Ratislovo, located in the Yuriev-Polsky district, has been known since ancient times. Here, a three-story manor palace has been preserved, which belonged to Vladimir nobles and later passed to the Apraksins and Tsivelevs. Currently, this building houses a children's special boarding school, and only ponds and outbuildings remain from its former splendor. The village also had a large stone church, built in 1802 thanks to the efforts of the wealthy landowner, second lieutenant Andrei Alexeyevich Kozmin-Korovaev. The church had two floors and altars in honor of the Protection of the Holy Virgin and the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. However, with the arrival of the Bolsheviks, much changed, and in the 1960s the church was completely destroyed, leaving no traces.
Since 2006, the construction of a new church in the name of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God has begun in Ratislovo. Archbishop Evlogy of Vladimir and Suzdal blessed this initiative, noting that "the purity of the body is good, but the purity of the soul is no less important." Initially, with small funds from sponsors, it was planned to reconstruct the bathhouse at the special boarding school. By 2008, the foundation was poured, and despite difficulties, the frame was erected. On November 4, 2010, the new warm wooden church in Ratislovo celebrated its feast day of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God with new domes and crosses, bells on the bell tower, and regular services.
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