The Assumption Church, the oldest in the Tikhoretsk district, has survived difficult times of godlessness. On August 22, 1907, the residents of the Tikhoretsky farm appealed to Bishop Agafodor of Stavropol and Ekaterinodar for permission to build a church. It was decided to purchase the old Nikolayevskaya church, slated for demolition, located on the territory of the Tikhoretskaya railway station. The laying of the church in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary took place on April 5, 1909.
On December 27, 1910 (January 9, 1911, in the new style), the church was consecrated. The building is made of brick on a stone foundation, with a wooden octagon and dome. The iconostasis is two-tiered and made of oak, and the bell tower is brick.
The first rector was Priest Alexander Rozhdestvensky, born in 1878 and a graduate of the Novgorod Spiritual Seminary. In 1917, he was confirmed in the position of the dean of the Tikhoretsk district.
In 1937, the clergy of the Assumption Church were arrested on charges of counter-revolutionary agitation, and the church itself was turned into a grain storage facility. In 1942, during the German occupation of Tikhoretsk, services resumed in the church, and it was officially reopened in 1944.
One of the first priests after the reopening was Archpriest Mikhail Minoransky. During the war, he actively engaged in patriotic activities, raising over 100,000 rubles for the defense fund and assistance to the families of the deceased. For this, he was awarded the medal 'For Valorous Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.'
In the following 25 years, the church was repeatedly threatened with closure, and more than ten rectors changed. During the Khrushchev persecutions, the Assumption Church remained one of the few functioning churches in Kuban.
The year 1970 was special for the Assumption Church. With the appointment of Archpriest Peter Dashevsky as rector, a new stage in its history began. Over 33 years of Father Peter's service, the church was repeatedly renovated, new frescoes appeared, the territory was expanded, and a utility building with a church library and Sunday school was constructed. For his work, Father Peter was awarded an honorary badge from the Regional Committee for Peace Protection. He passed away on September 27, 2006, and was buried by the altar wall of the Assumption Church.
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