St. Seraphim of Sarov the Wonderworker church

St. Seraphim of Sarov the Wonderworker church The Church was built in 1905 at the expense of merchants, brothers Alexander, Nicholas and Sergei. The brothers’ surname was Ermolaev-Zverev. On 5 February, 1906, the church was consecrated by Lawrence, bishop of Tula and Belev. In 1910 brothers were awarded the Order of St. Stanislaus 3rd degree «for merits in the spiritual department». During the Soviet times the church was closed. Since 1976 the building was used as a repository regional archive (originally a pub was planned to be placed there). In 2002 the church was returned to believers