The first church in the village was built in 1852 thanks to the Astrakhan merchant of the third guild, Andrey Yefimovich Popov. It was wooden, standing on a stone foundation, and had a wooden bell tower. The church was named in honor of Archangel Michael and initially had one altar. In 1862, also funded by A.E. Popov, a right chapel was added to the church, consecrated in honor of the Apostle Andrew the First-Called, the patron of Andrey Yefimovich. In 1895, this chapel was renovated and re-consecrated on November 28. The following year, thanks to local peasant Gavriil Ivanovich Alexeyev, a left chapel was added to the church, consecrated on March 2, 1896, in honor of Archangel Gabriel, the patron of the builder.
The church existed until 1907, when a fire completely destroyed it. The villagers, despite their grief, saw this as a sign from God and decided to build a new stone church that would adorn the right bank of the Volga. In 1907 and 1908, a project for the new church was developed, and construction began. While waiting for the completion of the work, the villagers appealed to the local administration to transfer a public stone building on the banks of the Volga for a temporary church. In this building, a cross, an iconostasis, and the altar saved during the fire were installed. However, the church was small and could not accommodate all the residents, especially on holidays. In 1914, at the initiative of church elder Stepan Semyonovich Ryabov, a wooden vestibule was added to the church, increasing its capacity. While the construction of the stone church was delayed, the church council tried to decorate the temporary church. In 1913 and 1915, thanks to the efforts of S.S. Ryabov, the iconostasis was gilded, new kiots for icons were installed, and an image of the Lord Almighty appeared on the ceiling.
The new Michael-Archangel church stood until the late 1930s, when it was closed and dismantled. The bricks were used for the construction of various institutions. On the site of the church, a boarding house for mentally disabled children was built, which still exists today. After the establishment of a pulp and paper mill, the village disappeared, and a settlement of paper workers emerged in its place, which became part of Astrakhan in the 1960s. In 1997, an Orthodox community was established here, and the building of the former vocational school was transferred to them for a temporary church, consecrated in honor of the Theodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God. This icon was highly revered by the residents of the village of Karantinnoye. A miraculous copy of the icon was located in the village of Ivanchug and was brought to Astrakhan annually since 1915. At the request of the residents of the right bank, the image was also delivered to them, where it stayed for several days, visiting churches and homes. In memory of this, it was decided to establish a church in the settlement of paper workers in honor of the Theodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God. The administration of the Privolzhsky district of Astrakhan allocated a plot on the northern outskirts of the village for the construction of the new church. This site once housed an ancient Orthodox cemetery, almost completely destroyed. On the remaining corner of the hill, the church will stand as a spiritual beacon amidst the storms of time.
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