Church of St. Vladimir is situated in a village called Mikhaylov Pogost, which refers to Loknyansky District. Mikhailov village churchyard is particularly rich in all sorts of events that are rooted in the very depths of centuries and is closely interwoven with the historical development of the Pskov region.

The earliest recorded mention of the churchyard in the chronicles. There are several beliefs, according to which gave the name to the village. One legend tells that not far from the place where now is Vladimir church was formerly a birch grove. Next to the grove lived an old man, Mikhail, who had a blind daughter, whose mother has replaced the wicked stepmother. One of Michael's daughter invited friends to the forest to birch sap. As soon as the girl notched birch bark, juice squirted in her eyes and she immediately saw. After such a wonderful event girl hung on the tree icon, which came to pray, and her father Michael has decided to build a wooden church.

According Klirovye records of 1861, in Mikhailov wants you were three churches, one of which was called the Assumption, built in 1392, the second - pridelnyh church, consecrated in the name of John the Baptist and built in 1780, and the third church - in the name of the Holy Nile Stolbensky, erected in 1844.

Vladimir Equal to the Apostles Church was built in 1862 by order of Maria Ivanovna Alekseeva zemlevladelitsy on her personal funds on the ashes of her husband, who in life was a titular councilor Vladimir G. Alekseeva.

Vladimir temple built of red brick that has become a true example of Byzantine and Old Russian style. In the church there is one throne, consecrated in the name of the Holy Prince Vladimir Equal to the Apostles.

The Church is represented trehapsidny, five-domed and equipped with a three-tiered bell tower. In addition to the bricks used in the decoration of the temple of concrete, sandstone and marble. Church bell tower had seven bells, the largest of which weighed 103 pounds and 30 pounds. All the bells were to imagine raising the inscription: "To the glory of the Lord God Triune and slaves of Mary, Vladimir and children", "the glory of God Triune application stroitelnitsy Church of the Holy Prince Vladimir in 1862 was cast this bell in Saint Petersburg in the factory of the famous merchant Mikhail Stukolkina "" Gratitude wife at her husband's ashes vozdvignotuyu "and some others. All church domes were cast in the form of bulbs.

Once on the south side of the church is a cemetery, where burials were priests, as well as the rich and noble people. At this point, the ashes of the ancestors of the famous writer Leo Vasilyevich Assumption. To date, all the tombstones were gone.

Church services were held in the church on Tuesdays every week, as well as all weekends and holidays starting from October 8 until the day of Easter. In 1889 landowner bequeathed Alekseev Vladimir Church untouchable capital, which amounted to ten thousand rubles, and interest on that sum of money was supposed to be spent on maintenance and repair work of the temple; besides, Alekseev has provided that the funds were in favor of the parishioners, as well as a parable for the purpose of worship.

We know that in the 40s of the 20th century Vladimir church was closed. After the closure of the church in his basement was equipped with a bakery. Today, the church was restored by Vladimir Equal to the Apostles and is valid.