About the small, sleepy village of Kimji (100 inhabitants officially, but hardly 60), no one would know if not for the church. Built in the late 18th century, it represents the spirit of the Russian people: free, without borders. The church was built at a time when the Old Believers were not in honor. But the Cimjans crowned their temple with an old-believer, eight-pointed cross. There was no money for the internal arrangement, but the villagers stubbornly collected funds after 30 years, but services in the temple began to be performed regularly.
Even with the Soviet power, the villagers fought – they did not allow the temple to be closed. They were constantly on duty in order not to be destroyed. Father got 10 years of camps for this. Then the parishioners began to gather at the deacon’s house. In 1937 he was shot for it.
The church was completely abandoned, but the villagers preserved the icons.
The restoration of the church began in 2002, the end of the work is not in sight. At the first stage, the logs were crossed, the rotten ones were replaced. But for interior decoration, funds were allocated only in 2018. There’s a pandemic. Work has been suspended again.
There was a bell tower in the church. There are plans to restore it. Now the bells are ready for the bell tower. This is a donation from the Chudinov family. It remains to complete repair work in the temple and the bell ringing again over Pomorie.
Charitable Foundation Holy Land
Russian Temples and Monasteries
