The Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God stands on a small hill in the middle of Schmidt Street, on the right bank of the Kamenka River. In ancient times, the Tikhvin Church was part of the ensemble of St.Andrew's Monastery, destroyed by the Polish-Lithuanian invaders.
Short story
By the beginning of the 17th century, only Andreev's meadow (now Ilyin) survived, to which the dilapidated Kozhevennaya Sloboda adjoined, built up with houses of artisans and leather processing establishments. According to the scribe book of Suzdal from 1628, on the site of the Tikhvin Church there were two wooden churches - Peter and Paul and Andrew the First-Called.
At the end of the 17th century, dilapidated wooden buildings were replaced by a stone church, consecrated in honor of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God. This icon is kept in the Tikhvin monastery in the city of Tikhvin Leningrad region, but the list (copy) from it is also in Suzdal. The original of the miraculous image, according to legend, was written by the Evangelist Luke himself, who is revered as one of the 70 apostles (disciples) of Jesus Christ.
Architecture of the Tikhvin Church
Despite the fact that the Tikhvin Church in Suzdal has survived to the present time with significant losses, it is the only building reminiscent of the former ensemble of St.Andrew's Monastery... The altar part (apse) with the throne of St. Andrew the First-Called and the porch with a hipped bell tower, the lower tier of which served as the entrance to the temple, did not survive.
The Tikhvin Church is based on a cube covered with a four-pitched roof, on which a high drum with a figured head rests. The roof area is separated from the wall area by a cornice made of hewn bricks with semicircular arches. In the corners, the building is decorated with paired semi-columns. The side facades are decorated with three-part platbands, unique for Suzdal, with two windows and an icon case in the middle intended for the icon.
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