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Moscow Churches

Cathedral of the Epiphany1693: Epiphany Monastery established 1296

In the basement of the church there is a necropolis of more than 150 tombs with tombstones by outstanding sculptors (almost all were destroyed in 1930). Buried there are the noble families of Sheremetov, Dolgoruk,i Repin, Romanov, Yusupov, Saltikov, Menshikov, Golitsyn.

Church of Nicolai 1390 boyar Ivan Bersen'-Beklemisheva

Temple of of the Nativity of the Virgin in the Kremlin Part of the Termen palace complex 1393

The Church in the foreground is Consecrated as Deposition of the Robes 1450-1453

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Temple of Three Saints on Kulishkaxh: Vasily Great, Grigory Bogoslova, John Zlatousta 1406 the existing stone church was built in 1674

Church of Grand Prince Vladimir in the Old Garden 1423

Krutitsit Court Yard 1454 Assumption of the Holy Mother of God 1682

Church of George the Martyr on Varvara Street near the old prison 1462

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Cathedral, in the Kremlin 1479 Architect Aristotle Fioravan

The Assumption Cathedral 1484-1489 by Pskov masters

Conception of Saint Anne 1493

Church of Nicholas the miracle worker in Podkopayakh 1493.

The Church of Sofia Knowledge of God is known since 1495. The existing building was constructed in 1682

Bell ringers and the watchman of the Kremlin churches and cathedrals were lodged at a large village Bell ringer’s about 1505. They have put for themselves Nikolay House of God [Bozhedomskogo] church. In sources the church is mentioned in 1619. Since 1657 the church was stone.

The Archangel Michael Cathedral in the Kremlin was constructed in 1505-1508 Architect Aleviz

Ivan Great Bell Tower in the Kremlin architect: Friazin.1505-1508 In 1329 on this place Ivan Danilovich Kalita had built a stone church of John Lestvichnika's the religious Byzantian writer VII iCentury, the author of the treatise " Лествица, erecting to heavens "). The temple was constructed in three months.

The Church of the Great Martyr Varvara existed since the fourteenth century, a little south of the modern day church. Built in 1505

According to records since 1547 at this site there has been a church Nikoly, in the Village of Old Smiths, In 1657 the church was rebuilt with stone. Built with donations from the family of Stroganov Grigory Dimitrivich Stroganov is buried in the church.

Beheading of John the Baptist 1547

Architect: Barna and Postnik

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The Church of the Resurection was first built in 1548 reconstructed of stone in 1634. The Church was one of the few churches that was not closed during the Soviet era. The Parishioners were actors who lived in a nearby Home for actors.

In the sixteenth century. On this place there was a stone church of the Trinity with a small cemetery. At this stone church the Blessed Vasily who died on August, 2, 1555 esteemed in Moscow for his goodness Vasily was entombed. In October 1552, 2 Russian armies took Kazan - capital of the Kazan Kahnate . In commemoration of this event Tsar Ivan Vasilevich the Terrible ordered the Temple built on the Red Square. As legend goes Ivan the Terrible ordered the eyes of the architect to beplucked out so that they could not build a more beautiful Church.

Church of Saint Nicolas the Miracle Worker ‘The Beautiful Sound’ built by the merchant Grigory Tverdikov 1561/1859

The Temple Ascension of the Lord on small Nikitin is known since 1584. The temple was constructed as the centre of a large village Novgoridians which were moved to Moscow by tsar Ivan Terrible.

Temple of Sofia of Knowledge of God at the Gun court yard, on Lubyanka The wooden church Saint Sofia is constructed in 1585-90. Its construction connected to the resettlement of Novgorodian families to Moscow.

Nativity of the Holy Mother of God 1600;1821

Temple of Trinity Founders in Nikitniki Up to the fifteenth century The Kitai Gorod was not built up and carried name Glinischi because of clay ground. It was in sixteenth century. when the Kitai Gorod was intensively built up and the wooden church to the Great Martyr Nikitni on Glinischi in the Seventeenth century the rich merchant from Yaroslavl Grigory Nikitnikov settled. In 1614 he is welcomed by the Moscow merchants. So, it is possible to specify two reasons on which the district at this time referred to "Nikitniki"

The wooden Church of the beheading of John the Baptist, in the village of Silversmiths built in 1620, a stone church was built in 1657.

