DUBROVSKY SPIRITUAL TEMPLE

Church in honor of the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles in the village of Dubrovki
(Yakhroma deanery of the Moscow diocese)

• Thrones: The Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles (main), martyr. Demetrius of Thessalonica (left side-chapel), Elijah the Prophet (right side-chapel)
• Address: Russia, 141851, Moscow region, Dmitrovsky district, village. Dubrovki
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For the first time in archival materials about the temple in the village of Dubrovki and its parish there is short information dating back to the beginning of the 12th century.
The village of Dubrovki with a dilapidated wooden church in the name of Elijah the Prophet and the chapel of the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessaloniki was first mentioned in 1705.

The church, consecrated in honor of the Holy Spirit, was built at the expense of a local landowner, Prince Alexei Konstantinovich Beloselsky.

According to archival records for 1787, there was a brick church in Dubrovki, on the site of an old temple.

In 1823, at the expense of the new owner of the village, Tugolmina, a winter church with chapels in the name of Elijah the Prophet and the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica and a bell tower were built.

In 1942, the authorities insisted on closing the church “due to the death of the parish priest.” Church property was looted and destroyed. The temple was used as a warehouse for all kinds of agricultural materials. The bell tower was equipped as a water tower for the nearby Raketa pioneer camp.

On July 12, 1997, the temple was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church, a church community of believers was formed and restoration work began in the temple. All acquisitions and work were carried out at the expense of the parishioners.

On March 20, 1999, an antimension was issued to the church; from that time, due to the lack of a permanent priest, the liturgy began to be served irregularly.

Since September 2000, after the appointment of a rector to the temple, services became regular.

On June 24, 2013, Bishop Roman (Gavrilov) of Serpukhov, concelebrating with the council of clergy, performed the great consecration of the Holy Spiritual Church [1].

There is a Sunday school and library at the temple.

Architecture

The brick centric building of the tiered type belongs to the monuments of the Baroque era. Its three-dimensional design - an octagon on a cross-shaped base - is a late replica of the widespread composition of patrimonial churches at the turn of the 17th - 18th centuries.

In 1823, the temple building was expanded: an Empire style refectory and a modest three-tier bell tower with a spire were added. At the same time, the architecture of the temple was partially subjected to stylistic reworking in the nature of the new extensions. The baroque flat figured frames of the openings were knocked down, the windows and cornices of the second tier were redone, the facades were plastered. The refectory dominates the exterior and interior of the building. Its vast three-nave space is organized with the help of Ionic columns naively interpreted in wood and false box vaults. The interior decoration and decoration of the monument have been lost. There are no iconostases, including the main one, which formed the interior of the small temple.

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Church of St. equal to app. Methodius and Cyril was laid on April 29, 2011 in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack that occurred in the fall of 2002 at the Dubrovka Theater Center. On October 23, 2002, terrorists captured about a thousand people who came to a performance of the musical “Nord-Ost” and held them for three days. The bulk of the hostages were released on October 26, the day of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God. 130 people became victims of the terrorist attack.

The temple in honor of Saints Cyril and Methodius became the first church, the foundation of which took place as part of the implementation of the Program for the Construction of Churches in Moscow, initiated by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill. The central altar of the temple is consecrated in honor of the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius and Cyril, the right one - in honor of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, the left - in the name of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir.

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During the festive Liturgy, His Holiness was concelebrated by: Metropolitan Mark of Ryazan and Mikhailovsky, Chairman of the Financial and Economic Administration of the Moscow Patriarchate; Bishop Theophylact of Dmitrov, abbot of the St. Andrew's Stavropegic Monastery; Bishop Tikhon of Podolsk, administrator of the Vienna-Austrian and Hungarian dioceses; first deputy manager of the affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate, abbot of the Novospassky stauropegial monastery in Moscow, Bishop Savva of the Resurrection; Secretary of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' for Moscow, Archpriest Vladimir Divakov; rector of the Church of St. equal to app. Methodius and Cyril, Slovenian teachers, on Dubrovka, Archpriest Vladimir Makeev; rector of the Perervinsky Theological Seminary, rector of the Patriarchal Metochion of the churches of the Nikolo-Perervinsky Monastery, Archpriest Vladimir Chuvikin; rector of the Church of Sophia of the Wisdom of God in Sredniye Sadovniki, Archpriest Vladimir Volgin; rector of the Church of the Hieromartyr Clement, Pope of Rome, in Zamoskvorechye, archpriest Leonid Kalinin, ancient guardian of the Moscow city diocese; rector of the Holy Trinity Church in Melbourne (Australia) Archpriest Igor Filyanovsky; clergy of the Moscow diocese.

