The church in this village is first mentioned in 1670 as a building of the landowner Vladimir Novosiltsev, consecrated in the name of the Transfiguration of the Lord. This wooden church stood until the end of the 18th century. In 1776, with the blessing of Bishop Hieronymus of Vladimir, the construction of a stone church began, and in 1785 the main altar was consecrated in the name of the Transfiguration of the Lord, while another chapel was dedicated to the righteous Prince Vladimir.
In 1820, the chapel in honor of Prince Vladimir was renamed in honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. In 1833, another chapel was established on the southern side of the church with funds from landowner Nikolai Alexandrovich Khonenov in the name of the holy righteous Prince Alexander Nevsky, which was expanded in 1863. A new stone bell tower was built at the church between 1856 and 1865.
The church in Chamerovo was closed in 1937. Icons were moved to a shed near the school. For a time, the keys to the church were held by monk Andrei, who, living in the church watchman's lodge, took care of the church. The Soviet authorities confiscated the keys, dismantled the watchman's lodge for bricks, and turned the church into a grain storage facility. After that, monk Andrei lived at the church in Spas-Beseda, assisting the priest in services. After his death, he was buried at the church walls in the Spas-Beseda cemetery.
According to official data from the Vladimir Oblast Executive Committee, as of January 1962, the church was abandoned and slated for demolition, having previously been used as a warehouse. By 1973, the church was listed as subject to demolition due to the dilapidation of the building and its impracticality for use, as well as in connection with the reconstruction of the settlement.
In the 1990s, thanks to the efforts of local residents, especially Natalia Pavlovna Lemzhakova, the granddaughter of the priest of the Sudogda church, the dilapidated church was handed over to the church community. The few parishioners began to hold services in a lay manner. In the renovated warm northern chapel, with the blessing of Bishop Evlogy, assigned priests conducted Liturgies.
Since 2006, the rector of the church has been cleric Viktor Paveliev from the Holy Catherine Church. Since then, restoration and construction work has intensified, and a full-fledged community has been established with a Sunday school, film lectures, and a youth organization named the Patriotic Union of Alexander Nevsky.
If you go down from the church to the river, you can find a spring with clean and tasty water at the foot of the hill. The exact time when this spring appeared is unknown to the old-timers, but they associate it with the name of the righteous Grand Prince Alexander Nevsky. The water from this spring alleviated the suffering of soldiers during the Great Patriotic War, who were treated in the hospital of Chamerovo. In 2009, a spacious wooden bathing house was built over the spring, which is popular among both locals and visitors.
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