The Chapel of the Nativity on the corner of Petrovka and Stoleshnikov lane built in 1620 the church stood until 1927 when it was torn down for a parking garage with the 850 anniversary of Moscow the chapel was built on the site of the former church.

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin in Putinki, A wooden church stood here In fifteenth century it was designated “Dimitrovte behind city on an old Ambassadorial court yard, in Purinki ". it is mentioned for the first time in 1621.

The Church of Peter and Paul at the Yauza Gates was first established in 1623 in 1629 the church was built of stone

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Sacred Disciple Antipa 1624

Church of Kosmi and Damian It is understood that the church was in possession of boyar Ioakinfa of the fur Coat, the leader of the armies battling with Lithuanian Grand Duke Oleg. The boyar was killed near Volokolamsk in 1368. The church is known since 1625. In 1626 the wooden burned down and was replaced with a stone church.

Church Iverskoi icon of the Mother God A wooden church located on this site is known to have existed since 1625.in 1673 the merchant I.C. Potopova paid to have the church built of stone. In 1791-1802 Capitan Ivan Savinov paid to have the existing church built.

The wooden church of the Nativity of Christ is known since 1625 as a church on the Old ambassadorial court yard, behind the Tver gate on the ground of the New large village. after a fire in1648 it was reconstructed in 1652 of stone.

The wooden temple of Saint Nikolai with a side altar devoted to John the Baptist is mentioned for the first time in 1625. The orthodox temple stood on the outskirts of the village of Tolmachey [толмачей] in the seventeenth century the borders of the village are difficult to determine surrounding the village were the court yards of weavers and riflemen.

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The temple is documentary known since 1625, but there is an assumption, that the first temple named Simeon Stolpnika was built here in the time of Boris Gudonov In 1625 the temple was constructed In 1635 the temple was designated a kitchen garden ".In 1676-79 under the decree of Tsar Feodor Alexeyevich the existing building was constructed.

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The church known as Transfiguration of the Savior was one of the few, churches which was wooden up until the middle seventeenth century.. The temple is documented to have existed since 1625. According to the legend, it was incorporated in 1465 on that place where Ivan III had refused to render tribute to the Golden Horde, he tore up the khans letter and outwitted ambassadors of the khan Ahmeda. In 1749-55 on means of merchants of Dmitry Oleneva and Cosmo Matveeva the stone temple - existing octagon on top of a square with one cupola was constructed.

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Cathedral Trinity Founders on the mud at the Veil Gates From the 16th to the 17th century's courtyards of boilermaker masters settlement a church was known to exist in the settlement since 1625 The name clearly to the north through where the walls of the White city run along the river Rachka a large swamp surrounded the church. In 1749 the river destroyed the church. in 1750 the church was amended. In 1750 the Architect Prince D.V. Ukhtomskiy Proposed a canal for the river

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Temple Feodora Studita at Nikitin Gate In 1626 the place was allocated by an imperial decree as a monastery In 1627 on this place was established Fedorovskiy Smolensk monastery. The monastery was put under the order Patriarch Filaret, The church was built with funds from the boyar Feodor Nikiticha Romanova (1554 - 1633), the father of the first Russian Tsar Michael Fedorovich. The monastery was intended for the patriarchal servants,

Birth of John the Baptist Church on Varvara was constructed, according to legend, in 1626. After closing in 1920s it was used as a kindergarten, then for office premises. The fencing and a gate are destroyed along with the bellower dome and cross, The temple is part of the Patriarchal farmstead in Kitai Gorod. Divine services are not renewed

Temple of Trinity founders in Vishnyaki The temple was first built in 1630s, during active settlment of the district with Sharpshooters. In 1642 the new church of the Trinity " in Alekseev is first mentioned

The Church Assumption of the Virgin in Potters: The temple is known from 1632. At the time it was wooden and located in the large village called Savior the church was burned down During the Polish Lithuanian invasion.

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Nikolay's temple in Pizhi The temple in this place is known in 1635 as the Annunciation of Our Lady In 1647-57 or in 1670-72 The Sharpshooter Regiment Bogdana Pizhkov erected the existing church.

Temple Transfiguration of the Savior on Sand is known to have existed since 1642. Was registered to the royal sharpshooters to a large village after 1689, after liquidation of the Sharpshooter regiments, the temple was constructed of stone. About 1711 on the site of the old temple was constructed the existing temple.

