The beautiful temple was built in the late 18th century. The money for the construction was donated by the Panov brothers, conquerors of Russian Alaska. The temple turned out on sight: tall, full of light. On the interior, too, did not save, all the walls were covered with frescoes, put a multi-tiered iconostasis.
There are 2 temples in the building. The lower, warm, was dedicated to the entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem. Cold upper — the patron saint of sailors, Nicholas the Wonderworker.
The temple turned out, light, airy, directed to the top. It is all decorated with traditional, but no less unique decor — totem cartouches, stone lace. This is not stucco, but a special masonry that protrudes from the wall to a half brick.
In 1843, the church suffered from a fire, but the parishioners collected funds for repairs and again, like candles, rushed up its turrets.
In the 3rd years, the temple was closed, the room was adapted for a winery. The interior painting and altars were lost. The roof has been remodeled. Only in 1979, the authorities realized that the building is an architectural monument and took it under protection. However, restoration work began almost 20 years later. After the renovation, in 1996, the Navigation Museum was opened in the lower temple. The exposition is mainly devoted to the conquest of America by Russian sailors and merchants.
In the early 21st century, a full-scale restoration was carried out. They restored the covering of the chapters, lintels, decorated the vaults. Opened access to the bell tower. In 2010, the campaign “Totma’s Bell Ring” was held. The funds raised went to cast bells and now the bell rings regularly over Totma.
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