The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the village of Bolshie Soli, which has been called Nekrasovskoye since 1939, was built in 1700. This stone building with a bell tower was erected with funds from a townsman, Simeon Borisovich Melnikov. On the western side, the church is surrounded by a stone fence to strengthen the soil, while there is no fence on the other side. The cemetery, common to all parishes of the village, is located across the Solonitsa River.
The church has three altars: in honor of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Archangel Michael, and Saint Tikhon, the Miracle Worker of Amathus. Special attention is drawn to the altar cross, adorned with silver and dated 1642. The icons in the iconostasis were painted before 1700 by renowned icon painters of that time. The church has a capital of 4181 rubles in a 4 percent annuity. The shop on the ground floor of the church house is rented out for 37 rubles, and the wing with the shop for 76 rubles a year. The parish council and a sobriety society operate under the church.
The clergy consists of a priest and a psalmist. The state salary for the priest is 70 rubles 56 kopecks, and for the psalmist, 23 rubles 52 kopecks. The clergy receives interest from a capital of 9237 rubles. The annual income of the priest is about 350 rubles, and that of the psalmist is about 110 rubles. The priest lives in a stone church house, where there is a watchman's room on the first floor, while the psalmist lives in a wooden church house. The area of land under the church and church buildings is 265 square fathoms, and there is a plan and boundary book.
The parish has 345 men and 342 women. Town parishioners are engaged in trade or crafts in other cities, while in the villages, they engage in agriculture and go to work in St. Petersburg. The parish includes 9 settlements located 1-3 versts away. There is no school at the church, but the priest teaches the law of God at the city’s 4-class school and at the vocational school of K. A. Popov, whose students attend the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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