Church Nikoly Zajaitskogo was built in 1652 Zajaitski Cossaks living in Moscow. (Other explanation to this name: - the temple stood for the deformed word "Заяузский" Beyond the Yauza River.

In 1653, by command of Tsar Alexei Michailovich, a stone church was built Consecrated as the

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mother of God

Church of St. George the Warrior 1653

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The church of the Twelve Apostles was constructed in 1652-56 Located on Cathedral Square in the Kremlin.

Nikolay's temple in Klennikakh Кленниках

In 1468. on the site of the church of Simeon the Divine was constructed a wooden church in one day, on order of Ivan III, in gratitude that the terrible fire of that year did not reach the Kremlin.

The stone church built in 1657, was devoted to Saint Nikolay.

Church of Revival in Kadash. 1657-1687 the builder bell has been attributed to the master Sergey Turchaninova. The temple of Revival " on Dirties " for the first time is mentioned in 1493 in the will of prince Ivan Yurevich Patrikeeva. In 1657 the stone temple - five-dome with a Tent style belfry was constructed. It is one of the remarkable constructions of the Moscow baroque

Beheading of John the Baptist In 1415 the Ivanovo monastery which was on the trade road to the Kremlin mentions the Temple for the first time. In 1514 in the monastery the stone Church Beheading of John the Baptist. The church was built on goodwill of Grand Duke Vasily III. The architect Aleviz Built a New temple (it was one of 11 temples constructed under the princely decree in 1514 in Moscow).

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Michael's temple and boyar Feodora Chernigov miricleworker: Church Sacred prince Michael and of boyar Feodor, Chernigov. 1675. The wooden church of 1575 on a place of an existing temple was part of the Ivanovo monastery. The church was based on a place of a meeting relics of sacred Michael and Feodor Chernigov which were transferred to Moscow under the request of sovereign Ivan Terrible and are placed in a temple, specially for them constructed in the Kremlin on the Ivanovo area.

Church of Vlasia in the Old Stable village: Built in 1644 on Gagarin lane #20

The district where the temple in the fourteenth century was called Goat marsh it was a place to graze goats and shepherds village. A wooden temple in the name of Saint Vlasia could be found here in the fourteenth century St. Vlasia was esteemed in Russia as the patron of pets; on him has been transferred the beliefs connected to the pagan god Veles. According to written sources the temple is known to have existed in the Stable Village since 1625. In 1644 the first stone temple with the main altar to the transfiguration was constructed; one of the side altars was consecrated to the Holy Martyr Vlasia two other altars in the temple consecrated to the Icon of the Kazan Mother of God and Saint Nicolas. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the temple was repeatedly reconstructed with parts of the old construction preserved. The first constructed was the refectory and a belfry. In 1816 the belfry was reconstructed. In 1866-72 on the former place was erected the existing refectory paid for by the merchant Kumanina with side altars to The Icon of the Kazan Mother of God and Vasily.

Pimena the Great 1696-1702

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Peter and Paul 1708-1728

Metropolitan Phillip 1777-17178 Architect M.F. Kazakov

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Assumption of the Holy Mother of God 1857-1860 Architect A.S. Nikitin

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Church of Apostle Jacob Zavedeeva was built in 1676 in the State large village. The wooden temple in a name of Apostle Jacob is known to exist at this location since 1620. In 1676 on means of Moscow visitor Daniel Pivovarova was constructed the existing building.

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Sign icon of the Mother of God for Petrovskiy Gates 1676-1681 presumably, the wooden temple on this place existed until 1612 it burned down in during the times of troubles. In 1635 in the order of Colonel Kolobova the wooden church in name Pope Clement was constructed. The wooden temple represented harmonious quadrangle topped with three terraces of kokoshnik and five domes with a scaly covering.

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The church cemetery at this place is mentioned in 1635. In 1651-1667 here settled the Sharpshooters Vassily Pushechnikov constructing a wooden parish church of the Trinity. For participation in the riot and capture Tsar Aleksei ordered construction of a brick Temple. After Чигиринского the Chigirinskiy campaign (1837)-1677, defining the exodus of the Russo-Turkish war, in the temple built an altar in 1680 year. After the Azov campaign a Bell tower was built.

