle’. The second tier was covered with an octagonal bell dome. It was topped with a small sphere-shaped head with a spire. To the west, the temple was adjoined by a low, broad, heated refectory, also adjoining the temple from the north and south, and a tent-shaped bell tower. The decor was simple: the openings were framed with flat cross-pieces, the walls were decorated with simple cornices and a socle, the arches ‘supported’ simple cornices, above the arches stood out simple roll-shaped cross-pieces.
The appearance of the temple underwent minor changes in the 19th century: the small heads were decorated in line with the classicism canons, decorative columns were added between the windows.
In the Soviet era, the church building was stripped of the bell tower, decapitated and rebuilt. A fire station was located there. Only the first storey was left of the temple, above which the second wooden storey was built. The decor of the walls is lost, new windows are broken in the walls. The building currently houses shops and warehouses.
