The name of the village Novgorodskoye indicates its connection to the history of Great Novgorod. In 1488, Grand Duke Ivan Vasilyevich III resettled about 8000 families from Novgorod to lands that are now within Vladimir Province. It is possible that the village of Novgorodskoye was founded by these settlers. In the early 16th century, it is mentioned as one of the palace villages transferred by Grand Duke Vasily Ivanovich to the clergy of the Dmitrievsky Cathedral. Later, Prince Ivan Vasilyevich transferred Novgorodskoye to the Vladimir Christmas Monastery, where it remained until the liquidation of monastic holdings.
The exact date of the construction of the first church in the village is unknown, but by the early 17th century it already existed. The patriarchal records of 1628 mention the Church of the Resurrection of the Lord in the village of Novgorodskoye, belonging to the Christmas Monastery, with a tribute of 15 altyn 5 denga. In 1656, the tribute amounted to 3 rubles 10 altyn 5 denga. In 1710, there were two priests serving at the church, and in 1746 it paid a tribute of 3 rubles 72 kopecks.
This church was wooden. It is unlikely that it lasted two centuries without reconstructions before the stone church was built, but no information about these reconstructions has survived.
The current stone church with a bell tower was built in 1831 with the funds of the parishioners. It has two altars: in the cold part, in the name of the Resurrection of Christ, and in the warm part, in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.
Among the ancient sacred items, the antimension consecrated in 1764 for the Vladimir Assumption Cathedral stands out, which was transferred to the village of Novgorodskoye in 1787. In the sacristy, there is an ancient canvas antimension consecrated in 1600 for the church of the prophet Elijah, about which no information has survived. Special attention is drawn to the icon of the Mother of God "Unexpected Joy," painted in 1818 in memory of the villagers' deliverance from cholera. This icon is considered miraculous, and since 1848, an annual celebration and procession to the chapel built on the site of the former church has been held in its honor on August 9. Also noteworthy is a silver-gilded cross with relics of unknown saints and an altar Gospel covered with crimson velvet and silver decorations, donated in 1787 by Hieromonk Ioann, the economist of the Vladimir Archiepiscopal House.
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