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The Church of the Trinity Founders 1644-1646 Architect A. Konstantinov Mosfilm Street Mosfilm 18

Forty Martyers 1644-1645

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Trinity 1657

The church is known from 1678 referred to as Old Silversmiths and Watchmen Both names speak to the occupations of parishioners of that time. The church was consecrated in a name Saint Serge Radonezh.

Grigory Neokesarijskogo's church. 1662-79 of Master Ivan Kuznechik and the Carp the Lip. Wooden parochial the temple on this site was put to the north nowadays existing in fifteenth-sixteenth century. In Grigory Neokesarijskogo's day in 1445 to Moscow Vasily II. has come back from the Tatar captivity In writing wooden temple is known since 1632. After a plague of 1652 the church was empty, then Andrei Savinov Postnikov began to serve in it the prior achieved from Tsar Alexey Michailovich the sanction to construct a new stone temple.

Grigory Neokesarijskogo's church. 1662-79 of Master Ivan Kuznechik and the Carp the Lip. Wooden parochial the temple on this site was put to the north nowadays existing in fifteenth-sixteenth century. In Grigory Neokesarijskogo's day in 1445 to Moscow Vasily II. has come back from the tatar captivity In writing wooden temple is known since 1632. After a plague of 1652 the church was empty, then Andrey Savinov Postnikov began to serve in it(her); the prior has achieved at tsar Alexey Michailovich the sanction to construct a new stone temple.

Nikolay's temple in the Kuznetsk large village The wooden temple on this place, in a large village of smiths, was already established in the sixteenth century. In 1681-83 a stone church was built

Church of Nicolai in Khamovnik 1682

CHURCH OF ALL THE SAINTS AT KULIKOVA 1687-89 According to tradition a wooden Church was built at this location by Dimitri Donskoi in 1380 in memory of all those killed at the battle of Kulikovo field against the Tatar Kahn Mamai In 1488 the wooden structure was replaced with stone. Towards the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth centuries on this site a new church was built, it had a single dome and apse

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Church St Phillip Apostle. 1688 of Revival on Arbat built.1688 Under the legend, wooden was constructed at Metropolitan Moscow Phillip's country court yard, (1507-69). In seventeenth century The temple was the parish church of a large village ‘Ikonnoy’

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The church of Annunciation of the Virgin, constructed in 1688-1701 In 1476, the place belonged to Saviour Andronikov monastery. The temple was constructed and consecrated in name of Ilya Proroka In 1476. Ivan III has exchanged a place at Saviour Andronikov monastery for the ground for Яузой. The church represents one of bright monuments of Moscow baroque.

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Assumption of the Holy Mother of God 1695

Veil of the Holy Mother of God 1690-1693

An example of Naryshkin Baroque

Tikhvinskoi Icon Mother of God 1696

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Deposition of the robe on Donskoi 1701-1716

In 1707 what has become known as Menshilov's tower , the church of the Archangel Gabriel of the butchers is first mentioned in historical records in 1551 as a Parish church of a large village of butchers. In 1620 the church was called Great Gabriel at Nasty Ponds called nasty because of the refuse. The village was described as connected with Gabrielovski of the Patriarchal village and the Church was in the center to the village. In 1657 the church is of stone and the village was described as no longer part of the Patriarchal properties. In 1679 the church was rebuilt. In 1699 near the White City Walls between the Butchers village and Archangel Lane Prince A. D. Menshikov an advisor of Peter the Great began to buy up the yards and Menshikov Manor was created by 1705 in Butchers Village at house 26 the wooden greenhouse and gardens were preserved the Menshikov manor was built of stone except for the gardens Prince Menshikov ordered the Nasty ponds to be cleaned since then they have been called Clean Ponds [Чистый Пруд] In 1701 Menshikov funded renovations of the church which stood immediately behind his manor

Nikolaya on Bolvaovke 1712 Architect O.D. Startsev Known since 1632 the first church was built of wood, in 1682 the Church received official permission to rebuild with stone, but because of the absence of funds the construction did not begin until 1697 and was concluded in 1712. Built in the style of suburban churches of the seventeenth century five domes with bitter kokoshnik in this period in Moscow churches were in the Baroque style.

