Znamenskaya Church was located in the village of Znamenskoye in the Oryol Governorate (today IzmAlkovsky district of the LIpetsk region), six kilometers to the west from OzYorki. The name of the village comes from the Church of the Sign of the Holy Virgin, the residents of Ozyorki were parishioners of that church. Initially, Znamensky parish consisted of four villages - Znamenskoe, Polskaya, Aleksandro-Nikolskaya and Kamenka-Chicherina, and then other settlements were successively added to it, partly at the request of the owners, and partly at the request of the peasants. According to a legend recorded in the church chronicle in 1870, the Builder of the first church was the local land owner Ksenia Alexandrovna Chicherina.
The Church was built of crude stone with a brick bell tower and covered with planks. In 1835, this Church was abolished due to its dilapidation, and the Znamensky parish was temporarily assigned to the village of VasIlievsky until the new church was built. According to the decision of the nobleman, major Mark Antonovich LogofEt, and other parishioners, as evidenced by the church charter, Bishop NikodIm in 1837 blessed the construction of a stone church in the name of the Sign of the Holy Virgin in Znamenskoye — with the aisles in the name of St. Peter, Metropolitan of Kiev and St. John the Evangelist. In 1850, the new church was finally completed due to efforts and donations of major Mark LogofEt, major VladImir KOshelev and nobleman Nikolai Ryomer together with other parishes. Numerous relatives of the BUnins are buried here in the cemetery near the church, including LyudmIla AlexAndrovna’s father AlexAnder Chubarov, her sister MarIa Alexandrovna, and her brother IvAn Alexandrovich, after whom the BUnins named their youngest son. In May 1881, the Bunin’s grandmother Anna Ivanovna Chubarova died in Ozyorki. They buried her at the cemetery in Znamenskoye.
The Church was built of crude stone with a brick bell tower and covered with planks. In 1835, this Church was abolished due to its dilapidation, and the Znamensky parish was temporarily assigned to the village of VasIlievsky until the new church was built. According to the decision of the nobleman, major Mark Antonovich LogofEt, and other parishioners, as evidenced by the church charter, Bishop NikodIm in 1837 blessed the construction of a stone church in the name of the Sign of the Holy Virgin in Znamenskoye — with the aisles in the name of St. Peter, Metropolitan of Kiev and St. John the Evangelist. In 1850, the new church was finally completed due to efforts and donations of major Mark LogofEt, major VladImir KOshelev and nobleman Nikolai Ryomer together with other parishes. Numerous relatives of the BUnins are buried here in the cemetery near the church, including LyudmIla AlexAndrovna’s father AlexAnder Chubarov, her sister MarIa Alexandrovna, and her brother IvAn Alexandrovich, after whom the BUnins named their youngest son. In May 1881, the Bunin’s grandmother Anna Ivanovna Chubarova died in Ozyorki. They buried her at the cemetery in Znamenskoye.
