The village of Skoblevo is located by the Sobolki River, 16 versts from the district town and 110 from the provincial capital. As early as the beginning of the 17th century, there was a church here, mentioned in the land books of 1630 and 1631 as the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. However, it soon fell into disrepair, and from 1633 until the end of the 17th century, the church lands were leased to private individuals, such as the local landowner Deacon Almazov. A new church was built in 1700, and by 1703, it was served by priest Ivan Andreyanov and deacon Anton Semyonov, with a parish of 27 households. In 1721, the local landowner, treasurer of the mints Ivan Dmitrievich Almazov, erected a new church, consecrated in 1727 in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
In 1792, a stone temple was built on the site of the wooden church in Skoblevo. Initially, it had two altars, and later a third was added, so now the church has three altars: a cold one in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and two warm ones, in the name of St. Martyr Adrian and Natalia and Venerable Sergius of Radonezh.
The church is well supplied with utensils, vestments, holy icons, and liturgical books. In two altar crosses and one of the local icons, there are relics of saints, and the vestments on some icons are adorned with pearls. All church documents are preserved: copies of the metric books since 1800 and confession lists since 1811.
The church does not have its own clergy; services and sacraments are conducted by clergy from the village of Bagrimovo. Their maintenance is ensured by income: 75 rubles from arable and hay land, 90 rubles from services and sacraments, and 30 rubles from bread collection, totaling 195 rubles per year. The church's land holdings include 2 desyatinas and 94 square sazhen of homestead land and 33 desyatinas of arable and hay land, which are leased. The parish includes the village of Skoblevo and the village of Kablukovo, where the clerical records list 169 men and 182 women, all Orthodox.
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