Nikity at Old Basmannoi Suburb 1745- 1751 Architect D.B. Ukhtomskiy

Church of St Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome 1793-1806 Architect R.R. Kazakov

Church of Saints Afanasiya and Kirill 1836

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Church of Saint Nicholas the miracle worker " in Derbene. 1711-15 In the seventeenth century On this place there was a wooden church of Sharpshooters. The name of the place comes from a word "дебри" - rich hard wood. In 1711-15 гг. On the site of a wooden church was constructed a stone temple. Originally it had a hall with two windows located alongside each other. The kept elements of the initial decor assume, that the former church was a very interesting monument from the era of Peter the Greats.

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The church John Warrior, 1717 the patron of Sharpshooter soldiers, The temple regularly suffered from high waters. According to legend, Peter I, on passing has seen the flooded temple and has enjoined to construct it on a higher place,

In sixteenth century. the wooden church in a name of the Holy martyr Ekaterina to whom the believers pray for simplification of sorts and protection of children was put to a large village arranged by Tsarina Anastasia Romanov, the first wife Ivan Terrible. The church is known since 1612, wooden, and in the literature there are data, that it is put on a place of battle of Russian armies with polish-Lithuanian. In 1657 the church is shown to be constructed of stone

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Twelve Martyrs 1735

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Ascension of the Lord

beyond Serpukhovski Gates 1762

Cathedral Pope Clement of Rome.1774:

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The temple is mentioned for the first time s in 1612. In 1612, August, 24, near this temple Russian home guard has grasped fortress, having beaten out there from group of hetman ‘Khotkevicha.’ It was turning point in fight with Polish Lithuanian interventionists. From here army ‘Khotkevicha’ retreated to church Saint Ekaterina on Big Ordinke to their transport. Church Clement in 1612 was wooden. In 1720 the temple was expanded and reconstructed on means of a merchant of the first guild Ivan Fedorova son of Komlenihina.

Church of Flora and Lavra on Zatsepe 1778

Joy of all the oppressed and suffering Icon of the Mother of God 1783 V.I Bazhenov and O.I. Bove architects. Temple in the name of Varlaama Khutincki on Ordinka was founded in 1523 in the time of Metropolitan Varlaam. Researchers associate the founding of the temple with Vasily III invasion of Kazan. Other researchers believe that the Temple is in the name of the Worshipers who have settled here, that came from Novgorod. The first time it is referred to in the Annals is in 1571

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Tsarevich Dimitri 1787

Kosmi and Damian 1791

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The church Without Silvercoins Kosmi and Damian was built on this place in 1625. In 1790 M.R.Klebnikov the owner of a house opposite on Maroseyke Street has given M.F.Kazakov the project of a new building to replace the old decayed church. The main Altar of the church was in the name of Christ the Healing Savior. This temple is one of the brightest monuments of mature classicism. In strict shape of a building the leading part is played with a composition of the clean cylindrical volumes topped with domes.

Serge Radonezh 1796-1838 at Rogozhskoi Suburb

Feoder Strattilata 1806 Architect: I.V. Igotov

Resurrection at Vagankovski Cemetery 1824

Church of The Ascension of the Lord at Nikitin gates (the Big Rise). 1827-1848.:

The wooden temple on this place is mentioned in 1619 for the first time, in 1685-89 it was rebuilt in stone, paid for by Tsarina Natalia Kirillovny Naryshkin, the mother of Emperor Peter I.

Nowadays the existing temple is considered a regiment Cathedral for the Preobrazhenskiy regiment that was led by Prince G.A.Potemkin. It Appeared, that the foundation of the old church was not strong enough for erection of the conceived big temple. Then G.A.Potemkin decided to construct a new temple and donated the land for the church. The death of the Prince prevented the execution of the plan. Under his will in 1798 executors have begun civil work. The basic volume was under construction on the same place where it is located now. Behind it was a refectory . On an axis should stand the belfry joined with the two tiered gallery of the refectory In 1805 painting and decorating of the refectory have begun. In 1812 the unfinished building burned. In 1820 architect F.Sokolov was given the project of restoring the temple. In 1827 architect F.M.Shestakov began work of restoration already under way. In 1830. O.I.Bove was added to the project Shestakov added powerful porticoes on northern and southern facades to make a temple more majestic and similar to a cathedral Preobrazhenskiy regiment in St. Petersburg which at this time was restored by V.P.Stasov. In 1831 the old Naryshkin church was disassembled, and in the uncompleted church A.C. Pushkin was married to N.N.Goncharova she lived on B.Nikitn,

The Church of John the Evangelist Under the Elm is mentioned for the first time in 1493. 1658 a church is built of stone The name was taken from a huge elm, which stood until 1775. In 1825-37 - the existing building was constructed.

