Orthodox church in the city of Krichev, located in the area of the cement plant. The temple was built in 1946. There is a Sunday school at the church. During the Great Patriotic War, the Krichevsky concentration camp was located on the territory adjacent to the Krichevsky cement plant. By the time of Krichev's release, about 18 thousand people had died in it. A local native (the village of Voronevo), Father John Zakharchenko, decided to build a temple next to numerous nameless graves. During the war and the first post-war years, for political reasons, the attitude towards religion was softened by the authorities and the construction of the temple was allowed. In the village of Botvinovka, the building of the former Holy Intercession Church was purchased. This temple was built before the revolution, but during the Soviet era it was turned into a club. The log house was transported to the village of cement workers and assembled in a new place. In 1946, the church was consecrated and opened to the faithful. In November 1962, during the Khrushchev anti-religious campaign, the church was closed. In the late 80s, a group of parishioners petitioned the local authorities to return the church building. On August 7, 1990, the Holy Intercession Church was opened. The consecration ceremony was conducted by Archbishop Maxim of Mogilev and Mstislav. From the time of the opening of the temple until its closure in 1962
Father John Zakharchenko served in the church for a year. After the reopening in
1990, priests served in the church: Nikolai Afanasyev, Andrei Milto, Gregory
Pashkevich.