Temple of the Icon of the Kazan Mother of God in Petrovsky. Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Petrovsky. Temple in honor of the Icon of the Mother of God “Kazan”

Temple in honor of the icon of the Kazan Mother of God, located between the village. Petrovskoye and the village of Levoshevo, Shatursky district, Moscow region, construction began in 1897 and completed in 1900.
The temple is wooden, designed by the architect A. Sabler in the form of a cross, five-domed, with a wooden bell tower, which is crowned with an octagonal tent.
In the archival documents stored in the State Archives of the Ryazan Region, there is a “Case about the construction of a temple between the villages of Petrovskaya and Levoshevo, Yegoryevsky district, with the formation of an independent parish.”
In the above “Case” there is a document “Inventory of the property of the newly built Kazan church in the village of Petrovskaya, in the parish of Preobrezhensky Pogost, Yegoryevsk district, Ryazan Diocese,” compiled by the first rector of this church, Hieromartyr Alexander Nestorovich Sakharov (1875-1937) dated May 8, 1900 .
The document contains the following information: “The Kazan Church at the village of Petrovskaya with the Archpastoral blessing dated May 26, 1897 of His Eminence Meletius, Bishop of Ryazan and Zaraisk, and permission by the Decree of the Ryazan Spiritual Consistory dated September 19, 1897 No. 11618, construction began on October 22 1897 according to the plan approved by the Construction Department of the Ryazan Provincial Board.
The church was built from government timber at the expense of private benefactors, mainly through the efforts of the Smirnov brothers - peasants of the village of Petrovskaya, and partly through the diligence of parishioners: The church is warm, with three altars unlikely to be in it. The middle one is decorated in the name of the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Kazan; the right one in the name of the Transfiguration of the Lord and the left one in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Holy Martyr Queen Alexandra, due to lack of funds, are not yet ready. A church with a porch and an octagonal bell tower, all on a stone foundation, five-domed, covered entirely with iron painted with copper.
On the middle head of the temple and in the spire of the bell tower, two forged iron gilded crosses, 3 arsh in height, were erected. 2 tops (2m 26cm) weighing seven pounds each; and on the four domes of the temple there are the same crosses, 2 arsh in size. 2 tops (1m 51cm) height; weighing 3.5 pounds each: the church with the bell tower and the cemetery located next to it is entrenched in a ditch.
In addition to the description of the temple, it is added that the length of the middle altar is 14 arshins (9m 94cm), the width is 11 arshins (7m 81cm), the length of the right and left altars is 7 arshins (5m 33cm), the length of the temple itself is 19 arshins (13m 50cm), the width is 26 arshin (18m 46cm), height in the middle dome 22 arshins (15m 98cm), height of all parts of the temple 10 arshins (7m 10cm), length of the porch 12 arshins (8m 52cm), width 10 arshins (7m 46cm), length of the bell tower at the base 8 arshin (8m 70cm), width 13 arshins (9m 60cm), height 47 arshins (33m 97cm) without crosses.
There is a stone guardhouse under the porch of the church.
The middle altar is in the name of the icon of the Kazan Mother of God, it contains a wooden altar 1 arshin high (1m 24cm) and 1 arshin long (1m 24cm) ... A wooden altar 1 arshin high

Temple in honor of the Icon of the Mother of God “Kazan”

Dear brothers and sisters! Our temple celebrated its 120th anniversary this year!

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES:

Liturgy— Sunday at 8.00

All-night vigil— Saturday at 16.00

The Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the ancient village of Petrovka belongs to the Sampur deanery of the Tambov Metropolis of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church. This is one of the oldest churches not only in the region, but also in the Tambov region, and on November 4, 2014, on Kazanskaya, it will celebrate the anniversary patronal holiday - the 120th anniversary of its foundation.

HISTORY OF OUR TEMPLE

The wooden single-altar cold church in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the village of Petrovka was built in 1894 at the expense of parishioners. The icons for the new church were purchased at the expense of the landowner, whose name, unfortunately, has been lost. It is known that his grave is located on the territory of the temple. The Feast of the Kazan Mother of God in 1894 became the day of the consecration of a new church in the village of Petrovskoye.

