The name of the village Bogoyavlenskoye indicates that the first church in this place, like the current one, was dedicated to the Epiphany of the Lord. In the spiritual testament of Prince Vladimir Andreevich, it is mentioned that it existed as early as the beginning of the 15th century.
In 1810, thanks to the rapid collection of funds and hiring of workers, a new temple was built, ready for consecration. In September of the same year, the priest of the village, Mikhail Andreev, the elder Yakov Klimov, and the parishioners submitted a report to Bishop Ksenofont about the completion of the construction of the stone church, fully equipped with church utensils. They requested to consecrate the temple and provide an antimins for services. The archive also contains a report from the dean of the Yurievsky district, Vasily Yeletskiy, stating that the construction of the church is complete, it is decorated and equipped with everything necessary. The attached inventory mentions the painting of the altar, a six-tier iconostasis, silver liturgical vessels, and a complete collection of liturgical books. The consistory decided to consecrate the church on October 9 of the same year.
The 1917 Revolution radically changed the relationship between the state and the Church. Due to unbearable taxes, priest Vasily Vinogradov was forced to leave his duties. The last service in the temple, according to the archives, took place on September 7, 1938. Although the church in the village of Bavleny was formally not closed, the authorities explained its inactivity by the absence of a priest or the emergency condition of the building. Mikhail Ivanovich Muratov actively sought the reopening of the church, signing numerous letters to various authorities.
Today, as before, the church stands in the village in honor of the Epiphany of the Lord with a bell tower. It has two altars: a cold one in honor of the Epiphany of the Lord and a warm one in honor of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos. The rectors of the temple have been priests Nikolai Tikhomirov, Arkadiy Goglov, and Sergey Fomantyev, who has served since August 1999 to the present day.
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