In the 19th century, the village was renamed Ust-Stuzhen. In 1822, with the funds of landowner Nikolai Grinyov, a brick church was built in place of the wooden one in honor of the Tikhvin Icon of the Holy Mother of God. The church was cross-shaped, one-story, 39 meters long, 25.5 meters wide, and 32.5 meters high. The walls were filled with rubble and plastered with lime mortar. Heavy burnt bricks with iron ties were used. The roof was tent-shaped, covered with iron and painted with greenish copper, topped with an iron four-pointed cross. Inside, the church had a cross shape, with arched vaults supported by four pillars. The altar and the sacrificial table were wooden, as was the iconostasis, and the royal gates were adorned with carvings and metallic gilded shine. The bell tower had three bells, and there were two choirs in the church.
The destruction of the church in Yastrebovka began in 1934 and was completed in 1946-47. The icons were taken away and burned, and the crypt on the southern side of the church was destroyed. There is currently one or more burials in Yastrebovka. According to eyewitnesses, a coffin covered with green cloth was well preserved and was immediately buried. It is possible that landowner Nikolai Grinyov is buried here.
The construction of a new church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God was completed in 2011, just in time for the feast day of the icon.
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