Church of Tatiana at Moscow State University

In 1833 the unfinished city manor, belonging to Pashkov was purchased bought by the treasury for a new building of the Moscow Imperial University.

The view from the street is of a rounded facade and a colonnade was built as an arena. In 1806-08 and 1818-24 it surrendered under theatre. Here in September, 1822 M.S.Shchepkina's debut was held. Turin reconstructed it(as a university church Saint Tatiana - patronesses of the University. The decree for the foundation of the University dedicated to the name-day of Saint Tatiana. Saint Tatiana began to be considered as the patroness of University, and Tatiana’s name day began to be celebrated in due course as a student's holiday. The temple was consecrated in 1837. Interiors of a temple decorated with the work of sculptor I.P.Vitali. In 1919 the temple was closed, the room was converted to a club, then the House of culture of humanitarian faculties of the Moscow State University and a student's theatre has opened The community of the temple exists since 1993, divine services were renewed in 1995. At a temple operate Sunday school for children, the singing school, sewing workshop, a book bench, the monthly student's orthodox newspaper " Tatiana’s’ day ". is printed.

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Annunciation of the Holy Mother of God 1844-1847 Architect: F.F. Rikhter

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Epiphany Cathedral 1835-1845

In 1799 A.S. Pushkin was baptized in a church located here

Savior all Blessings 1863

1880 Alexander Nevski A chapel built to honor the bravery of the grenadiers who fought in the Turkish War of 1878 at the battle for the fortress at Pleven

In 1880 the decision was made to construct a chapel in the memory of the soldiers who were lost at the capture of Pleven. The initiative came from the Moscow Archeological society. The monument was completed by 1887, the10th anniversary from the date of battle near Pleven, in northern part of Lubyanka square. The author of the project was architect V.O. Sherwood.

The tent shaped chapel reminds us of temples of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries The octagonal construction in the plan is erected from iron blocks on granite a base. The bottom part - an octahedral chapel; on it the same octahedral tent narrowed up. The tent is topped with a crown resembling Grand Prince Monomak’s cap and completed with an eight finial cross.

Under the bronze cross crowning the monument, the half moon as a symbol of a victory of orthodox troops over the Moslem conquerors of Bulgarian people is allocated. The chapel is decorated with cast bas-reliefs from zinc, executed by Sherwood.

Originally the monument was polychrome. The cross, and a head dress along with the central boards were gilt; the tent, doors and other details was painted under gilding, high relief’s were copper-plated. Inside in a chapel was placed a majolica iconostacis. The interior was decorated with colored stain glass windows with figures designed by Sheerwood. The floor was made of multi-colored cut stones. Inside there were bronze plates with the names of the lost grenadiers: 18 officers and 542 soldiers.

On the outside of the monument were inscriptions: " Dedicated to the grenadiers falling in battle near Plevna November, 18, 1877 " and " In memory of war of 1877-1878. Pleven, ". Before the entrance of the chapel-monument iron curbstones with inscriptions “For the benefit of the crippled grenadiers and their families " was put, and on these curbstones till 1917 there were circles for donations.

The monument to the grenadiers was kept, but the chapel in it was closed and destroyed. In 1959 repairs were made to the monument it received a solid black covering, and the broken cross was restored and fencing was installed. The monument was restored in 1997 by the Society of adherents of orthodox culture.

Cathedral of Christ the Savior 1883 it took 50 years to build decorated with marble statues some of which are preserved and on display at the Donskoi Monastery Dedicated to the 1812 Victory over Napoleon the interior has many marble inscriptions dedicated to the war. The Cathedral was destroyed by a series of explosions on December 5 1931 by order of Joseph Stalin a plan to build a Palace of Soviets topped by a Statue of V.I. Lenin the statue itself taller than the Statue of Liberty the Palace was never completed during World War II the steel already on site was used to supply the war effort this left a gaping hole frequented by Prostitutes and Drug dealers eventually a large swimming pool was built. In 1994 the Swimming pool was closed because the chlorine was damaging the art in the State Museum named for A.S. Pushkin located nearby. In 1995 Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov assembled financers to reconstruct the cathedral this was accomplished in five years the First Liturgical services were held on January 7 Christmas 2000 Officiated by Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Aleksey II

