Someone took it away brick-by-brick and now it can’t be found. Apparently it was in the middle of nowhere and only occasionally visited, so the disappearance wasn’t immediately noticed. Still, dude…

The Church of Christ’s Resurrection, in the central Russian village of Komarovo, was built in 1809 but in early October someone took it away brick by brick, Father Vitaly a spokesman for the local Russian Orthodox Church, told Reuters.

“We have sent a letter to local prosecutors,” he said. “Who exactly did this, the investigation will show.”…

Komarovo is in the Ivanovo region, about 300 km (186.4 miles) north-east of Moscow. The church was not in use but clergy had been considering resuming services there, the Ivanovo-Voznesenskaya and Kineshemskaya diocese said in a statement on its Internet site.

A survey of the large, two-storey church a few months ago found that it was structurally sound, but now all that remains are the foundations and sections of walls, the statement said.

Thieves routinely make off with church property in rural Russia, where unemployment, petty crime and alcoholism are widespread.

Church property, yes. But not the entire freakin church.