If
we go along the street of Uritski to right coast of the river Kamenka,
and crossing through the bridge, we would see the ensemble of the Nativity and
Epiphany Churches.
They form a typical Suzdal pair consisting of the summer
Church of the Epiphany (built in 1781), and the small heated winter Church of
the Nativity (built in 1739), attractively situated in the water-meadows by the
Kamenka.
The earlier Church of the Nativity with its tiny dome and
plain walls is a very cosy little building. Its west side is adjoined by a bell-tower
with a slender, slightly concave tent-shaped spire reminiscent of the former bell-tower
belonging to the Church of the Entry into Jerusalem.
The larger Church of the Epiphany is similar to the
Church of the Sign, but its adornments are more novel:
the kokoshnik
band has been replaced by a simple cornice, the corners
of the square body of the Church and the vestibule are ornamented
with two rows of rusticated masonry (stone laying), and
the usual covering has been replaced by two intersecting
double-sloped roofs curving upwards at the base with an
octagonal two-tiered dome.