In the description of the temple of that time we read: “The core of the small temple composition is a squat quadrangle supporting an octagon, completed with an octagonal domed roof and a bulbous dome covered with a ploughshare. It is adjoined from the east by a rectangular altar apse, and from the west by a small refectory and a two-tier hipped bell tower with an onion crown. The outside of the temple is covered with planks and painted in white and blue tones, and the lace carved patterns on the cornices of all volumes give it a special lightness and airiness.” The temple was built in the form of a cross, with a large porch, without frescoes. The ceiling painting is currently painted over. On the Royal Doors there is an image of the four evangelists, an icon of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and an icon of the Savior. On the northern gate there is an icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, on the southern one there is the preacher Moses with stone tablets with the Ten Commandments of the Lord.
The history of the temple is inextricably linked with the history of the village. In 1824, the landowner Kovalsky from the village of Knyazhevo had land to the south of his estate. On these lands, Kovalsky decided to form a farm, and settled 30 families there from his estate in Knyazhevo. On the farm, among the 30 families of immigrants, there was the largest family - the family of the three Petrov brothers, more wealthy and influential than all the others. According to the Petrovs, the village that grew on the site of the farm was subsequently named, where in 1894 a new church with an altar was consecrated in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. According to archival documents, “The church is wooden, cold, built at the expense of parishioners in 1894. There is one throne, Kazan - October 22 (November 4, new style). Parochial school, one-class. There is parochial guardianship. There is an inventory of church property. Parish books since 1871. Staff: priest and psalm-reader."

venerated icons

Icon of the Kazan Mother of God, icon of the Savior, ancient icon of St. Seraphim of Sarov, St. Healer Panteleimon, St. Nicholas of Myra.

INTERESTING FACTS

In the 30s, the Kazan Church was closed; the Soviet authorities made more than once attempts to destroy it: in 1937, the rector of the temple, Archpriest Andrey Vershinin was arrested and sent to the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, and the parish was closed. Since 1939, there have been no services in the church, the bells were thrown down, and the icons were taken home by parishioners. During the Great Patriotic War, a directive from the authorities followed - to destroy the temple, dismantling it for building materials for household needs. And the temple was actually saved from destruction by a truly heroic person - the chairman of the Tambovskaya Pravda collective farm. Ivan Fedorovich Tetenev. At first, the authorities required roofing iron from the roof of the temple. But the chairman gave away the iron from almost all the collective farm buildings, but did not allow the church to be touched. After the order to dismantle the temple for building materials, providing boards from the floor for construction, Ivan Fedorovich provided timber, boards and nails to the area, and the temple again remained untouched.

There is a historical document - a receipt from the chairman of Tambovskaya Pravda, preserved in the archive - with which the rebirth of the temple actually begins: “1943. On September 1, the first day, it was issued by me, the chairman of the collective farm “Tambovskaya Pravda” of the Dmitrievsky village council, Ivan Fedorovich Tetenev, that the church, located on the territory of the collective farm, was intended to be demolished for construction purposes in the area. The board of the collective farm, instead of the planned destruction of floors from re-cuts inside the building, undertakes to supply 300 m2 of floor boards, 6 m3 of oak timber and 10 kg to the Sampur district executive committee by September 5, 1943. construction nails. The district finance department, upon its seizure, and the property located in it, except for 10 internal replaced frames, offers the collective farm for rent for use as granaries; the material delivered by the collective farm will be accepted in the assessment and recalculated after the expiration of the 3-year lease. This is what this commitment is about. The obligation comes into force on September 5, 1943." Then a military flight unit was located in the church, and there was an airfield nearby.

The pilots went to the front, and a new directive came from the district committee - to completely dismantle the church, including the wooden walls. And at the request of the chairman, in one night the collective farmers filled the temple with bags of grain, turning it into a granary. Even ardent advocates of the destruction of the church could not resist the initiative to preserve strategic reserves. Thereby Ivan Fedorovich Tetenev preserved the temple for posterity. The chairman's grave is located on the church grounds. The church was reopened in 1946, when he returned from prison father Andrey, and has not closed since then. A few months later, Father Andrei was recalled to the diocese, and a new rector arrived at the church - father Gregory, which served until 1988. Through his efforts, order was maintained in the temple, and the baptismal house was repaired. From 1988 to 1991, the rector of the temple was father Alexander. Since 1991 he has been rector father Yaroslav(Sytnik Yaroslav Mikhailovich). From 2000 to 2009 he was rector father Andrey. In 1993, the temple was restored: the domes, church crosses, casing and roof of the temple were replaced. Repairs and exterior finishing were carried out in 2008.

