In 1865, a one-altar Orthodox church was built at the expense of the treasury in the name of the Archangel Michael. It was a cold wooden building with a bell tower and a fence. The church had a wooden watchman's lodge, a cellar, a shed, and a small library. The clergy consisted of a priest and a psalmist, for whom wooden church houses were built. In 1892, a mixed church-parish school was also opened at the expense of the treasury.
In 1902, due to its dilapidation and poverty, the Michael-Archangel church was dismantled, and a new wooden church with heating and a beautiful iconostasis, designed for 500 parishioners, was built in its place. On September 18, Bishop Guriy inspected the new building, the construction of which was made possible thanks to the efforts of the church's rector Nikolai of Amasia and the financial support of merchant and philanthropist Paisiy Maltsev, who donated 8 out of 18 thousand rubles. On September 7, 1903, His Grace Tikhon consecrated the new church. However, on December 21, 1904, the church burned down, and it was rebuilt again, but this time from stone, thanks to the same Amasian and Maltsev. The stone, warm, two-tiered church in the neo-Russian style, dedicated to Archangel Michael, became one of the most famous in the region. On October 22, 1907, His Grace Tikhon, Bishop of Nikolaev, conducted the rite of great consecration.
During the Soviet era, the church was closed and used for purposes other than its intended use. Losing its domes and interior decoration, it was returned to the Orthodox community of the village on August 2, 1990. Currently, the church is slowly being restored, and since 1999, services have temporarily been held in a converted building of the former cafeteria.
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