Following deliberate arsons at the end of November 2013 several orthodox churches in various districts of the Republic were damaged.
In pursuance of the protocol of the meeting of the Board for International and Interfaith Relations under the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, in 2014 churches and temples damaged at the hands of arsonists were completely restored by efforts of fellow workers of the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Christmas services were administered at the Temple of a Great Martyr Dmitry Solunsky at Lenino village of Novosheshminsk district restored by fellow workers of Almetyevsk forestry and the State Budgetary Establishment “Almetles”, churches in Albaevo of Mamadysh district (erected by fellow workers of Kama Forestry and the State Budgetary Establishment “Kama Forest”), in Kreschenye Kazyli village of Rybnaya Sloboda district, at the Temple of Life-giving Trinity restored by fellow workers of Kzyl-Yulduzskoe forestry and the State Budgetary Establishment “Kzyl-Yulduz Forest”.