Present at the service were: Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Advisor to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill on construction issues, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Support of the Construction of Moscow Cathedrals V.I. Resin; Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots L.E. Slutsky; Head of the Department of National Policy, Interregional Relations and Tourism of Moscow V.V. Chernikov; Prefect of the Southern Administrative District of Moscow A.V. Chelyshev; benefactors and beautifiers of the temple on Dubrovka.

Liturgical hymns were performed by the choir of the church in St. equal to app. Methodius and Cyril on Dubrovka.

The Soyuz TV channel carried out a live broadcast of the Patriarchal service.

*** After the special litany, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church offered a prayer for peace in Ukraine.

Then prayers were offered for the repose of the souls of the departed servants of God, “in this place they were in captivity and accepted death innocently.”

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill ordained Deacon Evgeny Dynich, a student at the Moscow Theological Academy and clergyman of the Pokrovsky Academic Church, to the priesthood.

The sermon before communion was delivered by priest Vladimir Stasiuk, cleric of the Patriarchal Metochion of the churches of the Nikolo-Perervinsky Monastery, vice-rector for academic affairs of the Perervinsky Theological Seminary.

At the end of the service, the rector of the church on Dubrovka, Archpriest Vladimir Makeev, greeted His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and presented His Holiness with a panagia as a gift.

The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church addressed those gathered with the Primate's word.

His Holiness donated an icon of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity to the parish of the newly consecrated church.

In consideration of the work on the construction of the Church of St. equal to app. Methodius and Kirill on Dubrovka His Holiness Patriarch Kirill awarded the rector of the parish, Archpriest Vladimir Makeev, with the Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow, III degree.

In gratitude for the help in the construction of churches in Moscow to the adviser to the mayor of the capital, adviser to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation V.I. The Primate of the Russian Church presented Resin with the Patriarchal Letter.

In consideration of assistance in the construction of the Church of St. equal to app. Methodius and Kirill, Slovenian teachers, on Dubrovka, were presented by His Holiness to: President of JSC Eco-Teplo Yu.E. Shelyapin - Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov, III degree; Group President S.S. Karapetyan - Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow, III degree; S.S. Seregin - Order of St. Andrew the Iconographer, III degree.

A number of benefactors, beautifiers, representatives of the Moscow mayor's office and the prefecture of the South-Eastern Administrative District of the capital, who contributed to the construction of the temple on Dubrovka, were awarded medals of St. equal to book Vladimir and etc. Seraphim of Sarov, as well as the Patriarchal Charters.

Icons of Saints Methodius and Cyril, Equal-to-the-Apostles, with the Patriarchal blessing were distributed to everyone present in the church.

At the end of the service, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill laid flowers at the memorial to the victims of terrorism, installed at the former Theater Center on Dubrovka, and met with the children of special forces employees who died in the line of duty.

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On December 13, 2015, on the 28th Sunday after Pentecost, the celebration of the memory of the Apostle Andrew the First-Called, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' performed the rite of great consecration of the temple in honor of the saints Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius and Kirill, teachers of Slovenia, on Dubrovka, and then led the service of the Divine liturgy in the newly consecrated church. Church of St. equal to app. Methodius and Cyril was laid on April 29, 2011 in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack that occurred in the fall of 2002 at the Dubrovka Theater Center. On October 23, 2002, terrorists captured about a thousand people who came to a performance of the musical “Nord-Ost” and held them for three days. The bulk of the hostages were released on October 26, the day of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God. 130 people became victims of the terrorist attack.

