The exact date of the church's founding and the establishment of the parish is unknown, but it is clear that the Voskresensky parish has an ancient history and witnessed the unfortunate battle of the Russians with the Tatars. The existence of the Voskresensky parish in the 15th-17th centuries is confirmed by the presence of land records in the desolate areas, such as Kryukovo and Lyskovo, the plans of which were drawn up in 1774. These lands, known as scribal lands, undoubtedly belonged to the church until 1686 and were recorded in the scribal books and journals compiled under the grand princes and tsars, starting from Ivan III to Peter I.
Until the mid-18th century, the Voskresensky parish was administratively related to the Bezhetsk district, and in church matters, it was subordinate to the Archbishop of Novgorod, after which it became part of the Rostov diocese.
The history of the church becomes clear from 1756, when a new stone church was completed and consecrated on June 16 in memory of the "Renewal of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem." This single-story, single-domed church had a shingle roof, and the dome was covered with wooden scales topped with a gilded iron cross. In 1803, a new refectory with an iron roof was added to the church. The church burned down along with church documents, replacing a wooden church that had existed for 150 years.
The church consecrated in 1756 lasted less than fifty years. In its place, on May 14, 1800, Archbishop Paul of Yaroslavl permitted the construction of a new stone church, completed in 1814 and consecrated in memory of the "renewal of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem." In 1841, a winter refectory church with five domes covered with tin was built, and in 1855, a new iron roof painted blue and adorned with golden stars was added.
In 1849, a new three-story stone bell tower was built to replace the old one, featuring 16 columns on the ground floor supporting the pediments and four semicircular windows with grilles. The height of the bell tower from the foundation to the top of the cross is 23 fathoms and 1 quarter of an arshin.
In 1943, the church was closed and gradually fell into disrepair and was looted. In 2013, local residents began its restoration. In the first year, they managed to clear the area, walls, and roof of vegetation, restore the walls, and carry out major repairs on the roof of the summer church, as well as restore the central drum. On August 25, 2013, with a large gathering of residents from Voskresensk and surrounding villages, Bishop Benjamin of Rybinsk and Uglich, along with the rector of the Epiphany Church in the village of Novy Nekouz, Priest Alexei Kalinin, consecrated the restored cross, which was then installed on the central dome.
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