The village of Brykino is located 22 km from Sudogda and 66 km from Vladimir. In the land registry books of Vladimir district for the years 1637 and 1647, it is mentioned as the property of landowner M. I. Khomyakov, Yazykov. This village was inherited from I. P. Khomyakov-Yazykov by a charter from 1613. M. Khomyakov built here the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord with a warm chapel of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, which was included in the patriarchal records in 1642.
According to the land registry books of 1653, the Brykino church had the estate of landowners, the estate of clerks, the estate of a yard servant, 45 peasant households, and the estate of a beggar. This church existed until 1714, after which a new wooden church was built. In 1755, the village belonged to the descendants of the Yazykovs, who donated part of their land to the parish. In 1884, merchant I. F. Bezborodov added a warm chapel to the church. The church had two chapels: the main one in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord and the warm one in honor of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. The cold church housed icons of ancient writing, as well as a Gospel from 1644. There was no special clergy at the church; services were conducted by the clergy from the village of Yazykov.
In 1905, the commission for the preservation of ancient monuments allowed the construction of a new bell tower at the church in Brykino according to the project of the Vladimir consistory.
At the end of the 19th century, the parish included the village of Brykino and the villages of Novokubaevo, Mitino, and the Transfiguration factory. According to clerical records, there were 394 men and 431 women living in these settlements.
The wooden Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, built in 1714, was placed under protection after the revolution. Interestingly, it was painted red to resemble brick, and there was a brick fence around it. However, the protection of the monument did not take place, and in 1933 the church was closed, the bells were removed, and the building was turned into a cinema, then a grain warehouse.
In 1938, the church was completely destroyed. Icons were partially dismantled and taken to homes, while others were used to cover floors in cattle and horse yards, which soon burned down along with the animals.
Currently, a brick chapel-tomb has been preserved in the village of Brykino, located next to the former church. There is now a shop there. According to local residents, three sarcophagi containing the burials of local nobility have been preserved under the floor of the chapel.
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