In the late 19th century, a stone church was built in the center of the village of Poltse, now located in the Vachsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region, on a hill in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity. It had three altars: in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity, Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, and the prophet Hosea. The church was well-equipped and fully provided with icons, church books, and necessary utensils. All of this was funded by merchant Rodion Gavrilovich Bykov, local residents, and private benefactors.
Initially, services in the church were conducted by the clergy of the Trinity Church of the Ziablicky Pogost. According to church metric books, the vicar priests were Peter Adlerov and John Celebrowsky. The psalmists were Alexey Vinogradov and Pokrovsky, while the deacon was Lektorsky. Later, Vladimir Sokolov became the priest, and Leonid Orlov served as the psalmist, temporarily fulfilling the duties of psalmist Vasily Uspensky.
After the revolution, priest Alexey Sergievsky, born into a family of clergymen from the Trinity Church of the village of Kazakovo, served in this parish for some time. In 1924, A.V. Sergievsky became the priest of the Trinity Church of the village of Yakovtseva. Konstantin Vasilyevich Lebedev was ordained in the Poltse Church, who was arrested on November 18, 1937, for "anti-Soviet agitation" and shot on December 26, 1937.
During the Soviet era, the Trinity Church in Poltse was closed, and all church furnishings were looted. Currently, restoration work is underway for the church in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity.
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