In 1872, a wooden church was built in the village of Vladimirovka with funds from local residents in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, which was consecrated in 1874. The old-timers of the village still remember its interior decoration. The church was constructed from seasoned oak in the shape of a cross on a stone foundation, with interior paneling made of planks painted red. A stone fence with three gates was built around the church, above the main entrance were metal images of angels with trumpets. The dimensions of the church were 19.25 m in length, 9.96 m in width, and 17.78 m in height. The two-tiered bell tower reached a height of 21.34 m and had five bells. The interior and exterior decoration of the church and bell tower were adorned with sacred images donated by the landowner Lev Vasilyevich Pominov. The icon of the Annunciation was located on the Royal Doors, on the northern wall was the biblical scene 'Abraham in the Oak Grove of Mamre,' and on the southern wall was an image of Jesus Christ carrying the Cross.
Since 1889, a parish school operated in a separate building next to the church, managed by Anna Alexeyevna Ovcharova. In the village of Kharkeyevka, there was a zemstvo school.
The names of priests who served in the church in the 19th and early 20th centuries are known. The first priest appointed in 1873 was Mikhail Ivanovich Vostochny, who passed away in 1884. He was succeeded by Vasily Semyonovich Belyaev, who served until 1888. From 1884, the parish was led by Isidor Afanasyevich Kufayev, who was transferred to the village of Znamenskoye in 1894. From 1894, the rector was Ilya Fyodorovich Popov, who served in the first half of the 20th century.
According to data from 1859, the village had 63 households with a population of 350 men and 370 women. By 1904, the number of households had increased to 153, and the population was 549 men and 557 women. The parish included the villages of Pereleshenka and Kharkeyevka. Due to the growth in the number of parishioners, it was decided in 1913 to rebuild the church to increase its capacity. Landowner L.V. Pominov provided part of the funds, while the rest was collected from the villagers.
One of the traditions of the villagers was a procession to the Ilyinsky spring, located two kilometers from the village. According to legend, an icon of the prophet Elijah was found in this spring. Before the revolution, a log cabin with a cross and an icon was erected at the spring. Processions continued even after the church was closed in 1930. In 2005, residents once again beautified the spring by installing a cross.
After the revolution, attempts began to destroy religious life in the village. In a chronicle compiled by librarian O.N. Vasilieva, it is mentioned that in 1917, the landowner Ivan's wife, Natalia Rukhova, and a priest named Father Ilya were taken to Nizhnedvitsk and executed. The house of the priest was repurposed to house the Council of Peasant Deputies, the post office, and a reading room. However, the church continued to operate, and priests Alexiy and Yevgraf served there. The last rector was priest Mikhail Patritsky. In 1930, the church was closed by the decision of the District Council, after which its destruction began. The fence was broken, and the bells were removed. One of the bells had the inscription: 'The hour will come, and you will not hear my voice.'
After the village was liberated by the Red Army in 1943, the church was used as a warehouse. In 1961, the cross fell from the dome, narrowly missing children. In 1967, the church was dismantled, and houses for the specialists of the collective farm were built from its materials.
In 1996, residents collected signatures and appealed to Archbishop Ioann with a request to open a parish. Two rooms in the administrative building were allocated for worship. In 2015, a project for a new wooden church in the center of the village was approved, on the site of the former one, next to the monument to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War.
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