Today the temple is operational and services are regularly held here.

There is a Sunday school at the church. From 2009 to the present, the rector of the temple is priest Stefan Shurukhin.

Historical information

about the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the village of Petrovsky, Shatursky district, Moscow region.

The temple is wooden, designed by the architect A. Sabler in the form of a cross, five-domed, with a wooden bell tower, which is crowned with an octagonal tent.

In the archival documents stored in the State Archives of the Ryazan Region, there is a “Case about the construction of a temple between the villages of Petrovskaya and Levoshevo, Yegoryevsky district, with the formation of an independent parish.”

In the above “Case” there is a document “Inventory of the property of the newly built Kazan church in the village of Petrovskaya, in the parish of Preobrezhensky Pogost, Yegoryevsk district, Ryazan Diocese,” compiled by the first rector of this church, Hieromartyr Alexander Nestorovich Sakharov (1875-1937) dated May 8, 1900 .

The document contains the following information: “The Kazan Church at the village of Petrovskaya with the Archpastoral blessing dated May 26, 1897 of His Eminence Meletius, Bishop of Ryazan and Zaraisk, and permission by the Decree of the Ryazan Spiritual Consistory dated September 19, 1897 No. 11618, construction began on October 22 1897 according to the plan approved by the Construction Department of the Ryazan Provincial Board.

The church was built from government timber at the expense of private benefactors, mainly through the efforts of the Smirnov brothers - peasants of the village of Petrovskaya, and partly through the efforts of parishioners: The church is warm, with three altars unlikely to be in it. The middle one is decorated in the name of the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Kazan; the right one in the name of the Transfiguration of the Lord and the left one - in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Holy Martyr Queen Alexandra, are not yet ready due to lack of funds. A church with a porch and an octagonal bell tower, all on a stone foundation, five-domed, covered entirely with iron painted with copper.

On the middle head of the temple and in the spire of the bell tower, two forged iron gilded crosses, 3 arsh in height, were erected. 2 tops (2m 26cm) weighing seven pounds each; and on the four domes of the temple there are the same crosses, 2 arsh in size. 2 tops (1m 51cm) height; weighing 3.5 pounds each: the church with the bell tower and the cemetery located next to it is entrenched in a ditch.

In addition to the description of the temple, it is added that the length of the middle altar is 14 arshins (9m 94cm), the width is 11 arshins (7m 81cm), the length of the right and left altars is 7 arshins (5m 33cm), the length of the temple itself is 19 arshins (13m 50cm), the width is 26 arshin (18m 46cm), height in the middle dome 22 arshins (15m 98cm), height of all parts of the temple 10 arshins (7m 10cm), length of the porch 12 arshins (8m 52cm), width 10 arshins (7m 46cm), length of the bell tower at the base 8 arshin (8m 70cm), width 13 arshins (9m 60cm), height 47 arshins (33m 97cm) without crosses.

There is a stone guardhouse under the porch of the church.

The middle altar is in the name of the icon of the Kazan Mother of God, it contains a wooden altar 1 arshin high (1m 24cm) and 1 arshin long (1m 24cm) ... A wooden altar is 1 arshin 6 vershoks high (98cm), width and length 1 arshin and 4 vershoks (89cm ).

The pre-altar iconostasis is wooden, carved from linden wood, consists of three tiers, crowned at the top with three carved crosses. The royal doors in the iconostasis are 4 arshins 6 vershoks high (2m 84cm) and 2 arshins 2 vershoks wide (151cm), carved wooden, with the same cross at the top...

On the right side, near the Royal Doors, is the image of the Lord Almighty, 2 arshins 6 vershok high (1m 69 cm), 1 arshin 1 vershok wide (76 cm), the top of the icon is semicircular.

On the left side, near the Royal Doors, is the icon of the Kazan Mother of God - 2 arshins 6 vershok high (1m 69 cm), width 1 arshin 1 vershok (76 cm). Next is the northern door with the image of Archdeacon Lawrence, the same size. Next is the icon of the Mother of God “Unexpected Joy”.

...In the porch there are 12 icons of the twelve holidays, all written on boards measuring 8 vershoks (36cm) in height, 7 vershoks in width (32cm). Bells:

1st weighing 4 pounds; 2nd - two; 3rd - 1 pood.

This document, compiled by the priest, contains very detailed information and descriptions of all objects of liturgical use, the interior decoration and property condition of the temple at the time of its construction.

