It has long been in the village called Yazhelbitsy was a church, which was built of wood. By the early 19th century, it is extremely dilapidated. In 1803, at the St. Petersburg highway driving Emperor Alexander I and saw the dilapidated church, commanded by their own means to build a new temple of stone in honor of St. Alexander Nevsky. The construction of the new church of stone was completed in 1805.

Twenty years later, the congregation was made the first repair, boarded the roof of the temple was replaced by iron. Later, in 1836, the western part of the temple was expanded, there was arranged a warm church. In connection with this action it was dismantled and re-built the bell tower, which was the temple of a whole and noted its main entrance. At the height of the bell tower with a spire reaching almost 38 meters, its length is equal to 26 meters, width - 13 meters. In the church there are two chapels: northern chapel - in the name of St. Martyr Demetrios, the southern chapel - in the name of St. Nicholas of Myra. In the 80s of the 19th century by the parishioners of the church was renovated, and the northern chapel ordered a new iconostasis.

In addition to the village in the parish church Yazhelbitsy included such villages as Knyajevo, Pestovo, Mironushka, Zagorje, Sosnitsa, Izhitsa, Varnitsa, Kuvizino, Kuznetsovka, Pochep, Gorushki, Great Yard, Kiselyovka and others.

The funds needed to maintain the beauty of the church came from the inhabitants of the near villages and from donors from other places. Villagers Yazhelbitsy - brothers Michael and Fyodor Zaytsev - donated the church shroud, banners, carpet and external lights. A peasant woman, who lives in the village. Kuznetsovka, gave the church with fifteen arshins brocade. In 1894 St. John of Kronstadt were donated to the Alexander Nevsky Church deacon and priestly vestments, analogies, covers the throne. There were also gifts from his father Nicholas Kondratova - priest of St. Petersburg St. Nicholas Cathedral. Narrated gifts and the staff of the St. Petersburg Kalinkinskoy hospitals were sacrificing, and many others.

In 1918, in December, all the property of the church was transferred to the preservation of the parish, from among whose was selected about forty commissioners. From the annals of the church it is well known that in 20-30 years of the twentieth century, the congregation diligently perform Christian duty, and the need for the church is not diminished.

The next major renovation of the church was held in 1929, the church was painted again with a native. Ivanovo, in the Tver province - Shirshin Vasili Kuzmich. Repairs were carried out at the time unfriendly attitude to the Church by the Soviet state. Also in 1928 in the district turned out Yalzhbitskoy bad year, famine.

Last renovated the church occurred in 1934, it was repaired roof, made whitewash in the winter church and bell tower. In 1937 the church was abolished and destroyed, discarded and broken bell. Some of the witnesses of the devastation even wrote a poem that is still kept in people's memory.

After its closure in 1937, the room was determined under the rural House of Culture. Here often held meetings, going to nationals. Since the beginning of the war Yazhelbitsy were front-line village, and in the church, or rather in its basement was arranged firing point. Until now, the side of the road watching it loopholes.

At the initiative of the population of the village Yazhelbitsy, 1998 in church, work began on the ruins of an analysis, design documentation, and raise funds for the revival of the church in honor of St. Alexander Nevsky. Church acting.