On the site of the modern Spaso-Transfiguration Church, located on the banks of the Sylva River, there previously stood a wooden church dedicated to the Transfiguration of the Lord. The first mention of it dates back to 1728, and it existed until 1770. In 1763, construction began on a new two-story stone church on the southern side of the wooden church. The funds for the construction came from local residents, among whom the largest contribution was made by merchant Ivan Khlebnikov. The contractor was the Yekaterinburg merchant Daniil Zyryanov.
The lower church, consecrated in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, was opened on May 31 (June 11) 1768, and the upper church, dedicated to the Transfiguration of the Lord, on June 5 (16) 1781.
The church was quite large: its length, including the bell tower, was 23 sazhen, its width was 5 sazhen and 1 arshin, the height with the cross on the dome was about 13 sazhen, and the height of the bell tower with the cross was 18 sazhen and 1 arshin. The temple had five domes topped with eight-pointed gilded iron crosses, and on the bell tower, there was a gilded copper cross. The bell tower had 11 bells, the largest of which weighed 550 poods and 18 pounds and cost 8 thousand rubles in silver.
The parish of the church consisted mainly of local residents and numbered up to a thousand people. Until 1896, the All Saints Church was affiliated with the Spaso-Transfiguration Church.
After the October Revolution of 1917, the church continued to function for another 12 years and was closed in 1929. Subsequently, its premises were left vacant and then used for courses of the Central Institute of Labor, vocational school No. 20, and an agricultural technical school. The technical school vacated the former church building only in 1977, after which it remained empty for another 17 years. Plans to open a branch of the museum and an art gallery were not realized due to a lack of funds. In 1994, at the request of the believers, the building was returned to them.
The restoration of the church was carried out on a voluntary basis with the support of local enterprises and entrepreneurs and took about 10 years. The bell tower and a belfry with seven bells were recreated, and the area around the church was improved. Currently, the church is active.
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