The village of Aromashevo, located 122 versts from the diocesan city on the postal road from Yekaterinburg to Verkhoturye, was a significant point and was called a sloboda. Founded in 1631, Aromashevo sloboda became one of the oldest Russian settlements in the Trans-Ural part of the Perm province. It was established for the development of agriculture to supply bread to the servicemen in northern Siberia. The sloboda belonged to the category of arable slobodas.
In 1655-1658, fortifications were built here to protect against the Kalmyks, who often attacked these lands. Around the church and state granaries, a wooden stockade was erected: its height was two sazhen, and the towers were rectangular with passage gates. In case of danger, the residents of the sloboda gathered here. Over time, with the emergence of new slobodas in the south, the fortifications in Aromashevo sloboda were no longer maintained. There were many settlements on its territory that were administratively related to the sloboda, although the peasants were registered to the Alapaevsk state factories.
The stone two-story church of the village, built in 1800 on the rocky bank of the Rezh River, replaced a wooden church that was destroyed by fire. The main church is dedicated to the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, and the side chapel is dedicated to Archangel Michael. In 1885, a new iconostasis was installed in the main church, and the old one was transferred to the church in the Bichur village of the Irbit district. An annual procession is held on July 8 to the monument at the site of the former wooden church.
The parish includes 1556 men and 1685 women. The main occupation of the residents is agriculture; there are no crafts or handicrafts. In their free time, they engage in factory work, such as cutting and delivering firewood, transporting ore and iron to the Alapaevsk and Nizhny Tagil factories, but with the advent of railroads, these jobs have decreased.
The parish includes the villages of Komkova, Kuliga, and Katyshka. In Katyshka, there is a wooden chapel in honor of the Protection of the Holy Virgin, built in 1893. The village has a mixed primary school, opened in 1871, and in Katyshka, a literacy school founded in 1898.
In the 1930s, the church was closed and converted into a club, after which it remained empty and dilapidated for a long time. In 2005, at the initiative of the local museum, partial restoration of the church began. It is located on a unique rock 40 meters high, known as "Church Rock."
Today, only the Michael-Archangel side chapel is open for services, where regular services have been held since 2006. Full restoration of the church will require significant financial investments.
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