The settlement of Polevskoye arose thanks to a copper mine and a factory, where this copper was smelted in 1723. After 5 years, residents and employees of the plant began to petition for the construction of the temple.
In 1730 the construction of a wooden church began. In those days in the Urals, little was built of brick. There was no shortage of materials or specialists. Therefore, the appearance of churches dictated the features of the tree. Roofs instead of domes were made tents, in architecture there were no rounded elements, arches, vaulted shelves.
The wooden church quickly deteriorated. In its place it was decided to build a stone temple (1772), but the construction was not set. For 16 years, the building has been waiting for completion. Finally, in 1793, the temple was consecrated in honor of the apostles Peter and Paul.
But soon it turned out that the temple, which seemed spacious, was not designed for such a number of parishioners that appeared in Polevsky. In 1830 the building had to be rebuilt. No changes were made to the architecture of the building.
After the revolution began the systematic closure of churches and the destruction of their servants.
But Peter and Paul Church was lucky, it held services up to 1940. However, then the temple was closed anyway, all the utensils were burned.
The building opened first shop, sweat bus station.
Only in 1991 it was decided to return the temple of the ROC. In the same year, in the unfinished, unheated temple began to hold services.
Now the reconstruction of the building is completely completed.
At the temple there is a Sunday school, a summer camp “Stabernacle”, there is a spiritual and educational center.
Since 2001, there is a rehabilitation center “Podvizhnik” for people with addictions.
The Pole temple is famous for its icon-painting and carpentry workshops, which equip dozens of churches of the diocese with kyotes, iconostasis.
There is also a miraculous icon in the church. This is the image of Our Lady of Iver, which was presented to the Ascension Church by Empress Maria Feodorovna. When the Ascension temple was blown up, the icon was saved. It was kept by the congregation’s family. After learning about the opening of the Peter and Paul Church, they transferred the image there.
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