In the early 18th century, in the village, besides the Assumption Church, there was another wooden church dedicated to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, as evidenced by the church foundation charter of 1767. The exact date of its construction is unknown. On February 7, 1727, at the request of Priest Fyodor and the parishioners of the Assumption Church, the Holy Synod permitted the construction of a new wooden church in honor of the Assumption of the Mother of God to replace the old, dilapidated one. This church was built and consecrated in 1728.
Both wooden churches, the Assumption and Nicholas, remained in the village until 1767. In that year, the Nicholas Church was abolished due to its dilapidation, and with the blessing of Bishop Pavel of Vladimir and Murom, the construction of a stone church in honor of the Assumption of the Mother of God began, with a warm chapel in the name of Saint Nicholas. The warm chapel was completed and consecrated in 1772, while the cold Assumption altar was consecrated in 1777. In 1792, with the blessing of Bishop Viktor of Suzdal and Vladimir, another chapel was built in the warm church in honor of the Holy Prophet Elijah. The bell tower and the church fence are made of stone.
Among the sacred items of the cold church, the icons stand out: the icon of the Lord Almighty, adorned with a silver robe and a gilded crown, and the icon of the Assumption of the Mother of God, in a silver robe with eleven gilded crowns. The tomb of the Mother of God and its cover are adorned with large Chinese pearls.
The church owns several buildings: a stone sacristy built in 1879 on the southwest side, a stone lodge, a stone almshouse erected in 1854 by nobleman Pyotr Gavrilovich Pakhomov, a stone chapel in the center of the village in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Burning Bush," and a wooden chapel at the cemetery in honor of the Holy Prophet Elijah. All church documents have been preserved: copies of the metric books since 1803, confession lists since 1829, and an inventory of church property compiled in 1875 is kept in the church.
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