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Russia, Moscow, 1st Kotelnichesky lane, 8с1

Moscow

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Church of St. Nicholas in Kotelniki

- Orthodox church of the Pokrovsky deanery of the Moscow city diocese. Metochion of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'; Metochion of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia.

History[edit]

St. Nicholas Church is located on the banks of the Moscow River at the foot of Shviva Gorka, the southwestern slope of the large Tagansky Hill. This is one of the oldest Moscow districts. It began to be actively populated at the turn of the 15th-16th centuries, primarily due to the artisans evicted from the city who were engaged in flammable crafts: potters and blacksmiths - armor makers and boilermakers.

The first mention of a wooden church located on the site of the modern St. Nicholas Church dates back to 1547. This church was built in the Kotelniki settlement and was called the Church of the Holy Trinity in Starye Kuznetsy. The memory of the Kotelnikov settlement is preserved in local names: Kotelnicheskaya embankment, 1st Kotelnichesky lane.

In 1625, on the site of the burnt Trinity Church, the wooden Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was built in Kotelniki. According to archival data, in 1657, the Stroganov merchants built a new stone St. Nicholas Church with their family tomb on the site of the wooden church. The Stroganovs at that time were major merchants and industrialists; their estate was located on nearby Goncharnaya Street.

1882

In 1688, at the expense of the Stroganovs, the St. Nicholas Church was rebuilt again, and a chapel appeared in it, consecrated in honor of the Venerables Zosima and Savvaty of Solovetsky. In subsequent years, Grigory Dmitrievich Stroganov (1715), his wife Marya Yakovlevna (1734), as well as many other famous members of the Stroganov family were buried at the church.

By the beginning of the 19th century, the church had fallen into disrepair. In 1812, the St. Nicholas Church, damaged during the great Moscow fire, was assigned to the Church of Cosmas and Domian the Old. (The Temple of Cosmas and Domian the Old was located in 3rd Kotelnichesky Lane, destroyed in 1936.)

In 1822, at the expense of Sergei Mikhailovich Golitsyn, construction began on a new temple, which has survived to this day. The authors of the project were architects Beauvais and Gilardi. On August 24, 1824 (old style), the St. Nicholas Church was consecrated by Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow.

The temple was built in the Empire style. The main volume of the temple is a quadrangle on which a rotunda with semi-circular windows separated by pilasters is installed. The southern part of the building, facing the alley, is decorated with a decorative portico with three sculptural bas-relief compositions - “The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem”, “Adoration of the Magi”, “Massacre of the Innocents”. On the northern side of the temple, facing the inside of the block, there is a chapel of the Venerables Zosima and Savvaty of Solovetsky. Due to the strong difference in relief, the basement part under the refectory and bell tower was raised. In 1873, at the expense of the widow of the deacon Evdokia Vinogradova, a chapel of the Great Martyr Evdokia was built in the refectory, and entrance staircases were added to the new chapel and bell tower. In 1892, the temple was rebuilt by the architect N.P. Markov.

St. Nicholas Church was closed in 1932. A small part of the church valuables was transferred to the Kolomenskoye Museum and one of the churches in Kolomenskoye, everything else was looted or destroyed. The crosses and dome were removed from the temple, reliefs were knocked down, and the church fence was destroyed. After reconstruction, the chemical laboratory of the Geology Department was located in the temple building.

In the 1970s, St. Nicholas Church was partially restored and placed under state protection as an architectural monument. At the same time, the family graves of the Golitsyns and Stroganovs located in the temple were destroyed.

By decree of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II of August 14, 1991, the Church of St. Nicholas in Kotelniki was given the status of a Patriarchal metochion. Priest Mikhail Zhukov became the rector of the temple. In 1992, a minor consecration of the temple took place and active restoration work began. Immediately after the opening, ancient icons returned to the temple, which were taken out of it secretly, just before closing, by the last priest, Archpriest Nikolai (Chertkov). The image of the Mother of God “Feodorovskaya” was secretly preserved at home in the family of Archpriest Nicholas. Two icons of Saints Zosima and Savvaty of Solovetsky were given for preservation to the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Klenniki.

Church of St. Nicholas in Kotelniki. 1993 According to eyewitnesses, the outside perimeter of the building was so covered with earth that it had to be dug out.

In 1998, a representative office of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia in Moscow was opened in the restored church. On October 28, 1998, the Grand consecration of the temple by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus' took place. Present at the consecration of the St. Nicholas Church, His Beatitude Metropolitan Dorotheos, on behalf of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, awarded Priest Mikhail (Zhukov) with the Order of Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius for his services in the restoration of the temple.

In 2000, the first representative of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia in Moscow was appointed to become the rector of the Church of St. Nicholas of Myra - Protopresbyter Michael Dandar.

In 2005, Abbot Simeon (Shevtsov) became acting rector. Under the leadership of Abbot Simeon, the iconostasis in the chapel of Saints Zosima and Savvaty of Solovetsky was restored. The top row of the main iconostasis was added.

From June 25, 2006 to October 2, 2013, the rector of the church was Archpriest Alexy Yushchenko.

