The village of Selezni was founded in the 17th century as a Soldier's Sloboda of Lysye Gory. In 1840, with funds from merchants Gnusov and Subochev, a stone church of the Epiphany was built here, replacing the old wooden church from 1804. The temple is designed in an eclectic style and includes a two-light square base that supports a light rotunda with fourteen windows, topped with a low dome and a small cupola. On the eastern side, three semicircular apses of the altar adjoin the building, while on the western side, there is a small refectory and a bell tower with a tall spire. Small cupolas at the corners of the square base and arched kokoshniks on the rotunda give the temple a special solemnity and festiveness. In the early 20th century, the temple was expanded and consecrated again in 1911. In 1939, it was closed and turned into a grain storage facility, but in 1989 it was returned to the believers.
Today, the Epiphany Church is operational, and it has preserved an ancient wooden iconostasis of extraordinary beauty. The roof has been completely renovated, the northern and southern porches have been restored, and gas has been installed. A Sunday school operates at the church, and pilgrimage trips are organized.
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