The village of Belavino, located by a pond, was previously called Yamskaya Sloboda, where "yam hunters" lived. The sloboda existed even during Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich's reign. Until the mid-17th century, the Belavino church belonged to the Nizhny Novgorod diocese, but later, by the decree of the patriarch and the consecrated council, it was transferred to the Murom district of the Ryazan diocese.
The records of the Ryazan diocese from 1676 state: "The Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in the Murom district, Yarysh volost, in the village of Belavino sloboda; near the church is the house of priest Andrei, 3 quarters of church arable land, no hay meadows or other lands. In the parish of the church: in the village of Belavino, there are 25 peasant households and 3 landless households, in the village of Ostrum, 11 peasant households and 2 landless households." The mentioned church was wooden; in 1763 it was dismantled due to dilapidation, and a new wooden church was built with the blessing of Bishop Palladius of Ryazan in honor of the same feast.
From 1830 to 1836, a stone temple was erected on the site of the wooden church, and in 1858, a stone bell tower was built next to it. The temple has two altars: the main one, in the name of the Life-Giving Trinity, and in the warm chapel, in honor of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos. Above the main altar, there is a canopy on carved columns. The church is well supplied with utensils, a sacristy, holy icons, and liturgical books; among the ancient icons, there are images of St. John the Baptist with wings and a vessel in hand, St. Martyr Mardonius, and the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos.
In the late 19th century, priests Grigory Bystritsky and Alexey Levitsky served in the Belavino church; the psalmists were Vasily Voznesensky and Ivan Nikolsky. In the 20-30s of the 20th century, the priest of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity was Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradsky, who was arrested on October 13, 1937, and shot on November 20 of the same year.
The church was closed on October 14, 1937, and in June 1938, the crosses were removed. In 1939, the church building was converted into a club.
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