In the small village of Glebovskoye, located 125 km from the Yaroslavl highway, there is a unique architectural monument, the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This settlement is situated by the Vyzhiga River, near the Moscow-Kholmogory highway. Glebovskoye has a long history, and it is known that as early as the 16th century it was under the rule of Moscow princes. In the 1620s, part of its territory was gifted by Mikhail Fyodorovich to Stepan Borisovich, while the remaining lands were purchased by various landowners.
To this day, patriarchal tax books have survived, which indicate that in 1628-1629 there were two wooden churches in the village: one in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, and the other, St. Dmitry of Thessalonica. Plans of the village from the 1660s have also been preserved, according to which it belonged to three owners: Prince Andrey Lykov, the steward Gleb Yuryev, and the boyar Ivan Divov. In the second half of the 18th century, Glebovskoye became the property of Alexei Makarov, a comrade of Peter the Great, who owned 19 houses and 135 peasants.
According to chronicles, the church is over 400 years old. It was originally wooden, but in 1792, reconstruction began to convert it into a stone church, funded by Alexei Makarov. It was decided to build one stone church instead of two wooden ones. In the new Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, three altars were arranged: the main one in honor of the Nativity, the left one in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, and the right one in honor of the Moscow Wonderworkers and the saints Alexius, Peter, and Jonah. In 1884, a parish school opened at the church, where many children were educated. The parish included Glebovskoye and several other villages.
The church was closed in 1936, and its premises were used as warehouses, a club, and a bakery at the request of the Soviet authorities. After 26 years, the bells were removed, and in 1965, the domes disappeared. In the same year, the bell tower was dismantled, leaving only the first tier, which has not yet been restored.
In 2000, the church was handed over to the Orthodox Church. In the summer of 2003, Archpriest Sergey Vishnevsky became the rector, and the gradual restoration of this significant architectural monument began. The restoration is progressing slowly due to a lack of funds.
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