The small village of matting is 175 miles from the city of St. Petersburg. It was here that the famous temple is the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin. The image of the Virgin was once a shepherd is found on the banks of the river - in the memory of this wonderful event, it was decided to erect a church on the site of the icon was found. The miraculous appearance of the icon was a long time ago, but we know that in 1582, the church had already been built, but its description there is no information.

The very first church was built of wood and is shaped like an elongated rectangle. It rose five wooden domes. In the spring of 1834 there was a fire in the church, and she was completely lost, including all property and savings. After a terrible accident parishioners petitioned the construction of a stone church, having found a donor in the face of the merchant Ertova Michael Davidovich. The request was granted, and rural parishioners began for the construction, delivering the necessary material yourself.
In the fall of September 1, 1838 the construction of the stone church of the Blessed Virgin was completed, after which it was once sanctified. Existing today Antimins was consecrated in 1870 by Bishop Tikhon.

An important landmark is a church bell, weighing up to 20 pounds; it is known that he cast Herat Mayer in Stockholm. The bell depicts the Savior, with power in their hands.

Megeve book and plan of the church to this day have not been preserved and burned along with the wooden church. The church parables to 1809 were: the sacristan, the deacon and the priest. According to the states in 1843 sexton position was eliminated. Among the priests of the temple of the Holy Virgin known names Nikitin Vasily T. Bartholomew, John Solovyov, Nikolai Osminsky.

In the period up to 1834 church parable extradited content from parishioners. But in 1820 it was allocated about 3 acres of land, which brought revenue of 100 rubles. Inappropriate land required little maintenance, because it was completely covered with shrubs and moss. Therefore, the only income for the temple at the time was a land threaded portion, as well as benefits for the rites. Church priests were particularly commonplace household thrift and aspects of life, because the money for the maintenance of the temple almost was not. It may obtain additional income for the wedding couple, whose parents did not give consent. In 1844, for the temple of the money was allocated in the amount of 150 rubles from the treasury. But the position of the church has not improved, because the congregation took the land that is brought up to $ 100 of income.

On the south side of the parish bordered with the arrival of Christmas, in the north-east - with the arrival of Syassky called rows, and from the west - with the advent of Izsadskim. The structure of the parish Church of Our Lady included 11 villages. The main occupations of the parishioners were firewood, farming. In addition, prepared the wood floated down the river in the summer Syas and diverted to St. Petersburg.

In 1850, the opening of the parochial school, which is housed in the gatehouse. 30 people attending school. Today the church operates Zemstvo school. On Sundays she attends school up to 50 people, and on holidays, the number of visitors increased to 250.