A memorial sign was unveiled in the village of Lvovskoye on the site of the first destroyed church.translated

On November 3, 2026, a significant event took place in the village of Lviv - the opening and consecration of a memorial sign on the site where the first Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary stood more than a century ago.

The celebration was timed to coincide with the 115th anniversary of the consecration of the first church. The clergy of the deanery, as well as the former rector of the parish, dean of the 8th Abinsk deanery, Priest Alexander Panteleev, were invited to the consecration.

According to archival documents, the foundation stone of the church in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the village of Lvovskoye-Tovarishcheskoye took place on May 17, 1910. The wooden church on a brick foundation was consecrated on November 3, 1911. A year later, by decree of the Holy Synod, an independent parish was opened under her. The first rector was priest Mikhail Smirensky.

During the Soviet years, the church was closed, the building was converted into a club, and then destroyed. The revival of church life began in 2010, when, with the blessing of Metropolitan Isidore of Ekaterinodar and Kuban, a parish reopened in Lvov. In 2023, during excavation work near the House of Culture, the foundation of the former church was discovered.

The holiday began with a religious procession. To the sound of bells, clergy and parishioners with banners and icons...