Models, part 1

Models, part 2

Ornamental painting of girth arcs, part 1

Ornamental painting of girth arcs, part 2

Ornamental painting of girth arcs, part 3

Vladimir Boytsov tells:

«Western girth arch includes a part of the text «Symbol of faith», 8 portraits of saint great martyrs and very complicated ornament, gilding that goes not only over the straight plane of vaults, ceilings and walls but also over it relief part and appears on the plane of text «Symbol of faith». Main ornamental framing fall on this 4 archs, two of them were the charge of our team. They play considerable role in the composition of the Temple, by architectonics they support «barrel» and «sail» between archs. Their supporting character is underlined both by ornament and painting.

Inside each side-chapel interior saturation of painting is lighten by paintings of walls and ceilings and it concentrates again more closely to the windows and gallery. That gives extraordinary lightness to all four side-chapels, peculiar refinement, richness that are underlined by different chandeliers, lamps, church-chandeliers and entrances to the south and western part of bypass gallery. Gold blazes on every side you look: on walls, on ceilings, on small domes and vaults».