In the village of Gribanovo, there was only a chapel dedicated to the Prophet Elijah, built in the second half of the 19th century. By the 1980s, the village began to decline. Of all the buildings, only the chapel and a small dugout located a path away from it have survived. Some sources claim that the chapel was dedicated to the appearance of the Fyodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God, which is especially revered in Kostroma, as it was revealed in Kostroma Oblast. With the advent of Soviet power, services in the chapel ceased. In the 1990s, a fire occurred in the village, but the chapel miraculously survived.
The chapel is a log structure standing on the ground, with a four-pitched roof. The main log cabin measures about 4 by 4 meters, and the height from the ground to the ceiling is approximately 2.5 meters. The dome and cross have survived. Archive photographs show that the chapel consisted of a prayer area and a narthex, but the narthex has not survived to this day. The building is made of logs cut "in the bowl," with internal wall planing. The roof and dome are covered with iron. Inside, remnants of a patterned canvas were found, which likely served as the "heavens." The walls inside the chapel were not plastered, and the painting was applied to the canvas that covered the ceiling. The roof is leaking, the corner of the chapel is deteriorating, and the logs on the northern facade are damaged. Birch trees grow quite close around the chapel.
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