The Trinity Church in Prozorovo, located on the northwestern outskirts of the former Mologsky district, was built in 1810 at the initiative of Count A.I. Musin-Pushkin. The bell tower and the church part, distinguished by an unusual rectangular apse, are adorned with order elements. In 1876, the refectory was rebuilt and received details in "historical" styles. The church part, rising on a cube of an octagonal lantern, resembles forms from the mid-18th century and appears somewhat archaic here. In 1937, after the execution of the last priest, the church was closed for many years. Until 1999, the building housed a warehouse of the Breytovsky RAIPO. By that time, the magnificent cast-iron floors had been dismantled by local residents for use in gardens, and a bathhouse from a neighboring plot adjoined the altar. The altar iconostases were destroyed, the icons were lost, the frescoes were scraped off, and the windows remained without glass. In 1999, the church began to revive thanks to the initiative of local residents who created the Church-Parish Council. At a meeting, it was decided that the church should be used again for worship. Lev Klyukin and his wife Sofia, along with priest Georgy Filimonov from the Breytovsky district, became the initiators of this revival. In the same year, the windows were temporarily covered with film, wooden floors were laid, and an iconostasis was built in the left chapel of the winter part of the church. On November 21, 1999, on the feast day, priest Georgy Filimonov conducted the first Divine Liturgy after many years of desolation. The church regained new life and is now fully restored.
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