Behind the village Cuanavale, which is located in the Karelian Republic Pryazha district in the sacred grove of spruce, is the chapel of St. Nicholas and the Prophet Elijah. The approximate age of the Church dates from the second half of the 18th century. The chapel is securely hidden with numerous trees, and it can be seen only from the southern side of the lake. At the moment the chapel bears the function of a monument of national importance.

The chapel has a relatively large size and is made in the form of a parallelepiped. The roof is a steep gable, surmounted by a cupola. From the Western part of the roof rises at the base of the octagonal multi-deviationa the bell tower, which is completely covered vosmiletnej roof. The end of the tent is made in the form of a cupola with a cross located on the axial post of the bell tower, at a distance of one meter above the top of the roof of the marquee. In addition, on the West side of the chapel adjoins the porch with rectangular top platform, to the center which leads straight staircase with a lower underground sites. The cover of the porch is a gable roof supported by pillars. The division of internal space made transverse cuts on the Eastern half, which consists of two prayer rooms separated by a longitudinal notch, and the Western half is designated for the refectory room. The aisles are equipped with independent entrance, directly from the refectory, and are interconnected by a door. Their refectory room a staircase leads to the belfry.

The chapel of St. Nicholas, Elijah the Prophet is a wooden building, minced in oblo with falls. Two seams morozhennogo tesa performed gable roof. Floors made of plates on the beams. The porch is made as addl. Extended upper deck of the porch formed on consoles carved on the base of the stairs. Internal walls are neatly and smoothly hewed with a peculiar rounding of the corners. Ceilings have a flat shape and is made "in close" on the beams.

As for the appearance of the chapel, outside it is fully sheathed with boards with selection of blades made of vertical sheathing on all corners of the building. The design of the Windows made in the form of trims, made of gladkokrashennoy Board. Roofing fascia boards form the contour cutting. In the form of square-section posts made of bells and fencing cut from brushy with handrail. Coating domes-triangular with scaly shingles. Playground porch, located above has the fencing of wetlands in the form of "herringbone" and the posts with the cutting, made in the form of double counter jugs, decorated with intermediate elements. Patio valances have a contour and cross-cutting the thread.

The chapel built in honor of St. Nicholas and of St. Elijah the Prophet and so the inside is divided by Board partitions into two zones, with independent entrances from the entrance. Wooden cladding exterior walls were painted in the 19th century. Unfortunately, the interior of the chapel is missing.

In 1998, the chapel had to be restored, which was held in the Karelian craftsmen with the participation of experienced specialists from Norway.