At the temple, according to the inventory, there was a fairly extensive book depository of liturgical books, writing and books of spiritual and edifying content, i.e. library.

The temple was built on the site between the villages of Petrovskoye and Levoshevo, Yegoryevsk district, Ryazan province, on the site where the great Vladimir road ran from the city of Yegoryevsk to the city of Vladimir.

On May 27, 1900, the dean of the 2nd Yegoryevsk district, priest Vasily Bobrov, reported in his report to the Ryazan Spiritual Consistory:

“In pursuance of the Decree of the Ryazan Spiritual Consistory of May 15, 1900 No. 5400 “On the consecration of the newly built wooden church in the name of the Kazan Mother of God at the village of Petrovskaya,” with the resolution of His Eminence “The newly built church is blessed to be consecrated to the local Dean on May 25 with the issuance to him Holy Antimins for the newly built church,” I have the honor to explain that I received the Holy Antimins on May 11 and the new church was consecrated on May 25, 1900, in the co-service of five priests and two deacons, with a decent choir of singers from the peasants of the said village. What I have the honor to inform the Ryazan Spiritual Consistory for your information. 1900 May 27 days.”

Before the construction of the new church with the formation of an independent parish, the villages of Petrovskaya and Levoshevo were part of the parish of Preobrazhensky Pogost, Yegoryevsky district, Ryazan province, located six miles from the above-mentioned villages. However, for peasants, communication with the parish church was always difficult, and in spring and autumn it was even unsafe due to the vast swamps that lay along the communication route. And in June 1896, these circumstances were further aggravated by the fact that the parish church in Preobrazhensky Pogost burned down due to a lightning strike.

The peasants of the villages of Petrovskoye and Levoshevo, dejected by such circumstances and driven by the unanimous desire to have their own church, by their decision, adopted at a general meeting on July 1, 1896, turned to the Diocesan authorities to allow the construction of their own church:

“We, the undersigned parishioners of the Preobrazhensky Pogost, Yegoryevsky district, Ryazan province, as part of the villages of Petrovskoye and Levoshevo, Petrovsky Volost, were gathered by order of our village elders: Egor Ermilov (Petrov) and Andrei Artamonov (Morozov) for a village meeting, and by a mandatory majority. There was a discussion about a depressing misfortune for the parishioners - the burning of our parish church in a fire that happened on June 23, 1896, and after discussion, all the parishioners of the named villages unanimously expressed the desire:

Due to the fact that the former burnt church was located six miles from the named villages and with strong obstacles in communication from swamps stretching more than a mile in width and more than fifty miles in length, on which there are several rivers, which always prevents prevented parishioners from praying.
That in our indicated villages there are 150 houses, the number of inhabitants is more than 900. We have decided:

To ask His Eminence, the Most Reverend Justin Bishop of Ryazan and Zaraisk to allow us to build a separate new church on the high road between the villages of Petrovsky and Levoshevo, corresponding to the desires of the population and with perfect convenience.

For the construction area of the temple and vegetable gardens, allocate land from our common land and also for priestly church servants.

In this case, we authorize the petition of the peasant of the village. Petrovskaya Feodor Ivanovich Smirnov; village Levosheva - Ivan Averyanovich Mitrokhin.

Which is what we subscribe to: the peasants of the village. Petrovskoe and Levoshevo.” Next are the signatures of 129 people.

On June 10, 1896, the representatives of the peasant societies, F. Smirnov and I. Mitrokhin, submitted a petition addressed to His Eminence Justin, Bishop of Ryazan and Zaraisk with a more specific description of the essence of the matter:

“My most humble request.

Our parish church, located in the Preobrazhensky Pogost, burned to the ground due to a thunderstorm on the 23rd of last June. Residents of the aforementioned villages of Petrovskaya and Levoshevoy are located 6 miles away from the parish church. On the way to the parish church there is a swamp for one mile, which makes it impossible to visit God's temple and attend the Divine service. The old and young in winter due to cold and cold, and in autumn and spring due to dirty roads and water spills, do not attend services in the parish church at all, or attend it very rarely. Without listening to the Divine teaching, trustees become numb in ignorance. Why did the residents authorize us to petition before Your Eminence for permission to build a new wooden church between these villages for offering fervent prayers to the Lord God.

Funds for building a temple are available up to 2500 rubles. and, in addition, we have in mind zealous benefactors who will not refuse us the good deed of building a temple.

