A short distance from the Intercession Old-Believers Church is Great-Martyr Irina's Church in Pokrovskoe. The simple church was built between 1790 and 1800, although an older version stood here since 1635 when it was built on the orders of Tsar Michael who had it dedicated to Great-Martyr Irene in honour of the birth of his daughter Irina. During the Soviet times the church was closed and practically destroyed. In 1992 the ruins were returned to the Orthodox Church who restored and reopened it.

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