The Peter and Paul Church in the village of Morchany, Krasnovishersk District of Perm Region, was built with the funds of parishioners from 1890 to 1896 and consecrated on September 10, 1896. However, according to the economic-geographical dictionary by Krivoshchekov from 1910, the church in honor of Saints Peter and Paul was erected in 1907.
The church and a small bell tower are made of wood and surrounded by a fence. In 1905 and 1910, a house for clergy was built with donations, which was nationalized in 1920. There was a library at the church, which had 232 volumes in 1912 and 307 volumes in 1916, including religious and preaching books.
On November 11, 1912, a Sunday school was opened at the Morchansky Zemstvo Primary School with funds from the Cherdyn District Zemstvo.
The church owned land that was considered unsuitable for cultivation due to moss, swamps, sands, and stones. The church also had monetary deposits in the Cherdyn Savings Bank: 2248 rubles 28 kopecks in 1912, 2859 rubles 52 kopecks in 1914, and 3445 rubles 54 kopecks in 1916. After 1917, the land and money were nationalized.
From 1931, the temple was handed over to the collective farm for grain storage without explanation. The church community tried to reclaim the temple for three years. In 1934, the regional cult commission supported the community and sent a request to the Cherdyn district prosecutor, demanding compliance with the law on religious associations. However, the church was closed by the decision of the district executive committee due to "the impracticality of opening" and "the proximity of the Vishbumkombinat."
Only on July 9, 1955, thanks to the persistent requests of the believers, the church was reopened. After the building was expanded on the southern side, it was consecrated again on July 12, 1959, by Bishop Pavel Golyshev of the Perm Diocese. The ceremony was attended by the archpriest of the 3rd district, Father Leonid Akhidov, the rector of the temple, Archimandrite Ioann Letov, a priest from Cherdyn, Ioann Kondratenko, and a deacon from Kizel, Nikolai Teterin.
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