There are more than four hundred parish souls in the above two villages. 33 acres of land will be allocated for the clergy and, in addition, land will be allocated for the construction of a temple and for an estate for two ranks of clergy: the priest and the psalm-reader. And houses will be built for them to live in.

Being in difficult communication with the parish church of the Preobrazhensky Pogost, our trustees authorized us by a sentence to petition in the face of Your Eminence for permission to build us a new wooden church between the indicated villages with the formation of a separate parish from these two villages and a clergy. We present this verdict to Your Eminence and humbly ask that you allow us to begin the construction of a new wooden church between these villages...”

In response to this petition of the peasants, the Ryazan Spiritual Consistory dated July 26, 1896 sent a Decree to the local Dean of the 2nd Yegoryevsky District, priest Vasily Bobrov, with the following instructions:

“Decree of His Imperial Majesty the Autocrat of All Russia, from the Ryazan Spiritual Consistory.

To the dean of the 2nd Yegoryevsk District, priest Vasily Bobrov.

By Decree of His Imperial Majesty, the Ryazan Spiritual Consistory, forwarding the case for permission to build a temple between the villages of Petrovskaya and Levoshevo, Yegoryevskaya district on nine sheets and ordering you to consider it on the spot, provide information on its contents required by Art. 46. Charter Spirit. Consistory and with your opinion return the case to the Consistory.

July 26, 1896..."

Soon, 11 Aug. 1896, in accordance with this order, Dean Fr. Vasily Bobrov carried out a detailed investigation of the essence of the matter on the spot and reported the following in his report to the Spiritual Consistory:

“On the 11th day of August 1896, in pursuance of the Decree of the Ryazan Spiritual Consistory dated July 26 of this year No. 9512, “on permission to build a temple between the villages of Petrovskaya and Levoshevo, Egoryevsky district,” inviting priest Pavel Arbekov as a deputy from the spiritual side of the village of Krasnago, The local Dean of the village of Vasyutino, priest Vasily Bobrov, arrived at the place, considering the petition of the peasants of the said villages and collected information:

The village elders of the village of Petrovskoye, peasant Yegor Ermilovich Petrov, and the village of Levoshevoy were invited, during the absence of the village elder - his son Ivan Andreevich Morozov, who, in pursuance of the Decree of the Consistory, were instructed to gather from the societies of Petrovskoye and Levoshevo to announce the above-mentioned Decree, and to collect information about the construction of the church between the villages of Petrovskaya and Levosheva.

They gathered both societies in the village of Petrovskaya, they were read by the local Dean of the petition submitted to His Eminence, the Most Reverend Justin, authorized by Feodor Ivanovich Smirnov and Ivan Averyanovich Mitrokhin for the construction of a church between the above villages, and their sentences about the desire to build a temple and about voluntary donations for arrangement of the temple, and Decree of the Ryazan Spiritual Consistory No. 9512 dated July 26, 1896 and art. 46 of the Charter of the Consistory “on the construction of churches.”

All householders of both villages gathered in the largest numbers, with the exception of those absent on trade matters, expressed a complete and unanimous desire to have a church near their villages, as stated in the petition and to satisfy both old and small, who rarely visit their parish church in Pogost Preobrazhensky, due to the distance and inconvenience of communication.

The distance between the villages of Petrovsky and Levoshevsky is three hundred fathoms; the large Vladimir road from the city of Yegoryevsk to the city of Vladimir runs at this place. In the middle of the site they would like to build a holy temple, which would be close to both villages.
The place where the holy temple is supposed to be is dry, open, sublime. It was witnessed by the local Dean and all the peasants of both villages, and a hole was dug to a depth of 3 arshin. The ground turned out to be strong, sandy, suitable for building a temple, with clay soil.
Of the land, as stated in the sentences and petition, “we express our full desire to cut off about thirty-three dessiatines for food, both for the church, and for the cemetery, and for the houses of clergy.
“We undertake to build houses, both for the priest and equally for the psalm-reader, that are comfortable, decent and consistent with both the office of the priest and the position of the psalm-reader, with outbuildings and economic services.”
“We undertake to accept the cattle that will be kept by the proposed clergy into our herds on common rural conditions and customs.”
From the villages of Petrovskaya and Levosheva to the city of Yegoryevsk, as can be seen on the mileposts, it is considered forty-two miles; from the parish church in Pogost Preobrazhensky - six versts, from the provincial town - one hundred and fifty versts.”

