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Trinity Church in Vanovye

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In the village of Vanovye, there is a stone church built in 1908 with funds from the parishioners. It is warm and has three altars: the main one is dedicated to the Life-Giving Trinity, and the side altars are dedicated to Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica and the Assumption of the Mother of God. There is also an old church in the village, erected in 1857. The local icon "Worthy It Is, Merciful" is especially venerated.

The village has 776 households, with 2804 men and 2719 women, all Great Russians. The residents engage in wheel-making and usually live at home from October to February, while during the rest of the year, they work in various regions of Russia and Siberia. Each has a land allotment of 1 dessiatina and 1100 square fathoms. Nearby, the small rivers Vopsha and Vanovka flow, and three versts from the village, there is a shrub forest owned by the peasants.

There are two schools in the village: a church-parish school and a zemstvo school, both single-class and mixed. In the zemstvo school, the religious instructor receives 60 rubles a year. An inventory of church property is maintained, and metric books have been kept since 1800. The church library contains 300 volumes.

The church staff includes two priests, a deacon, and two psalmists. The parish owns 4 dessiatinas of homestead land, of which 2 dessiatinas are unlawfully occupied by widows, as well as 60 dessiatinas of arable land and 4 dessiatinas of meadow land, located 4-7 versts from the church. The parish capital amounts to 100 rubles, while the church capital is 410 rubles and 40 kopecks.

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Церковь Троицы Живоначальной в Вановье

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