Проща 1889-1890

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Archangel Michael by the Clinics on Maidens Field

1894-1897 Architect A.F. Meysner A.A. Nikiforov

Sudden Joy Icon Mother of God 1899-1904

The temple was reconstructed in 1903 on means of the Moscow merchant of Dmitri Petrovich Storozheva under the project of architect B. Kozhevnikova from a chapel where was read the burial service of those who died in clinics on the Maiden field. At his own expense Dmitry Petrovich offered to reorganize the chapel in May, 1902, however consideration was delayed by the end of 1902 he died, not having waited decisions of the Synod. Before his death he bequeathed to his nephew Sergey Petrovich Sotvorenkov to finish the project. The nephew executed the will of his uncle, and the temple was consecrated September, 25, 1903. The temple was closed after 1917. In 1960 in the temple there was a printing house. In 1980 the laboratory of anesthesiology of the 1st Moscow Medical institute and oxygen station was located here. Restoration was undertaken under the initiative of doctors who work in clinics of the Moscow medical academy. Divine service was renewed February 11 1991. In the temple there are relics of the healer Saint Panteleimon

Cathedral of the Veil 1907

The Monastery of Martha and Mary is a community of the Sisters of Mercy and was founded by the Holy Martyr Grand Princess Elizabeth Fedorovno, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, the sister of Empress Alexandra Fedorovno, Elizabeth was the widow of Grand Duke Sergey Aleksandrovich, who was killed by terrorists in 1907. The property of the monastery on Big Ordinke was bought for her in 1908-12 under the direction of the architect A.V.Shchusev's the monasteries main temple named the Veil was constructed. The temple is constructed in the “Neo Russian style ". In designing the church the architect widely used elements of Novgorod and Pskov architecture of the twelfth –fourteenth centuries. The massive volume of the cathedral with narrow slotted windows is topped with a large helmet like Cupola [Dome]. The smooth white walls are decorated with a brick decor and a stone groove (by the sculptor S.T.Konenkov). The east part of the building is turned to the street, is most expressive and plastic. The dining hall, is identical in width with the cathedral, has flat facades outlined by the soft line of the roof. The western bulk of the refectory there are two belfries allocated with wide arching opening and domes. Between them above the entrance is placed the face of the Savior the work of M.V. Nesterov. Nesterov also made the basic drawings of the interior on meaningful screens and the brothers Koriny participated in this work. The dome of the cathedral was covered in red copper. 12 bells well-known and celebrated bells of a cathedral in Rostov were picked especially for the convent. The monastery was closed after Easter of 1918 and the former sisters of the monastery worked in the cathedral the hospital and the polyclinic until 1928. In 1945 the buildings of the cathedral were received by the State art restoration workshops, which since 1920 had occupied the cathedral of Nikolay on Bersenevke but were closed after a critical article in 1931 about “Reverend fathers – artists” the icon-daubers and many restorers were subjected to repressions. The arts restoration center named for I.E.Grabarja occupied the buildings of the Martha and Mary community until recently. In 1992 the decision was accepted to transfer the cathedral of the Veil and the buildings of the former Martha and Mary convent to the believers and divine services were renewed in 1995. The sisterhood has been working in the monastery since 1992, and it is now officially transformed into a working monastery.

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Resurrection of Christ on Sokolnik 1910-1913

The Veil of the Holy Mother of God beyond the Moscow River Commune 1911 Architect V.P. Desyatov

Veil of the Holy Mother of God 1911 Architect V.D. Abramovich V.M. Mayat

Tikhvinskoi Icon Mother of God 1911-1912 in 2000 it was converted to a Restaurant

