Alexey Ivanovich Musin-Pushkin played a significant role in the development of the village of Maryino. Thanks to his efforts and funding, a stone church was built and consecrated in 1781 in the center of the village on the site of an old wooden church in honor of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The construction of this church, which became part of the Andreevskoye estate complex, was personally overseen by the count.
A description of this church has been preserved in the pre-revolutionary magazine "Yaroslavl Diocesan News": "The five-domed stone church of the village of Maryino stands out for its beautiful exterior. There is no painting in the cold part of the church; the iconostasis is made on a white background in four tiers with icons by the artist Medvedev. In the altar, instead of paintings, there are two large icons of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker and Metropolitan Dmitry of Rostov; the church utensils are valuable and beautiful. Choirs are arranged on the western side of the church."
All owners of the Andreevskoye estate, including the Musins-Pushkins, Volkonskys, and Kurakins, attended services at this church. Other notable Russian families visiting Andreevskoye also came here.
In 1881, Prince Anatoly Kurakin was elected by the parishioners as the financial custodian of the Annunciation Church in Maryino. Over twenty years, he made significant donations and greatly benefited the church. During this period, the church was repaired and renovated several times, especially after the fire in 1893.
From 1900 to 1902, with funds from parishioners and the Petersburg merchant family Ershov, the church was reconstructed. Significant construction and restoration work was carried out according to the project of architect Valentin Alexandrovich Demyanovsky, a new bell tower was built, and two side chapels were added in honor of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker and Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica, in memory of fallen soldiers. In 1909, a new fence with wrought iron grilles was erected, using modern materials such as reinforced concrete and natural granite.
In the 1930s, the church was closed, and the chairman of the church community, Alexander Alexandrovich Uksusov, a deeply religious man, was arrested in 1937 and accused of participating in a church-rebellion group and anti-Soviet agitation. On October 10 of the same year, he was sentenced to 10 years in camps, but he died on December 6 in Kuloylag. Later, Alexander Uksusov was canonized as a New Martyr and Confessor of Russia.
The fence was destroyed, and only one of the corner chapels remained, and even that partially. Despite the destruction, the church retained its former beauty.
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