Until 1775, there was a wooden Nikolskaya church in the village of Krasno, after which the need arose for the construction of a stone temple. For this purpose, a brick factory was built near Lenivaya Mountain, the remnants of which were preserved until the mid-20th century. The peasants from the parish made bricks for free, and funds for the construction of the temple were collected from all around. Special collectors were appointed, who were issued iron cups with a wax seal and documents confirming their right to collect funds for the construction of the temple. Initially, a small cold stone church was built and consecrated in honor of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, but in the winter of 1797, services were held in a warm wooden church dedicated to the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. In 1814, a warm refectory with two chapels in honor of the Holy Trinity and the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God was added to the stone church, after which the wooden church was abolished.
From 1860 to 1863, the stone church was dismantled and rebuilt, but in a more spacious form. In 1866-1867, the refectory was also reconstructed. The new five-domed church, distinguished by its majestic and elegant architecture, was built over 12 years. It had three altars: the main one in the name of the Life-Giving Trinity, and two in the warm refectory, in the name of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. The church had two priests, a deacon, and two psalmists.
According to church metric books, at the beginning of the last century, the parish was served by Archpriest Xenophon Smirnov, Yevgeny Ivanovich Krasovsky, and Pyotr Smirnov, as well as psalmists Ioann Pobiedonossev, Konstantin Lebedev, and Ioann Dianin. Deacon Pyotr Speransky was also a priest for some time. The rector of the Trinity Church, Archpriest K.P. Smirnov, served in the church for 62 years and passed away in April 1904 at the age of 82. He was buried in the cemetery of the village of Krasno, as confirmed by the church metric book of 1904 from the archive of the Vachsky district registry office. According to the memories of local resident Anna Pavlovna Malafeeva, born in 1913, at the beginning of the 20th century, the parish priest was Yevgeny Ivanovich Krasovsky, and the second priest was Pyotr Speransky. In 1937, both priests were arrested and executed on December 26 of the same year on charges of anti-Soviet propaganda.
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