Saint Nicholas the Miracle Worker 1914-1921

Architect: I.G. Kondratenko, A.M. Grudzhienko

Kazan icon of the Mother of God located on Red Square

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Prince Dmitry Pozharskim found the icon in Kazan. The Kazan Mother of God in honor of a victory above the Polish-Lithuanian aggressors. The main relics of a home guard were kept in the temple: a military banner and a banner. The date of consecration of the cathedral in honor of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God was October 15 1636. However from old "Lists" follows, that in 1625 the cathedral already existed. The wooden cathedral of the Kazan Mother of god was built in 1632. It burned down in April 1635, and the sovereign has allocated funds for restoration of a brick temple visible from the palace in the Kremlin. A stone cathedral was built in two years. Patriarch Joseph consecrated in the presence of Tsar Michael and of Prince Pozharskogo. By 1650 before the cathedral were constructed a new church porch and bell tower. In 1690 the fencing from stone columns with wooden lattices is put. The cathedral was reconstructed many times Till 1812 the fencing of a cathedral served as a place of an exhibition of pictures and collected a lot of people. In 1865 a bell tower was constructed under N.I.Kozlovskogo's project and the external furnish is changed. In 1918 the cathedral was closed. In 1928 restoration began from P.D.Baranovskogo's manual. In 1930 restoration was stopped, and executive committee Mossoveta has made the decision about demolition. In 1936 the cathedral was demolished. In 1988 decision on necessity of restoration of a cathedral was accepted. In 1990 the President of Russia B.N.Yeltsin placed the first stone of a new cathedral. In 1993-94 the cathedral is restored under O.I.Zhurina's project according to P.D.Baranovskogo’s drawings in architectural traditions of the time of his(its) construction. November, 4, 1993 consecration of a building was held.

Chapel of George the Warrior 1995 Architect A.Polyanskiy

For Moscow the miracle-working icon of the Mother of God appearing in legends of Ivers monastery on the holy mountain of Athos, there was three copies made. The copy of 1615 was ordered by patriarch Nikon for the Ivers monastery on Valdai. The copy of 1648 was placed in New Maiden Greek monastery. The third copy was for A wooden chapel at the gated entrance to Red square. In 1680 above the gate a chamber with two tents above a front room was built. From here the Tsars with family secretly looked at solemn entrances of foreign ambassadors on the Red Square. In 1689 in connection with the room in the tower of the icon of the Resurrection of Christ, the State issued a decree to name the gate Resurrection. In 1789 the new wooden chapel was built, and in 1801 it was topped with a dome and a figure of an angel with a cross. In 1812 the building suffered from a fire and was restored. The icon has taken away and was returned to Moscow right after clearing the city of the French Army. The Ivers icon was one of the most esteemed in Moscow. A gold cover for it was made in 1758 by artist Vasily Kunkinym. In 1922 all precious decoration of the chapel was withdrawn by authorities and has completely disappeared. In 1929 the chapel was closed and demolished, in 1931 Resurrection gate was demolished. In 1996 work on reconstruction of the chapel and Resurrection gate were completed. In a chapel have placed new, specially made Ivers icon of the Mother of God from Ivers monastery on Athos.

The Church chapel of Sainted Grand Princes Boris and Gleb on Arbatskaya Square replaced here in 1997on the site of a former church of Saint Tikhon.

The church of Metroploliton Tikhon of Amafunskogo according to documents is known to have been here since 1620, but, most likely, was built here earlier. In 1629 the temple burned down and was rebuilt. In 1690 the temple has consecrated Patriarch Adrian in attendance was the Tsarevna Sofia sister of Peter the Great In 1730 close to the cathedral the home church of Count G.I.Golovkina's was placed. In 1756 instead of house church toward the southern wall a new church in a name of Resurrection Word was attached. After a fire of 1812 the church was reconstructed. Last time the temple was updated was in 1896. In 1933 the temple was disassembled. In 1935 to the north of a place where the temple was, the lobby of the Arbatskaya Metro station on the Filevskoy line was open.

In August, 1997 almost on that place where there was the earlier church to Saint Tikhon , under the initiative and on means of Fund of unity of orthodox peoples the church in Boris and Gleb’s name was placed and consecrated. The temple is recreated in the architectural forms similar to shape of a temple in a name of Saints Boris and Gleb, built earlier on Arbatskaya Square by the Architect K.I. Blank

On this site from 1483 untill 1930 there was the church of Saints Boris and Gleb and now there is an entrance to the metro transition under Arbat Square, On May, 15, 1997 there was placed a marker to designate the site.

Temple of Kazan icon Mother of God at the Kaluga gate

The wooden chapel at the Kaluga gate was erected in 1627. In 1876 of her(it) have built up anew from a white marble. In 1922 church was closed, and on an April night 1972, before the arrival in Moscow of Richard Nixon, the former church located near to a train line the American president, was traveling the cathedral was blown up. Later on in its place was built a building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The temple is consecrated 01.06.2000. Vladimir Putin and Boris Yeltsin took part in ceremony Father Dimitri a former classmate Vladimir Putin at the Leningrad University serves the temple.