The village of Galkinskoe is located on the Irbit tract by the river Zakamyshlovka, 130 versts from Yekaterinburg and 6 versts from Kamyshlov. The area around the village and its parish is poor in forests and good running water. The village likely got its name from the surname of its first resident, Galkin. The parish includes, besides the village itself, two neighboring villages: Solodilova one verst away and Butyrki two versts away. The population of the parish is 1024 men and 1094 women, all Orthodox Christians, without schismatics or sectarians. The parish became independent in 1751, having previously been part of the Kamyshlov Cathedral Church.
The first church in Galkinskoe was wooden, single-story, dedicated to the Resurrection of the Lord with an altar in honor of the holy righteous Procopius of Ustyug, the miracle worker. It is unknown when it was built, but by 1798 it had fallen into disrepair, and in 1800 a stone two-story church was laid in its place. The upper altar was dedicated to the Resurrection of the Lord, the lower to Saint Procopius, which is why the church was called Procopievsky. Almost simultaneously with the completion of construction in 1803, an altar in honor of the holy martyr Blasius was consecrated in the lower floor.
Services in the lower church were held for a short time, and the upper one was never consecrated. Due to weak soil, soon after the completion of construction, the bell tower began to separate from the church, and cracks appeared in the vaults. To avoid accidents, by order of the authorities, the church was closed and remained in that state until 1842.
In 1842, a new stone single-story church was laid, completed in 1844, dedicated to the Bogolyubskaya Icon of the Mother of God. It had altars: on the right, in honor of Saint Procopius of Ustyug, on the left, of the holy martyr Blasius, Bishop of Sebaste. The Blasius altar was consecrated in 1844, the Procopius altar in 1845, and the main Bogolyubsky altar, after which the church was renamed Bogolyubovsky, in 1849.
In 1869, the altar iconostases were replaced with new ones. The construction of the church and its furnishings were carried out with the funds of the parishioners and partially through donations. The clergy includes a priest and a psalmist. The village has a zemstvo school, which is provided free of charge in the church's stone wing.
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