The village of Aramil is located 23 versts from Yekaterinburg, on the former Chelyabinsk tract, at the confluence of the Aramilka River into the Iset. The parish includes the villages of Bolshoy Istok, Maly Istok, Borodulina, and Patrushi. The village, previously a sloboda, was founded by Mikhail Sarapults in 1676. At that time, it was close to Bashkir lands and was fortified with two wooden stockades. The residents were allocated a vast tract of land, on which many villages, factories, and the city of Yekaterinburg later appeared. All parishioners, numbering 6,613 people of both sexes, were Orthodox. They were former rural workers of state mining factories. The main occupation was agriculture, as well as work in the mines and nearby factories.
The first wooden church in Aramil, built at an unknown time, was burned by the Bashkirs in 1709. In 1712, with the blessing of Metropolitan John of Tobolsk and Siberia, a new wooden church was laid in honor of the Nativity of Christ, consecrated on September 30, 1717, with the blessing of Schema-monk Theodore. In 1782, the church burned down, and only the bell tower survived. In 1783, a 'little church' and altar were added to the bell tower, consecrated on June 20 of the same year with the blessing of Bishop Varlaam. Since the 'little church' was small, the residents of Aramil appealed to the Most Reverend Varlaam in 1784 with a request to build a wooden church in the name of the Holy Trinity, which was granted.
The church was laid on April 30, 1784, and consecrated on June 20, 1790, with the construction and consecration decrees signed by Bishop Varlaam. The current Holy Trinity stone church with three altars was laid in 1830 with the blessing of the Most Reverend Meletius. In 1838, with the blessing of Bishop Evlampiy, the left altar in honor of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos was consecrated. The main church was consecrated by the Most Reverend Melchizedek on June 6, 1842, and the right altar in honor of the prophet Elijah was consecrated on June 15, 1858, with the blessing of Bishop Jonah.
The parish has three wooden chapels: in honor of Saints Zosima and Savvatiy in the village of Borodulina, in the name of Saint Sergius of Radonezh in the village of Bolshoy Istok, and in honor of the apostles Peter and Paul in the village of Maly Istok. In addition to the usual processions, three additional ones are held: on July 20, August 6, and August 18. In the village of Bolshoy Istok, at the archbishop's house, there is a wooden church in the name of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, built by order of Bishop Polycarp.
In Aramil, there are two schools: a male ministerial school opened by the Mining Department in 1845 and transferred to the Ministry of Public Education in 1879, and a female church-parish school opened in 1885. The first school is located in a state building, the second in a rented one. Since 1900, a literacy school has been operating in the church building in the village of Bolshoy Istok. In 1901, a church-parish school was opened in a public building in the village of Maly Istok.
In 2007, crosses were installed on the churches and bells were cast. The floors in the main altar are made of Ural serpentinite.
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