The temple in honor of Saints Cyril and Methodius on Dubrovka became the first church, the foundation of which took place as part of the program for the construction of 200 churches in Moscow, initiated by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill. The central altar of the temple is consecrated in honor of the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius and Cyril, the right one - in honor of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, the left - in the name of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir. Concelebrating with His Holiness were: Metropolitan Mark of Ryazan and Mikhailovsky, Chairman of the Financial and Economic Administration of the Moscow Patriarchate; Bishop Theophylact of Dmitrov, abbot of the St. Andrew's Stavropegic Monastery; Bishop Tikhon of Podolsk, administrator of the Vienna-Austrian and Hungarian dioceses; first deputy manager of the affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate, abbot of the Novospassky stauropegial monastery in Moscow, Bishop Savva of the Resurrection; Secretary of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' for Moscow, Archpriest Vladimir Divakov; rector of the Church of St. equal to app. Methodius and Cyril, Slovenian teachers, on Dubrovka, Archpriest Vladimir Makeev; rector of the Perervinsky Theological Seminary, rector of the Patriarchal Metochion of the churches of the Nikolo-Perervinsky Monastery, Archpriest Vladimir Chuvikin; rector of the Church of Sophia of the Wisdom of God in Sredniye Sadovniki, Archpriest Vladimir Volgin; rector of the Church of the Hieromartyr Clement, Pope of Rome, in Zamoskvorechye, archpriest Leonid Kalinin, ancient guardian of the Moscow city diocese; rector of the Holy Trinity Church in Melbourne (Australia) Archpriest Igor Filyanovsky; clergy of the Moscow diocese. Present at the service were: Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Advisor to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill on construction issues, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Support of the Construction of Moscow Cathedrals V.I. Resin; Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots L.E. Slutsky; Head of the Department of National Policy, Interregional Relations and Tourism of Moscow V.V. Chernikov; Prefect of the Southern Administrative District of Moscow A.V. Chelyshev; benefactors and beautifiers of the temple on Dubrovka. Liturgical hymns were performed by the choir of the church in St. equal to app. Methodius and Cyril on Dubrovka. The Soyuz TV channel carried out a live broadcast of the Patriarchal service. After the special litany, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church offered a prayer for peace in Ukraine. Then prayers were offered for the repose of the souls of the departed servants of God, “in this place they were in captivity and accepted death innocently.” His Holiness Patriarch Kirill ordained Deacon Evgeny Dynich, a student at the Moscow Theological Academy and clergyman of the Pokrovsky Academic Church, to the priesthood. The sermon before communion was delivered by priest Vladimir Stasiuk, cleric of the Patriarchal Metochion of the churches of the Nikolo-Perervinsky Monastery, vice-rector for academic affairs of the Perervinsky Theological Seminary. At the end of the service, the rector of the church on Dubrovka, Archpriest Vladimir Makeev, greeted His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and presented His Holiness with a panagia as a gift.

The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church addressed the flock with the Primate's word.

His Holiness donated an icon of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity to the parish of the newly consecrated church.

In consideration of the work on the construction of the Church of St. equal to app. Methodius and Kirill on Dubrovka His Holiness Patriarch Kirill awarded the rector of the parish, Archpriest Vladimir Makeev, with the Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow, III degree.

In gratitude for the help in the construction of churches in Moscow to the adviser to the mayor of the capital, adviser to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation V.I. The Primate of the Russian Church presented Resin with the Patriarchal Letter.

In consideration of assistance in the construction of the Church of St. equal to app. Methodius and Kirill, Slovenian teachers, on Dubrovka, were presented by His Holiness to: President of JSC Eco-Teplo Yu.E. Shelyapin - Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov, III degree; the president of the group, S.S. Karapetyan, received the Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow, III degree; S.S. Seregin - Order of St. Andrew the Icon Painter, III degree.

A number of benefactors, beautifiers, representatives of the Moscow mayor's office and the prefecture of the South-Eastern Administrative District of the capital, who contributed to the construction of the temple on Dubrovka, were awarded medals of St. equal to book Vladimir and etc. Seraphim of Sarov, as well as the Patriarchal Charters.

Icons of Saints Methodius and Cyril, Equal-to-the-Apostles, with the Patriarchal blessing were distributed to everyone present in the church.

At the end of the service, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill laid flowers at the memorial to the victims of terrorism, installed at the former Theater Center on Dubrovka, and met with the children of special forces employees who died in the line of duty.

Press service of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'