The creation of the church in Berendevo, like several other churches in Russia, was linked to the railway disaster of 1888 on the Kursk-Kharkov railway near the Boriki station, where Emperor Alexander III and his family miraculously escaped harm. In memory of this event, on April 17, 1889, the abbess of the Fedorovsky Monastery in Pereslavl, Abbess Evgenia, installed an icon of St. Theodore Stratilates at the station. This energetic nun was actively involved not only in the arrangement of the Fedorovsky Monastery but also in the spread of monasticism beyond its borders, including the organization of two more deserts: the Resurrection Desert in the village of Novoselye and the Alexeyevskaya Desert in the village of Novoalekseevka. As a result of her efforts, three deserts, four church-parish schools, and a monastery that provided shelter for over 400 nuns and novices and educated several orphan girls were established. Choirs of singers were organized at the monastery. At the time of nationalization, the monastery owned 1016 desyatins and 957 sazhen of land. In response to Abbess Evgenia's request for the construction of a chapel at the Berendevo station, on April 30, 1890, the Vladimir Spiritual Consistory issued a decree, and on August 6, 1890, a stone chapel was laid. The land for the chapel's construction was donated by the peasants of the village of Rostino.
On October 2, 1892, a priest from the church in the village of Davydovo, Pyotr Amatov, consecrated and installed a cross on the chapel in the presence of General Gavriil Samsonov, one of the benefactors. On May 30, 1893, Archimandrite Modest consecrated the chapel in the presence of the sisters of the Fedorovsky Monastery and the clergy. In 1895-1897, with the support of M.P. Glinskaya, the chapel was reconstructed into a church. Near the Berendevo station, a small desert was created, for which the Moscow merchant Vasily Rybakov donated 5 desyatins of land. The desert was enclosed by a stone wall, and a special capital was allocated for the priest's maintenance. In 1898, with the funds from the monastery and Moscow benefactors, two wooden houses for nuns and novices, a stone house for the priest, and a stone house for the church-parish school were built. Most of the buildings of the Berendevo desert have survived to this day. The first rector of the Church of All Saints was Protoiereus K.I. Pokrovsky from the Fedorovsky Monastery. Under his guidance, on September 1, 1898, classes began at the church-parish school at the All Saints Desert. Up to 80 people lived in the church, including 22 orphan girls. The residents engaged in baking bread, handicrafts, and agriculture on the lands of the village of Petrovskoe, donated to the church by A.M. Ushakov.
In 1918, according to the decree on the separation of church and state, the church-parish school at the All Saints Desert was transferred to the district committee of public education. In 1923, the desert was closed, and the church became a parish church. In 1929, the church was closed by the decision of the presidium of the Vladimir Executive Committee, and the building was repurposed as a club for the Berendeevskoye peat enterprise. In 1990, the church was returned to the believers, and its restoration began.
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