There are quite a lot of ruined churches in the Russian hinterland. And as sad as it may sound, most of these churches will never be restored. And it's not so much the lack of money (although there is no money, and there won't be), as the fact that villages and villages near these, sometimes quite large temples, are partially or completely deserted.

Many of these temples are now just one or two free-standing walls. It will not be possible to restore many of these ruins without completely dismantling the walls to the foundation. And even if money is found, and the church is restored to its original appearance, after a short time it will again fall into disrepair due to the lack of a sufficient number of parishioners and money for maintenance.
Often the remains of the temple are a shrine for a few local residents. Grass is mowed around the walls, paper icons hang on the walls. During the warm season, prayer services are served. The question arises of adapting the remains of the temple to the realities of modern life.

The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the small village of Ryzhkovo in the Kaluga region. The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built at the end of the XVII century. at the expense of Tsarina Natalia Naryshkina. The church was closed in the 1930s and significantly demolished in the 1950s.
The permanent population of the village at the 2007 census was 19 people, and at the 2010 census it fell to 8 people. But in summer the village comes to life - many summer residents come.
Few villagers now go to pray in a prayer house located in a nearby military town. Believers dream of restoring the temple. But there is no money for such a large-scale restoration. And there are not many parishioners. Therefore, a compromise option was proposed - to attach a wooden frame chapel to the eastern wall of the quadrangle, on the site of the former altar. In order to preserve continuity, the chapel follows the shape of the old altar in shape, fitting into the remains of the northern and southern walls in size. In winter, the chapel will be used by the remaining locals for prayer services. Since the chapel repeats the shape of the former altar, it is possible to invite a priest with an antimins and use the chapel as an altar. This will happen in the summer, when the population of the village increases at the expense of summer residents. On such an occasion, an antimins is sent to the chapel-altar. During the service, the parishioners will be in the side chapels of the old church in the open air. The top of the walls of the quadrangle is supposed to be strengthened and preserved.

One of the undoubted advantages of the decision to make the chapel-altar wooden is the possibility in the future, if necessary, to disassemble it, and return the temple to its original appearance, having carried out a full restoration.
Such a solution for the reconstruction of a rural church is optimal for villages with a winter-summer pendulum migration. It is not expensive and easy to implement.