In 1736, the Borsk fortress was founded on the high bank of the Samara River. In 1762, a wooden church of the Meeting of the Lord was built, which was repeatedly restored due to its dilapidation. In 1848, the church was heated and had two altars: one in honor of the Meeting of the Lord, and the other in honor of the Protection of the Holy Virgin. In the second half of the 19th century, the village grew and became a merchant settlement, and its center shifted. In 1870, a new wooden Epiphany church was built, but it burned down. In 1884, with the funds of merchant S.V. Mzhel'skiy and the villagers, a new brick Epiphany temple was erected. It was annexed to the Meeting church and had two chapels: in honor of the Baptism of the Lord and Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. From 1892, parish schools and libraries, funded by the zemstvo, opened at each church. In 1931, the Meeting church was closed, and in 1933, the Epiphany church was also closed, and soon they were destroyed. Their building materials were used to construct a dormitory and a cultural center.
The parish of the Church of the Meeting of the Lord was reopened in 1988, and its construction began in 1990. The first Easter service took place in 1994. The iconostasis was painted by Samara icon painter Konstantin Alexandrovich Borodkov in 1996-1997. The construction of the refectory building began in 1999, and the wooden frame of the upper church was erected from January to March 2006. The domes and the large bell were consecrated and raised on March 26, 2007.
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