Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Church

• its location in Sifton with the building's north-south placement on a large grassed and treed plot

Key exterior elements that define the church's Russian Orthodox style include:

• the narrow, compact, vertically oriented wooden form organized in three distinct frames of a tall tower, a wider central volume with shallow transepts and a polygonal apse
• the complex roofline dominated by three onion-shaped domes arranged in descending order over the frames, including a wide central octagonal drum and dome perched atop the main cross-gable roof and a smaller drum and dome over the polygonal apse roof
• the round-arched sash windows of various sizes, multi-paned with modest tracery in their transoms and with the largest openings in the central volume
• the simple entry sequence of an elevated, wood-panelled door with a large semi-circular fanlight and gable-roofed overhang on large brackets
• the unpretentious materials, finishes and details, including wooden shingles on the roofs, metal sheathing on the domes, white-painted horizontal wood siding with dark trim, the three-bar Russian Orthodox crosses on the domes, etc.

Key interior elements that define the church's restrained appointments and liturgical functions include:

• the three-frame plan incorporating a small narthex, compact nave with a wide centre aisle and high exposed dome at the crossing, raised sanctuary, and transepts and loft with round-arched ceilings
• the sanctuary, with elegantly curved wooden steps and an altar set behind a three-opening wooden iconostas with delicate scrollwork, painted icons, etc.
• the choir loft with its enclosed staircase, stained-wood balustrade, painted wood floor and doorway
• the modest materials, finishes and colour scheme, including pale walls, contrasting wainscot, painted wood floors, round-arched double doors in light-stained wood, the wood-panelled dome ceiling and pendentives trimmed with scrollwork, the scrolled trim under the dome windows, coloured glass in the transom windows, etc.