The church dedicated to Constantine and Helen is located in the village of Maksimovo in the Kurgan region, which was called "Krasnaya Zvezda" until 1958. This name was given to the settlement at its founding. The disappearance of the village is linked to the collectivization carried out by the Soviet government in the 1930s, which is considered a tragedy for the people. The ruins of the church in honor of Constantine and Helen remind us of the bygone times.
Before the revolution, there was a small wooden chapel in the Maksimovo cemetery, consecrated in 1897 in honor of the holy equal-to-the-apostles kings Constantine and Helen and John Chrysostom. It was part of the parish of the Holy Trinity Church in the village of Makarovskoye. In the late 19th century, local residents began to build a brick church on the site of the chapel, and the construction was completed in 1911.
The new church, dedicated to Constantine, Helen, and John Chrysostom, had a two-light cubic base, and the bell tower was connected to the refectory. The building was located on the riverbank, which during floods destroyed graves, so the parishioners fenced it off with a dam. The small church, like many other religious buildings, was closed during the persecution of religion under Soviet power, leading to the destruction of the dome and bell tower.
Today, the church in honor of Constantine and Helen in the village of Maksimovo in the Kurgan region is in a state of neglect.
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