At the end of the study, for the Dean himself and with him all the peasants of both societies, the matter suddenly took an unexpected development.

This is how Father Dean described this circumstance and added it to the general report:

“On the 11th day of August 1896, the peasants of the village of Tarbeikhi (now the town of Shatura is located on the site of the village of Tarbeikhi), having heard that in the villages of Petrovskaya and Levoshevoy the local Dean was conducting a study on the construction of a new temple between the above-mentioned villages, in the amount of seven people at the head with the village headman arrived in the village of Petrovskaya and declared to the local dean their desire to join the newly established Petrovsko-Levoshevsky parish for the reason that “... that our village, in the number of 17 households - twenty-six revise souls, and fifty parish ones, is separated from its parish church in the village of Krivandin, ten versts, and from the proposed temple at the village of Petrovskaya - two versts. Moreover, our parish church in the village of Krivandin is located across the river, across which there is no bridge; we have to cross it either on rafts or on homemade boats. And the communication with the village of Petrovskaya is good, dry, along the large Vladimirskaya road.

Due to our zeal in building a new church, we undertake to help to the best of our ability: both with supplies and funds.”

The petition of the peasants of the village of Tarbeikhi further aggravated the situation and increased the possibility of a positive outcome of the matter and the formation of an independent parish consisting of now three villages.

Having studied the report of the Dean, as well as the verdicts of peasant societies with their obligations to organize and equip the parish, the Spiritual Consistory recognized all the reasons and conclusions of the Dean stated by the peasants as positive and worthy of respect and with the blessing of His Eminence, the Most Reverend Meletius, Bishop of Ryazan and Zaraisk, dated May 26, 1897. The Spiritual Consistory, by its Decree of September 19, authorized the construction of a new church with the subsequent formation of an independent parish.

The peasant societies of these villages allocated 36 dessiatines of land for all parish needs: for a church and a cemetery - 1 dessiatine 1200 fathoms; houses and estates of clergy - 1 dessiatine 1200 fathoms; for plowing - 9 dessiatines 1817 fathoms, wood timber - 1 dessiatine 126 fathoms; general meadow - 16 dessiatines 1484 fathoms; small forests - 5 dessiatines 373 fathoms.

From that day on, the whole world began active work on the construction of the temple. Particularly zealous people were elected from the peasants of both societies, and a construction committee was formed, which took upon itself all the work of organizing the construction of the temple and collecting donations. The construction committee was headed by the peasants from the village of Petrovskoy, Smirnov Fedor Ivanovich, and from the village of Levoshevo - Mitrokhin Ivan Averyanovich.

Soon, at the request of the peasants dated October 14, 1897, in the name of His Eminence Meletius, a candidate for the position of priest was appointed to the position of priest, Alexander Nestorovich Sakharov, born in 1875, the son of a deacon, a native of the village. Krivandin of the Yegoryevsky district, who completed a full course of study at the Ryazan Theological Seminary in 1896, and at that time was a teacher at the parish school of Preobrazhensky Pogost.

On November 14, 1897, His Eminence Meletius Alexander Sakharov was ordained a priest and finally assigned to the Kazan Church. Petrovsky. For exactly forty years and three days, priest Alexander Nestorovich Sakharov served hopelessly as the rector of the church from the day of his appointment - November 13, 1897 until November 16, 1937 - the day of his arrest and subsequent martyrdom, on December 3, 1937, from the atheistic authorities .

The temple was built in less than 3 years. In the spring of 1900, it was ready, both with construction and with the necessary interior decoration, equipped with liturgical objects and utensils, and was ready for consecration.

In pursuance of the Decree of the Ryazan Spiritual Consistory of May 15, 1900, the Dean of the 2nd Yegoryevsk District, priest Vasily Bobrov, in the co-service of the local clergy and with a gathering of many parishioners, consecrated the newly built church on May 25, 1900.

At the beginning of 1902, at the request of His Eminence Polyeuctus, Bishop of Ryazan and Zaraisk, the parish received the Highest permission to be independent:

“Decree of His Imperial Majesty the Autocrat of All Russia from the Holy Governing Synod, to His Eminence Polyeuctus, Bishop of Ryazan and Zaraisk.

By decree of His Imperial Majesty, the Holy Governing Synod listened to: Your Eminence’s report dated January 31 of this year No. 1466 on the opening of an independent parish with a clergy at the Kazan Church between the villages of Petrovskaya and Levoshevoy, Egoryevsky district.

