Resurrection Church, Tikhonovo, Orthodox temple in Tikhonovo, Russia.
The Resurrection Church in Tikhonovo is a stone Orthodox church built between 1866 and 1868, with a bell tower and fence added in 1874. The bell tower was dismantled in the 1960s, and the church was used as a warehouse before restoration began in 2009.
A stone Church of the Resurrection was laid in 1866 in the village then called Arefino, now Tikhonovo, and built in three years; the bell tower and fence followed in 1874. From 1869 it served as the center of education for the villages of Yagodino, Izbishchi, Sintsovo and Vasilevo, whose combined population was about 1,800. A zemstvo folk school operated at the church, with 102 pupils in 1896. Closed in the early 1940s, the bell tower was dismantled in the 1960s and the building used as a warehouse; restoration began in 2009.
The village was called Arefino when the stone church was founded; it later became Tikhonovo. From 1869 the church was the schooling and enlightenment centre for the villages of Yagodino, Izbishchi, Sintsovo and Vasilevo, some 1,800 people in all. A zemstvo people's school operated at the church, with 102 pupils in 1896.
The church stands in Tikhonovo, in the Gus-Khrustalny district of Vladimir Oblast. It was closed in the early 1940s, its bell tower dismantled in the 1960s, and the building used as a warehouse; restoration began in 2009. Visitors should expect a building still under restoration rather than a finished interior.
The church kept a zemstvo people's school: in 1896 it taught 102 pupils, and from 1869 it served as the education centre for the villages of Yagodino, Izbishchi, Sintsovo and Vasilevo, about 1,800 people in all. The bell tower was dismantled in the 1960s and the building used as a warehouse until restoration began in 2009.
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