From October 3, 2013 to March 26, 2014, the duties of the rector of the Church of St. Nicholas in Kotelniki were performed by Priest Andrei Nikolsky.

On March 27, 2014, by decision of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, Archimandrite Seraphim (Shemyatovsky) was appointed representative to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' and rector of the Church of St. Nicholas of Myra. Archimandrite Seraphim is the author of icons and frescoes in churches in Russia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the USA, Sweden, Great Britain, Ireland, and Switzerland. From 2010 to 2014, he was a cleric at the Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Michalovce (Slovakia) and personal secretary to Archbishop George of Michalovsko-Kosice. Has a Master of Divinity degree.

Architecture and decoration

The building project belongs to the architect O.I. Bove, during implementation was slightly changed by the architect D.I. Gilardi in the late Empire style. The building consists of a rotunda-type temple on a quadrangle with a semicircular apse, a small refectory and a 2-tier (with tiers rectangular in plan) bell tower. The asymmetrical composition, which dates back to the traditions of the 17th century, is apparently associated with the use of the foundations of an earlier church built by the customer’s ancestors, the Stroganovs, who had long lived in this parish. The church is located on the slope of Shviva Hill and is designed to be viewed both from the river bank and from the alley running along its facade.

In 1873, a high porch was erected on the west, in front of the entrance. At the same time, a chapel to St. Eudoxia was built in the refectory. The decoration of the facades of the monument combines the rigor and clarity of lines characteristic of the late Empire style with crushed, fractional modeling of some details. Facing the alley, the southern facade of the quadrangle of the temple is accented by a flat four-pilaster portico, completed by a pediment, and in the spaces between the pilasters above the windows there are wonderful high-relief compositions: “Entry into Jerusalem”, “Adoration of the Magi” and “Massacre of the Innocents”. The walls along the perimeter of the building are surrounded by a wide frieze, which includes triglyphs and metopes, decorated with carefully crafted stucco medallions, on the quadrangle of the temple and the lower tier of the bell tower. The Ionic capitals of the pilasters decorating the rotunda of the temple and the upper tier of the bell tower are distinguished by an equally delicate pattern. The two-story brick clergy house, preserved on the site next to the church, was rebuilt in Empire forms in the 1840s. from a one-story almshouse building with a mezzanine.

Shrines[edit]

Ark with a particle of the holy relics of St. Ludmila, Princess of Bohemia

Particles of the relics of the holy martyrs Princess Lyudmila and Prince Vyacheslav of Czechia
Particle of the holy relics of St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia
Icon of the Mother of God Feodorovskaya
Icon of the Mother of God of Kazan
Icon with a particle of the holy relics of the Holy Great Martyr Barbara
Icon with particles of the relics of the holy saints Prince Peter and Princess Fevronia of Murom Wonderworkers
Icon with a particle of holy relics light. Nectarius of Aegina

Schedule of services of the Krutitsky Metochion

In the Holy Dormition Cathedral of the Krutitsa Patriarchal Metochion, services are held on weekends and weekdays. Morning liturgies begin at 8:00–9:00; All-night vigils take place from 17:00.

The cathedral does not have a permanent schedule of services - the church service is formed a month in advance. You can find out the order and time of church events on the official website of the Krutitsky Patriarchal Metochion.

Schedule of services of the Patriarchal Metochion on the official website

Patronal holidays[edit]

Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra, Saint

— May 22, December 19

Zosima Solovetsky, Rev.

- April 30

Savvaty Solovetsky, reverend

— October 10

Evdokia Iliopolskaya, venerable martyr

- March 14th

Excursions to the Krutitskoye Compound

For 2021, there are no excursions on the territory of the cathedral yet. However, as stated on the official website, the development of excursion programs for tourists and pilgrims has begun. Such a tour will be organized around the territory of the architectural complex. Such an excursion program is planned to include visits to the Assumption and Peter and Paul churches, the Metropolitan Chambers, the Teremka, transition walls and existing exhibitions.

In addition, on the territory of the Orthodox complex they plan to create a museum, which will include the following historical and artistic compositions: “Krutitsky Treasures”, “Saved Shrines”, “Krutitsky Ceramics”, “Krutitsky Necropolis”, “Tomb of St. Hilarion of Krutitsky”, “Simple Genius” Human".

Information for tourists and pilgrims on the official website of the compound

Current state[edit]

At the Holy Monastery there is a Spiritual and Moral

, which provides educational and educational activities for children and adults.

During the lessons, young parishioners get acquainted with the basics of Christian culture and history, Orthodox traditions and customs, perform creative educational tasks, and also prepare and participate in theatrical performances and productions.

DSC pupils are divided into 3 age groups:

Junior group – 4-7 years old.
The average group is 8-11 years old.
Senior group - 12 -17 years old.

In parallel with classes for children's groups for adults, spiritual conversations are held with the priest, during which listeners have the opportunity to ask questions that concern them.

The conversations are conducted by the monastery's confessor, Archimandrite Methodius.

Classes are held on Sundays after the Divine Liturgy and a joint meal and are free of charge.