Ordered:

According to the present petition of Your Eminence, the Holy Synod determines: at the Kazan Church between the villages of Petrovskaya and Levosheva, Yegoryevsky district, to open an independent parish with a clergy of a priest and a psalm-reader: about which to notify Your Eminence by decree.

February 19, 1902, No. 1448."

The main patrons and benefactors of the temple from the beginning of its creation and for many years were the brothers - peasants Smirnov - Ivan, Semyon, Alexey, Nikolai, Fedor; families of wealthy peasants, the Zhuravlevs and Laptevs; village elders of the village of Petrovskoye - Egor Ermilovich Petrov and the village of Levoshevo - Andrey Artamonovich Morozov, as well as a merchant from Moscow Fedor Anisimovich Busurin, and other private benefactors.

For more than twenty years, the position of church elder was filled by the Smirnov brothers, replacing each other. It is known that one of them, Fyodor Ivanovich Smirnov, for his services in the spiritual department was awarded by the Sovereign Emperor on the day of Holy Easter on April 17, 1905 - a silver medal on a Stanislavsky ribbon to be worn around the neck.

The peaceful and prosperous life of the parish ended, as throughout all of Russia, in 1917, but the church did not close until 1938. Until this period, divine services were invariably held there.

In 1930, bell ringing was banned everywhere. All the bells were thrown from the bell tower of the Kazan Church.

In 1937, on the 16th day of November, the rector of the church, Archpriest Alexander Nestorovich Sakharov, who had served there continuously for 40 years, was arrested.

On November 27, 1937, Archpriest Alexander Sakharov was convicted under Art. 58 clause 10 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR “counter-revolutionary agitation” and was sentenced to capital punishment - execution.

On December 3, 1937, the sentence was carried out on the territory of the Butovo training ground in the Moscow region, where he was buried in an unknown grave.

At the Jubilee Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church on August 13-16, 2000, priest Alexander Sakharov was canonized as the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.

April 19, 1938, by the decision of the presidium of the Shatura City Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Palace of Culture on the basis of the decision of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of April 14, 1938, Kazan Church in the village. Petrovskoye was closed and the property was confiscated. It was decided to convert the temple building itself into a junior high school. All five domes were removed; the bell tower was dismantled to the lower tier; the floor in the temple was raised 1 meter higher. After complete reconstruction, a teacher’s room was located in the altar, a toilet in the bell tower, and a dining room in the porch.

The school existed until 1984. Then the building was transferred to the Shatursky state farm for auxiliary needs, and a sewing workshop was located there.

In the fall of 1996, the director of the Shatursky Agro-Industrial Combine, Valery Georgievich Larionov, handed over the building to believers, again as a church.

With the help and funds of the Shatursky AIC, the building was reconstructed and restored as a temple.

Subsequently, V.G. Larionov allocates funds to fully ensure worship: the altar is equipped with everything necessary - sacred vessels, utensils, liturgical books. Chandeliers and sconces, floor candlesticks, and lamps were installed inside the temple.

The main temple iconostasis was made by carpenters from the Shatursky agro-industrial complex.

In addition to the external and internal decoration, the temple was provided with central heating, cold and hot water, telephone communications at the expense of the Shatursky agro-industrial complex.

The first service took place already in April 1997 on the eve of Holy Easter on April 20, the feast of the “Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem.” The services were conducted by temporarily appointed priest Vladimir Kopenkin.

By decree of Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna dated September 8, 1997 No. 1090, Hieromonk Ambrose (Abrosimov) was appointed rector of the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. In 2006, Metropolitan of Krutitsky and Kolomna performed the Great Consecration of the Kazan Church and illuminated two limits: Nikolsky (left) and Preobrazhensky (right).

On December 27, 2007, by decree No. 4269, Priest Ilya Dronov was appointed rector by the Metropolitan of Krutitsky and Kolomna.

Currently, the temple is a wooden building of the traditional shape in the form of a cross, with one central domed head covered with copper; a newly restored bell tower with a hipped roof, also covered with copper; there is a belfry in which the largest bell weighs 500 kg. The entire temple is covered with galvanized iron.

Today, all scheduled services are regularly held in the church and all church services are performed. There is a Sunday school at the temple, where about 15 children study. Catechetical conversations with adults are held regularly.