The Subbotino parish was established in the late 17th century, when a church was built in Subbotino, specifically in 1676. Initially, it included the village of Subbotino itself and two villages: Bolshaya and Malaya Mansurovka, also known as Old and New. Malaya Mansurovka became an independent community in 1847. However, due to difficulties accessing the Subbotino church during floods on the rivers Yezhati and Pekshati, both villages left the parish: Old Mansurovka joined the parish of the village of Lyapni in 1847, and New in 1877, to the parish of the village of Panova-Osanova. Currently, the Subbotino parish consists only of the village of Subbotino, which has 200 houses and a population of 1,100.
The village of Subbotino is located 150 versts from Nizhny Novgorod and 50 versts from Sergach, situated on the slope of a small hill by the river Yezhati. The surrounding area is treeless, with black soil on one side of the river and clayey soil on the other.
The church in Subbotino is located in the center of the village on flat land, about 30 sazhens from residential houses. This is the same church built in 1676 when the parish was formed. In 1853, the temple was rebuilt due to its dilapidated state, with the blessing of His Grace Ieremia. The facade and layout remained the same, while several rows of wall logs were preserved. The upper part of the temple was rebuilt, the supports under the floor were replaced, and the floor itself was renewed. The temple was re-consecrated on March 20, 1854, in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. The bell tower, built in 1853 from new timber, is connected to the church by a porch. In 1879, parishioners installed a new two-tiered iconostasis, painted in carmine, with carvings and columns covered in gold. The temple is single-altar, wooden, surrounded by a wooden fence.
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