The Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Kostino is an Orthodox church of the Ivanteevsky deanery of the Moscow diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. Located in the Kostino estate, the city of Korolev, Moscow region.
The upper church is consecrated in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the lower one in honor of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian.
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in the Kostino estate
The Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God was built under the leadership of the royal steward
1689
this year the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was built
The temple was built in 1689 under the leadership of the royal steward Theodore Ivanov Kosmin. The temple was consecrated in 1691.
Initially, the temple was made of red brick with white stone decoration, high white stone gates and an elongated onion dome without a bell tower. The village in which the temple is located began to be called “the village of Bogorodskoye, Kostino also.”
In 1835, Princess Dolgorukova, the owner of the estate, repaired the temple and built a temporary wooden bell tower. In 1862, the princess's daughter built a stone one instead of a temporary bell tower.
Alexander Nikolaevich Kraft, the last owner of the estate and the last head of the church, installed central heating in the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin.
Stone bell church in Kostino, built by the daughter of Princess Ekaterina Dolgorukova
Church (Temple) of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kostino
Address: Moscow region, Korolev, st. Kaliningradskaya, 1.
Telephone: (498) 602-91-80
Email:
Website: hramvkostino.ru
A new two-story brick church with a hipped dome in which a belfry is located, generally built in 2003-2005. The dedication was chosen in memory of the nearby church in Kostino. Since 2006, services have been held in the lower Church of St. John the Evangelist, and finishing work continues.
About the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
History of the temple
In 1635, a stone church was erected (information about an earlier wooden church has not been preserved). The construction of the temple was completed in 1688 with the diligence of the royal steward Theodore Ivanovich Kosmin. The new church was consecrated in 1689 in the name of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
In 1835, the owner of Kostino, Princess Ekaterina Gavrilovna Dolgorukova, repaired the church and added a temporary wooden bell tower. Her daughter Varvara Nikitichna replaced this building with a stone one in 1862.
Near the church, on the site of the current five-story building on the street. Dzerzhinsky, there was a small two-story clergy house. Dzerzhinsky Street itself, along its entire length, runs through the cemetery, which was adjacent to the territory of the church.
After the revolution, the church was destroyed, and in Khrushchev’s times it was completely destroyed, at the same time the clergy house was demolished.
In 1995, with the blessing of Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna, the revival of the parish in Kostino began. In 1999, with the arrival of Father Boris (Kulikovsky), regular services resumed after a break of more than half a century. Coordination began on a project for the construction of a temple building near the site of the destroyed ancient church. The central dome crowning the tent is at a height of 51.5 m.
On July 14, 2003, on the day of the summer saints Cosmas and Damian, the construction of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary began. In the first construction season, we managed to complete the zero cycle. On October 26, 2003, on the day of the celebration of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, a Stone was laid under the main altar of the temple. On July 14, 2005, a thanksgiving prayer service was held - the first service in the new church. On November 11, 2005, a cross rose above the built temple.
On Christmas Day 2006, the opening of the lower chapel of the temple dedicated to the holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian took place. During the construction season of 2006, finishing of the upper church, installation of the roof, and decoration of the entrances began.
Builders and decorators (1689-1930)
- Theodore Kosmin
- Ilya Kireyevsky
- Ekaterina Dolgorukova
- Varvara Dolgorukova
- Alexander Kraft
Clergy (1689-1930)
- Priest Mikhail Matveev
- Priest Thomas Prokhorov
- Priest John Iveronov
- Priest John Tretyakov
- Priest Konstantin Tretyakov
- Priest Sergius Solovyov
- Priest Pavel Vasiliev
- Priest Alexy Vvedensky
- Sexton Avvakum Semyonov
- Sexton Savva Kuzmin
- Sexton Andrey Urazov
- Sexton Alexey Dolgorukov
- Sexton Pavel Zverev
- Sexton Petr Lebedev
- Sexton Pavel Lebedev
- Psalmist Vladimir Georgievsky
- Psalmist Theodore Averkin
On March 3, 1999, priest Boris Kulikovsky (since 2009 - archpriest) became the rector of the temple. Since May 9, 2008, the second priest, Dimitry Nenarokov, has been serving in the church.
