The Kazan Icon of the Mother of God Church in the village of Komarevtsevo was built in the second half of the 19th century and was partially destroyed during the Soviet era, but was restored in the early 2000s.
Built in 1866, the church was a wooden building clad in planks and covered with an iron roof painted with oil paint. The bell tower of the church had three tiers and a height of 17 meters. In 1897, a wooden watchman's lodge and a house for the priest were built nearby. Soon after, a church parish school opened in the village.
In 1928-1929, the church was closed and stripped of its domes, and the bell tower was destroyed. The church building was repurposed as a grain storage facility. In early 1930, peasants appealed to Bishop Onuphrius of the Starooskol Diocese to appoint Deacon Gerasim Korshikov as priest. The bishop agreed but indicated that this was only possible after the church was cleared of grain. On May 11, 1930, Deacon Gerasim Korshikov was ordained as a priest, and from February 2 to October 16, 1931, he served in the church.
In 1937-1938, the church was closed again, but services resumed in August 1942 and continued even during the Soviet era. In the early 1980s, the foundation was reinforced and the walls were faced with brick. In the 1990s, crosses were erected on the graves of the first priests of the church, buried by the eastern wall.
The church houses a locally revered icon of Saint Great Martyr Paraskeva Friday. Every year, on the tenth Thursday after Easter, a service is held at the holy spring "Tenth Well" near the village of Starokhmelevoye.
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