The stone church with five domes and a conical bell tower was built in 1785. It has three altars: the Epiphany of the Lord, St. Nicholas, and the prophet Elijah. Previously, there was a wooden church in the village that burned down. In 1757, Metropolitan of Rostov Arseny allowed the construction of a new wooden church. Later, by the decree of the spiritual consistory, the old church was dismantled, and the construction of the stone church began in 1779, completing it in 1785.
The church does not have miraculous and particularly venerated icons, but among the ancient items, two linen antimins consecrated by the Most Reverend Arseny in 1791 and tin sacred vessels of unknown date can be highlighted.
There are no old printed books in the church, but manuscripts with decrees about the construction of local churches and various decrees have been preserved, starting from the reign of Emperor Peter I.
Processions are held in all parish villages at different times of the year. In the village parish, a procession is also held with the icon of the Vladimir Mother of God from the Rostov Assumption Cathedral.
The church owns 57 desyatins of land, and the parish includes 10 villages. Shultz has a local volost administration and a rural school founded in 1860.
In the vicinity of the village, there are two large burial mounds: Stone Mountain, located a quarter of a verst to the east, and Khatinovka, located one and a half versts in the same direction. Previously, there was an Old Believer cemetery on the latter hill, which was closed in 1853.
According to popular legend, the name Shultz comes from the name of Princess Shula, the wife of the Rostov prince Pecheneg, who once lived here.
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