Khram Ikony Bozhiyey Materi "Neopalimaya Kupina"

Stone Church for 400 people in the village. Nikolsky was built in 1831. at the expense of Countess Anna Alexeevna Orlova-Chesmenskaya. The church was consecrated in honor of the icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary "Burning Bush". At that time, the village was part of the Simbirsk province, Samara Province was formed only 20 years later - in 1851. The suburb area is 260 square meters. fathoms (0.12 hectares) was surrounded by a solid stone fence. The area of ​​the land directly under the building of the temple was 75 square meters. fathoms. In addition, before the church was an area of ​​3 tithes (3.3 hectares). Outside the village there was a specially assigned church cemetery, dug out by a ditch. The parish had 33 tithes (36 hectares) of arable land and about 10 acres of haymaking. The church had three altars in one altar. The main throne in honor of the icon of the Virgin "The Burning Bush" and the side south throne in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker were consecrated in 1832. Archbishop Anatoly of Simbirsk. In the year 1833. Samara archpriest John Tsvetkov was consecrated and the second lateral (northern) throne in honor of the Great Martyr George the Victorious. At the church of the "Burning Bush" there was a church and parish guardianship. Since 1895. at the church was opened a one-class Chuvash church-parochial school. The parish also included nearby villages that did not have temples: Kupino, Kievka, Grigorievka, Vislaya Dubrava, Dmitrievka. In the 1900's. in Kupino was built a wooden church of the Intercession of the Virgin and the village was separated into a separate parish. The building of the temple in with. Nikolsky was used for its intended purpose for 100 years. In 1931 the temple was closed and used for grain storage, workshops, refueling. Then there was oblivion. This year, the ruins were surrounded with a fence. Will be restored. But before that I was inside. It must be beautiful.

Beautiful ruins. Talking about the fact that we also have a story. He often went by, and did not notice. But the place is really a tourist attraction. Sorry about her little information. The visit will take 15 minutes.

An old, abandoned church before the revolutionary years.