On December 28, 1859, the Holy Synod issued a decree to establish a parish in honor of the Venerable Zosima and Savvatiy of Solovki, miracle workers. The settlement of Krasnorechki was granted the status of a village and renamed Krasnoye. On November 26, 1861, a wooden church dedicated to these saints was built in the village. In the autumn of 1889, Priest Vasily Selivanovsky began raising funds for the construction of a new stone church.
The stone church in the village of Krasnaya Rechka, then still in the Vyatka province, was erected in 1894 with funds from the parishioners. The right chapel was consecrated on December 25, 1895, in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Relieve My Sorrows," and the left chapel, on December 25, 1903, in honor of the holy equal-to-the-apostles Constantine and Helena. The church was adorned with frescoes in the style of the Vladimir Cathedral in Kyiv. However, little remained of its former splendor. In 1908, work began in the central part of the church, but due to the revolution, construction was not completed.
In August 1937, the last priest of the church, Nikolai Kirillovich Bakhtin, was arrested. The church was closed before the war, on May 19, 1940, and it was repurposed as a grain storage facility. Until the mid-2000s, the building was in a state of neglect: there were no windows or doors, and the roof leaked. For a long time, it served as a collective farm warehouse. Nevertheless, the church suffered less than others in the Orsha district, possibly due to its remoteness from district centers. The crosses on the bell tower and dome remained in place, although the dome cross eventually fell by itself.
Sixty years after its closure, in August 2000, a church parish was reestablished in the village, and services resumed in the church. Priest Sergey Kozhevnikov became the rector. The roof was repaired, doors were installed, window openings were covered with film, and three stoves were placed inside. In October of the same year, services began. People from Nemdezh, Luzhbyalyak, Kuglanur, and local residents, though few in number due to the village's near depopulation, began to attend the church. The church is gradually being inhabited, but it is still too early to speak of full restoration.
On June 18, 2013, Archbishop Ioann of Yoshkar-Ola and Mari El consecrated the chapel in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Relieve My Sorrows." The consecration of the left chapel in honor of the holy equal-to-the-apostles Constantine and Helena is being prepared. Weekly services and holiday celebrations are held here.
Today, the church looks festive, with a new metal roof and well-kept grounds. Among the church's relics is the icon of the Mother of God "Burning Bush," dated to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. On the parish grounds in the village of Maly Kuglanur, a chapel has been built in honor of the Holy Trinity over a holy spring. This spring is the source of the river Malaya Kokshaga. In the village of Luzhbyalyak, a chapel of the Transfiguration of the Lord operates in the building of a former kindergarten, where monthly services are held.
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