In 1622, the village of Krasnoe, along with several other villages, was transferred by Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich to Prince Ivan Petrovich Buynosov-Rostovsky. The land registry book of 1628 mentions a wooden church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker with three chapels: martyr Theodore, St. Mary of Egypt, and St. Michael Malein. It is noted that the church was built by the owner of the village, Prince Buynosov-Rostovsky. Around the church were priest Ivan, an empty priest's yard, a deacon, as well as 10 quarters of church land. The village had a princely court with household servants, a common yard, 16 peasant households, and 8 landless households. Across the river was a landless settlement with 11 households, where the landless worked for the prince and were hired on ships.
In the second half of the 17th century, the village of Krasnoe again became a state palace village. Here was the "sovereign's court," where voivodes lived, and there were 62 peasant and landless households. By 1678, there were already two wooden churches in the village: one in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Holy Mother of God with a chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, cold, built "in corners," and another, warm, in honor of St. Alexius, the Man of God. Nearby stood a bell tower, built in an octagonal shape with a tented top.
In 1708, with funds from Gorokhovets merchant Shiryayev, one stone church was built instead of the two wooden ones. The bell tower was erected simultaneously with the church. In 1817, the walls of the cold temple were raised by 3 arshins, and since then the appearance of the temple has remained without significant changes, although the interior decorations were updated multiple times. The church housed altars: the main one in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Holy Mother of God, in the warm refectory, in the name of the Transfiguration of the Lord and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. The Kazan Icon of the Holy Mother of God, adorned with gold and pearls, was particularly venerated by parishioners and residents of the surrounding areas. Another icon of the Kazan Mother of God, according to tradition, was embroidered with silks by Princess Buynosova-Rostovskaya. The temple kept the altar Gospel of 1628 and a cross with relics of saints and sacred objects.
In 1897, the parish included residents of the village of Krasnoe and the villages of Omleva, Kupriyanova, Vetelnitsa, and Vyezda. According to clerical records, the parish had 1,121 men and 1,335 women.
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