The Archangel Michael Church was the first church built in the village of Borisovka in 1698 under Metropolitan Avraamy of Belgorod and Oboyansk. Initially, it was wooden and consecrated in honor of the miracle of Archangel Michael at Chone.
In 1744, the wooden church was rebuilt, but by the beginning of the 19th century, it began to deteriorate. On May 29, 1804, a stone church was laid nearby. The architect was Masalov, and the contractors were peasants Martyn Vorobyov and Pyotr Bozhenov. The construction was supported by parishioners and benefactors. The church was consecrated on November 8, 1811, in honor of the Assembly of Archangel Michael and the other Heavenly Hosts of the Bodiless. With the growth of the number of parishioners, the church was expanded in 1865-1867, adding a refectory and a bell tower, and in 1872, a clock made by master Vasily Semyonovich Bezalov was installed on the bell tower. In 1894, a new bell weighing 306 poods was added to the existing 106-pood bell, cast in Valdai.
In 1911, a hundred years after the consecration of the stone church, the wooden iconostasis was replaced with a marble one. It retains an inscription about its creation in memory of the coronation of Nicholas II and Alexandra Fyodorovna, with the participation of protodeacon Dmitry Dobrynin and others. The iconostasis is unique for the Belgorod diocese, made of two-colored marble and decorated with carvings.
In the 20th century, during the persecutions of the Church, the church was closed and used as a warehouse, and during the Great Patriotic War, it housed prisoners of war. In 1943, the church was reopened for services.
Currently, the church has three altars: the main one in honor of the Assembly of Archangel Michael and the other Heavenly Hosts of the Bodiless, the second in the name of Saint Dmitry of Rostov, and the third in honor of the Feast of the Protection of the Mother of God.
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