The Alexandrovskaya church, wooden and single-story, connected to the bell tower, was built at the Falenki station of the Perm railway in 1913 and was assigned to the village of Polynka. The author of the construction is unknown.
On March 11, 1919, an agreement was reached between the community of believers and the Falenki Soviet of Deputies for the indefinite free use of the church and liturgical items. At that time, the rector of the church was A.F. Molchanov, born in 1875. From 1919 to 1925, the community repaired the pulpit, wooden fence, stoves, and acquired a barn for storing church property. At that time, the church was called Alexandrovskaya.
The church was first closed on January 15, 1936, by the decision of the regional council, allegedly at the request of local residents. The building was converted into a House of Pioneers: a stage was set up in place of the altar, and the dome, which had not yet been demolished, was removed in 1938. The strict faces on biblical subjects were whitewashed, but they reappeared again.
In March 1943, the Falenki community of believers requested permission to hold services in the church, as all churches in the area were closed. However, the executive committee of the Kirov regional council refused. A repeated request was sent in 1946. By that time, a pioneer club had been built in the village, and the church was used as a storage for 'Zagotzerno'. On April 17, 1946, the regional executive committee decided to reopen the church, which was approved by the Council for the Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church under the Council of Ministers of the USSR. On May 27, 1946, a church community of 32 people was registered in Falenki. The priest of the Georgievsko-Alexandrovskaya church became Gavriil Mikhailovich Zavoysky, a former priest from the village of Nizevo. In 1946, when the church was handed over to the believers, the community repaired the building at their own expense. The iconostasis was purchased in 1951 for 2000 rubles from the Georgievsky church in the city of Glazov. From 1946 to the 1960s, the church was called Georgievsko-Alexandrovskaya.
On August 26, 1960, the church in Falenki was closed again by the decision of the Kirov regional executive committee, and the community was deregistered. The building was again handed over to the House of Pioneers, the domes were removed, and the internal layout was changed. The House of Pioneers remained here until 1990.
In 1992, the building was handed over to the village church community, and restoration began in May. The church was consecrated in the name of St. George the Victorious, and the feast day is celebrated on May 6. In the summer of 2000, work began on restoring the dome, the first tier was erected, and a temporary roof of roofing felt was installed. In 2000, a relic, an icon of the Nativity of Christ with soil from Bethlehem, was brought to the church and consecrated with water from the Jordan. In 2001, Bishop Chrisanth visited the Falenki parish. For the first time in the century-long existence of the village and the church, the Divine Liturgy was served on the feast day by the Bishop of Vyatka and Slobodskoy, who also led a procession around the church, sprinkling holy water and blessing the Falenki land.
In 1996, a library was opened at the church. Since November 2001, a Sunday school for children has been operating, with the first class held on November 4, 2001. On May 6, 2004, the Divine Liturgy in the church of St. George the Victorious in Falenki was performed by Metropolitan Chrisanth. After the liturgy, a procession took place, after which the Bishop congratulated the parishioners on the feast day.
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