The Church of the Assumption of Holy Virgin Mary was built in 1649.
It is beautifully situated on the southern edge of the town heights together with two twelfth-century white-stone Cathedrals. It crowns the eastern section of the old town's south facade. It is a tall building crowned with a tight bunch of five large, onion-shaped domes. It is one of the so-called refectory or trapeznaya type Church, i.e., the main square-shaped building of the Church adjoined on its western wall with a low refectory, linking it with the bell tower. The rectangular main body of the Church is partitioned by flat pilaster strips and crowned with a rich cornice surmounted by deeply recessed pointed kokoshnik gables. Behind these gables rises another tier of elaborate, semi-circular kokoshniks. The central section of the roof is crowned with five onion-shaped domes standing on bases decorated with small, pointed kokoshniks covered with tin-plated iron. The north and west walls of the Church are united by the covered arcade of the Church porch. Porches lead up to the entrances. There is a particularly elaborate porch on the north side facing to the main street.
The remarkable skill of the architect is particularly evident in the design of the bell tower. Its lower rectangular section housed the first belfry and has wide semi-circular arches in the outer walls. In most bell towers this rectangular section supports a tall octagon on which the main belfry rests. In this case, however, the architect dispensed with the octagonal section. The belfry is exceptionally attractive. It is very elongated in form and its diagonal surfaces and arches are narrower than those in the centre. The small windows in the tent-shaped roof are also elongated and narrow. The latter served as a resonator for the bells and was also covered with tin-plated iron.
The Church originally was included in a Monastery ensemble, and was surrounded by other buildings enclosed by a wall in which there were two stone gateways. The two entrances of the Holy Gates were topped with tent-shaped roofs each surmounted with a small, green-tiled dome. A similar specimen has survived in Suzdal. Thus the Church was originally the focal point in a picturesque group of stone and wooden buildings with the green and silvery roofs of which the craftsmen of old Russia were so fond.
According to old records the interior of the Church was just as beautiful as its exterior. The walls of the Church porch were decorated with rich painting, traces of which can still be found near the north and west entrances. To the left of the west entrance there is the carved account of the Church's foundation, contained in a white stone niche decorated with two kokoshniks. The refectory contained two stoves covered with green, patterned tiles. The tall, light interior of the Church was also decorated with wall-paintings. The architects paid special attention to its accoustics resonators placing in the walls. The icons of the iconostasis were framed with bands of stamped silver, and the Holy Doors and tent-shaped canopy over the altar were inlaid with gold and silver and painted.
Now this Church is sent in use to "Old Believers" community of Vladimir.

Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of God, pray for us!