Church of the Annunciation in Kolentsy, church building in Kolentsy, Ryazan Obast, Russia

The Church of the Annunciation in Kolentsy is a stone building with traditional form, a bell tower, and baroque details built in the mid-1700s. The structure has thick walls and simple lines designed for function and durability rather than ornament.

Permission to build the stone Church of the Annunciation with an Archangel side chapel was granted in 1752 at the request of Prince Grigory Kildishev, the merchants Nikolai and Ivan Ryumin, and the ironworks owner Stepan Abramov. It was consecrated on 23 October 1775. In 1871 a warm side-chapel church with two chapels was added. Closed before the Great Patriotic War, it served as a grain store and is now abandoned and partly ruined.

The church's name comes from the Feast of the Annunciation, and its side chapel was dedicated to the Archangel Michael. In 1872 Moscow merchant Alexander Kuznetsov donated silver-gilt vessels, two large gospels, three brass chandeliers, a velvet shroud embroidered in gold and 17 candlesticks, worth 1,500 roubles, for which the Holy Synod's blessing was sought. The parish once counted 943 male and 1,122 female parishioners from Kolentsy and nearby villages.

The church stands in the village of Kolentsy, Starozhilovsky District, Ryazan Oblast, and is not active for worship. It is partially ruined and abandoned, so entry is unsafe; the tiered silhouette and bell tower are best viewed from outside. The building is a federal cultural heritage site.

The building was repurposed as a grain storage facility during the Soviet era, a fate that befell many churches in the region. Despite this unexpected use, the main structure survived and retains important traces of its original purpose.