The church dedicated to St. Sergius of Radonezh was founded in the 19th century and is a state-protected monument. Built in 1897 by an unknown master without the use of nails, it was erected with the funds of local residents. The church had one altar in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh. In the early 20th century, it was part of the Melenkovsky district of the Vladimir diocese.
The church is located on a hill, in the central square of the village. The building is wooden, with a brick foundation and a white stone-clad base. The facades are covered with planks. The layout resembles a ship: a tented bell tower of the "octagon on a square" type is situated above the western entrance, a short refectory, the main temple, and a five-sided altar apse. The main dimensions of the building are 28x10 meters.
The bell tower's facades are decorated with triangular pediments and false windows on the northern and southern sides. A frieze with vertical cladding and trapezoidal "dry biscuits" runs under the cornices of the square and pediments. The cornices are adorned with simple carvings. The octagon has unequal sides: the narrow ones are treated with panels, while the wide ones have openings with triangular finishes. The tent is equipped with dormer windows and is topped with an onion-shaped dome with a simple eight-pointed cross. The low refectory has two windows on each side. The crowning cornice with a frieze continues from the cornice of the bell tower's pediments.
The main volume of the church is a high square two-light square, on which sits a low blind octagon with unequal sides, topped with a faceted onion dome on a thin eight-sided neck. The cross is a simple eight-pointed one. On both sides of the southern and northern entrances are windows. The second-light windows are significantly lower. Above each entrance is an overlay profiled frame that imitates a false window, cutting through the frieze under the cornice of the square. Carved brackets, "supporting" the cornice, are located at the corners of the octagon. The width of the altar projection matches the width of the temple, with windows in its northeastern and southeastern sides; the cornice is decorated similarly to other parts of the building. All corners are treated with pilasters. The windows are rectangular, with framed casings and triangular pediments, under which is a decorative cross.
Worship in the church ceased during the Soviet era. In 1937, it was closed, and priest Vladimir was arrested. After the closure, the bells were removed from the church, some icons were stolen, and some were taken away. The iconostasis was sent to Vyksa, and some of the preserved images are now in city churches. The building has generally retained its appearance, although the porches above the entrances and part of the cladding have been lost. The interior has preserved a carved iconostasis. The church stands on a partially ruined foundation with dark empty windows, but the logs in its walls remain strong.
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