according to the memorial book of the mogilev province for 1914, the priest john pischikov served inguration. this is the year when the first world war began. however, even more challenges lay ahead. it is unknown what happened to the church after the revolution and before the start of the great patriotic war. the germans had previously plundered the spasopreobrazhenskaya cemetery church and destroyed it. puppies and about 20 icons turned these churches into prison camps. in 1946 , an agreement was signed with the executive committee of the chechersk council of deputies on the transfer to the use of the parish of the orthodox church, the church building of the religious property of the transfiguration church. the community of orthodox believers and archpriest john pischikov continued to petition for the return of the church. deputy chairman of the council of ministers of the ussr. uralovo evakia ilyinishno proposed to the local authorities to vacate the building of the chechersk church and transfer it to the fellowship of believers. only after the third reminders about the return of