In 1842, in the village of Lyutovo, the Savior Church was built with funds from landowner Dmitry Mikhailovich Svechin, designed by architect Stolnik. It was a two-story stone building with an iron roof. The church had two chapels: a warm lower one dedicated to the Savior Not Made by Hands, and a cold upper one in honor of the Nativity of John the Baptist. The lower chapel had 15 windows, while the upper, summer chapel had 16. The church was adorned with columns, and nearby stood a single-tier bell tower with sound windows. After Dmitry Mikhailovich's death, a church parish school was opened, funded by noblewoman Ekaterina Vadimovna Varentsova.
In the village of Lyutovo, the school building and the two-story house of the priest have been preserved. In 1942, the bells were removed from the bell tower for the needs of the defense industry, and later, in 1960, the church was closed. Some icons were sent to a museum, while others were burned in a field. The last priest of the church was Father Ioann Rozin, who served until his death in 1958. His son Vladimir was a psalmist in the same church. For a long time, grain was stored in the church building, the frescoes on the walls faded and turned black, and the church itself began to deteriorate. In the early 1990s, the church was reopened and began to be restored. Services resumed, and the rector became Father Sergey, in the world Sergey Fedorovich Mironov, who was buried at the monastery walls. Today, the rector is Father Dmitry, who came to Lyutovo with his family after graduating from the Kostroma Theological Seminary.
Services are regularly held at the Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands in Lyutovo, although there are still few parishioners. Recently, thieves have visited three times, but despite the difficulties, the church is coming back to life. The Savior Church is visible from afar: white-stoned, with golden domes, it seems to reach for the sky. In 2006, nine bells were cast for it in Tutayev, with funds raised by the entire parish with the support of the diocese and sponsors. The church has been repaired, whitewashed, and has become a decoration of the local landscapes.
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