St. Vladimir's Cathedral and St. Alexander's Church were built by Pereslavl merchant F. Ugrumov in the 1740s and situated within the Sretensky Novodevichy Convent.
In the second half of the 18th century, following the abolishment of Pereslavl Diocese, the modest abode was shut down, while its temples were turned into simple parish churches.
In the early 20th century, after St. Vladimir's Cathedral was thoroughly overhauled, it became the New City Cathedral. Moreover, the old Transfiguration Cathedral was referred to it. St. Alexander's Church and St. Vladimir's Cathedral were full of service utensils such as silver chalices, tabernacles, icons dated back to the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, etc. Nearby, there was a bell tower looking like a high round tower with a great set of bells, which could be heard far beyond the city.
In the 1920s, St. Vladimir's Cathedral and St. Alexander's Church were supervised by a religious society leaded by 19 people. In November 1925, thieves sneaked in the Cathedral without being seen by the keeper. They stole silver cases and jewelled crowns of the icon of Our Lady of Pechorsk and the Image of Edessa dated back to the 17th century as well as the 18th-century tabernacle.
In 1929, the Church and the Cathedral were used as a central library and a sport centre, while the bell tower lost its bells and was empty.
Later, an altar of St. Alexander's Church was occupied by a bread store. A logging company used the rest part of it as a garage and built two pits iside. By that time, almost nothing of the last centuries survived in the temples. Paintings dated back to the 19th century were severely damaged, while icon stands were completely lost. Construction waste was all around the building. The future of the temples was unclear.
In 1936, a special committee arrived to inspect the condition and possible use of "the historical monuments of the City temples dedicated to Alexander Nevsky and St. Vladimir". The committee noticed that the monuments were located near the 12th-century cathedral and wall as well as the 16th-century Church of St. Peter the Metropolitan. This fact made them a very interesting architectural complex in the context of the history of Russian architecture. It was a good reason to preserve St. Vladimir's Cathedral and the Church of St. Alexander.
In the 1990s, both temples resumed church services. Thanks to the local clergy, the first after the 1917 Russian Revolution Orthodox gymnasium was opened there. The only piece of the monastery wall and a gate house remind us now that one day there was a monastery near Red Square in Perevlavl. The foundation of the church bell tower is hidden today under the widened Yaroslavl highway.
Church of St. Peter the Metropolitan (tented-roof, 1584). The Church of St. Peter the Metropolitan is situated in the historic centre of the town of Pereslavl, 250 meters south-east of the ancient Cathedral of the Saviour's Transfiguration.
This church is the town's most beautiful architectural structure. It has a cross plan and features a podkl...
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