The vitrine contains ground plans and graphical reconstructions of the main types of churches that you can visit on the site.

Austere outward appearance of the churches sharply contrasted with their magnificent interior, which vividly represented the idea of Christian teaching about the predominance of the internal (spiritual) over the external (corporal).

The church as a whole represented an image of the "Heavenly Jerusalem".  All the architectural decoration: the arches supported by elegant columns, bright decoration of marble tiles, splendid stone carving, and ornamental patterns, was aimed to increase the impression of the "miraculously created Heaven on Earth".

To the left from the vitrine, on the gallery wall you can see the reconstruction of wall painting from one of Cherson's churches.

To continue the excursion, please go to the next vitrine number 9+.

In the centre and on the right of this vitrine there are fragments of relief gypsum frieze and frescoes that decorated the church constructed in the fifth or sixth century.          In the left part of the vitrine, there are medieval painter's tools and materials for making paints. At the bottom on the right, there is stand with paints, and on the left, there is stone mortar with pestle for grinding the paints. The remains of golden powder, red and blue pigments remained within the pores in the mortar.