The Nikolaev Church in Shatsk, wooden and warm, was built in 1600 and was renovated and expanded in 1838. The main altar is dedicated to St. Nicholas, with church holidays celebrated on May 9 and December 6. The church houses a locally venerated icon of St. Nicholas of Myra the Wonderworker.

The parish has 55 households, with 130 men and 124 women living there. The only village in the parish, Zakharyevo, also known as Pushkari, has 10 households with 30 men and 22 women. It is located 7 versts from the church, and its residents, Great Russians, are engaged in making buckets. The parish has a church parish charity, and inventories of church property and metric books have been maintained since 1838. The church library contains 60 volumes.

The church staff includes a priest and a psalmist. The clergy have 45 desyatinas of arable land, divided into two plots located 3 and 5 versts away. The annual income from the land is 300 rubles, and the brotherhood income is 87 rubles. The clergy receive state assistance: the priest receives 300 rubles, and the psalmist receives 100 rubles per year. The parish capital amounts to 529 rubles. The priest has his own house, while the psalmist lives in an apartment.