The first wooden church in Shchedrovka was built in 1786 after the peasants of the villages of Shchedrovka and Bukali in the Arzamas district received permission for its construction on April 28, 1783. In 1829, the church was rebuilt in stone. The main cold altar was consecrated in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, and the chapel was dedicated to the Nativity of Christ. In 1904, the parish had 722 Orthodox men and 777 women. Two church-parish schools operated in the village. Since 1897, Alexander Ivanovich Maslennikov served as the priest, who turned 28 in 1904. G. A. Zhuravlev had been the psalmist since 1895, and A. M. Kokushkin served as the church elder since 1896.
During the Soviet era, the Kazan church was turned into a club. The bell tower was destroyed, and the dome and columns were dismantled to erase the traces of its former beauty. Currently, the church building is abandoned. However, blueprints of the church from April 17, 1926, have been preserved in the regional archive, allowing for its restoration to its original appearance.
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