Yaroslavl Churches

Next to the monastery there's the richly decorated Epiphany church (Tserkov Bogoyavleniya). Built in the end of the 17th century, this church has more Moscovitan than Yaroslavl look.
 
Epiphany Church in Yaroslavl, Golden Ring - photo by Peter/ flickr.com/photos/acidka/5158780383
If you walk from the monastery to the direction of Volga river you'll see the white Church of Ilia the Prophet (Tserkov Ilii Proroka) with five green domes. It was built in 1647-1650, and is considered to be one of the main sights in Yaroslavl.
 
Frescoes in the Church of Elijah the Prophet in Yaroslavl - photo by Larry Koester /flickr.com/photos/larrywkoester/16209167978
The main attraction are the frescoes made by Gury Nikitin and Sila Slavin – the famous masters from Kostroma, who decorated at least one church in every Golden Ring town in the 17th century. The frescoes depict the life of saints.
Along the embankment of the Volga river there are many old houses, churches, an art museum, and a history museum (17, Volzhskaya emb., phone: (0852) 30-41-75, opened: 10.00-17.00 ex. wed).

 

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