The local church with five domes and a bell tower, built of stone, has existed since 1806. It has two altars: in honor of the Kazan Mother of God and St. Nicholas. According to legend, there used to be two wooden churches on this site that burned down due to a lightning strike, but the exact date of this event is unknown.
The church houses a miraculous icon of St. Nicholas, which survived the fire of the wooden churches. There is a legend that in 1612, when the Poles attacked the village, the locals went out to them with crosses and the icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. The enemies, blinded by a miracle, began to kill each other, and the place where the crosses stood is still called Krestets. Nearby Krestets are burial mounds where, according to legend, peasants buried the fallen Polish warriors.
The church has no ancient utensils, vestments, or books, but a cross has been preserved that indicates the year of the church's founding and the reign of Emperor Alexander I.
The church land covers 60 desyatinas, and the parish includes 5 settlements. In 1872, a school was opened here, built with the funds of peasant Pavlov.
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