In the village of Vakhtan, Shakhunsky District of the Vetluzhskoye Deanery, a new church has opened in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. The initiators of the construction were the leaders of the Vakhtan ZAO 'VUDTEK', specializing in wood processing. In the early 1990s, the village administration transferred an empty club building to the believers, where a prayer house was organized in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. Thanks to donations from benefactors and parishioners, the house quickly gained stability. However, as noted by Priest Andrey Sinyavin, the residents always dreamed of their own church. Now the residents of Vakhtan will have a real church. On April 5, the church building was fully equipped, but its consecration is scheduled for 2025 or a little later.