The church in the village of Razin-Bugor, dedicated to Saint Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky, was laid in 1908, as evidenced by a memorial plaque. Its construction was completed, and the church was consecrated on June 18, 1911.
The construction was overseen by Father Nikolai Sitkin, and the first rector was Father Nikolai Lektorov, who was brutally killed by the Bolsheviks in 1918.
From the early 1920s, when the new authorities began to destroy churches and close monasteries, services at the Alexander Nevsky Church were conducted by monks from the destroyed Churkinsky Monastery, located in the neighboring village of Bolshaya Moga. Among them were Abbot Arkadiy Mikhailovsky and Hieromonk Ilarion Chaly, as well as Schema-Abbot Stefan.
In 1932, the church was closed, depriving local residents of spiritual support. Nevertheless, the iconostasis was preserved in its original form. After the closure, the faithful dismantled it and hid it in the church's basement, also saving all the icons.
The Alexander Nevsky Church reopened and began functioning again only in 1945. After the resumption of services, the ancient iconostasis was restored, covered with gold leaf. In recent years, it has been touched up and renewed.
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