The village of Sosnovka began its history in the 1740s, but for a long time there was no full-fledged church here, only a small chapel. The construction of the Orthodox church became a significant event for the local residents, who themselves raised funds for its construction.
According to archival data, the Peter and Paul Church was built in 1908-1909 thanks to voluntary donations from parishioners and fundraising. In June 1909, the church was consecrated with a minor rite, and on March 14, 1910, with a major one. The building is wooden, on a foundation of wild stone, with a wooden bell tower, accommodating up to 300 people. The roof is covered with iron, adorned with gilded wrought-iron crosses, and surrounded by a wooden fence. The clergy received a state salary of 400 rubles per year and used 99 desyatinas of land allocated according to the decree of the military administration dated March 1, 1910.
During the Soviet era, the church suffered the fate of many temples: property was looted, domes and crosses were removed, and the interior was destroyed. After the Great Patriotic War, the building, transferred to the state, opened a beekeeping school, then an accounting school. By 1975, the structure had deteriorated and was handed over to the regional statistics department as a warehouse.
In the early 1990s, the residents of Sosnovka appealed to the authorities to return the church building to the believers. On July 3, 1992, by the decision of the Chelyabinsk Regional Council of People's Deputies, chaired by Pyotr Sumina, the church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia.
Today, the church is actively functioning, and people from not only Sosnovka but also various districts of Chelyabinsk and surrounding settlements come here. Grateful parishioners donate icons to the church, one of which, the image of the Holy Trinity, has begun to exude myrrh.
However, the old wooden building of the church is not standing the test of time, so the construction of a new church has begun next to it.
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