After the revolution, the temple building began to serve the needs of the OGPU
In the 20s of the 20th century the temple was closed. First, the Bolsheviks destroyed the five-tiered iconostasis and plundered church utensils and icons. They even stole the main local shrine - the miraculous Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God.
In 1930, Hieromartyr Alexy served in the church for several months. In 1931, on the basis of the temple building, a radio center was built at the Bolshevo labor commune of the OGPU. Later the temple was used for the economic needs of the commune. The bell tower of the temple was blown up.
1954
this year the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was demolished, and a residential building was built in its place
Later, people began to live in the temple; a sewing workshop and a darkroom operated in the building. In 1954, the temple was demolished, and in its place a standard residential building for workers was built.
Saints[edit]
- Hieromartyr Alexy Vvedensky
Memorial Day is December 23.
In the 1930s, the last rector of the temple was Archpriest Alexey (Vvedensky), who died during the years of repression in exile, from overwork and hunger, during the construction of the Samara Thermal Power Plant. Buried in an unknown grave.
On October 6, 2003, at a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, it was decided to include Archpriest Alexy Vvedensky in the Council of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian 20th century.
The painting of the temple walls is still not finished
On June 16, 1995, with the participation of local residents, a decision was made to revive the temple. On Sundays, prayer services began to be held for the restoration of the shrine.
A memorial cross was installed near the place where the temple was located, and from 1996 to 1999 prayers for restoration were held near it.
In December 1999, in one of the buildings of the estate, the community was provided with a room that served as a temporary temple. This building now houses a Sunday school.
July 14, 2003
on this day, local residents began construction of a new Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Construction of the temple began on July 14, 2003, the day of the summer saints of the unmercenary Cosmas and Damian. On October 9, 2005, the first Divine Liturgy took place in the church. The construction of the temple was completed on November 11 of the same year.
Since January 6, 2006, regular services have been held in the temple. On April 22, 2007, the lower church was consecrated in honor of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian. In 2012, an iconostasis was installed in the upper church; work on painting the walls is still underway.
History[edit]
The first mention of the village of Kostino is found in the grant books of 1585. In 1689, the Novgorod boyars Kozmina built a stone church here, consecrating it in 1691 in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It took about two years to finish and equip the temple. The church was small, made of red brick with white stone decoration, high white stone gates and an elongated onion dome. The bell tower of the temple was built in the 19th century. in the same style. Near the church there was a small two-story clergy house.
In the 1920s the temple was closed. At first, the church was only partially destroyed: the ancient five-tier iconostasis was destroyed, church utensils and icons were looted, including the main shrine - the miraculous Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, which had been in the altar of the temple for more than two centuries. In 1931, a labor commune for juvenile delinquents was located in Kostino, and the church building was rebuilt as a radio center, and later used for various economic needs of the commune. The bell tower was destroyed. People lived in the former temple, there was a sewing workshop and a darkroom. In 1954-1955 plant PO Box 901 (now the State Research and Production Center "Zvezda-Strela") built a standard residential building on the foundation of a destroyed church. On June 16, 1995, residents decided to revive the temple in Kostin, which is now part of the city of Korolev. On Sundays, prayers began for the speedy restoration of the destroyed shrine. That same summer, a memorial cross was erected near the place where the ancient temple stood. In December 1999, the community was provided with temporary premises to transform it into a church (now it is a Sunday school).
On January 13, 2000, the first Divine Liturgy was celebrated, marking the beginning of regular services.
In 2001, a preliminary design for the revival of the temple near its historical site was developed. Taking into account the modern needs of the city, the temple was designed on two levels, with a total capacity of 1200 people. The upper chapel is dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, and the lower chapel is dedicated to the Apostle John the Theologian. Construction began on July 14, 2003.
10.26.2003 - completion of the zero cycle, laying of the stone took place.
11.11.2005 - completion of construction.
01/6/2006 - resumption of services in the revived church after a half-century break.
On May 15, 2007, on the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women, the consecration of the lower church in honor of St. Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian.
Schedule of services at the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Schedule of services for November 2021:
- Monday: 17:00, Vespers and Matins;
- Tuesday: 7:30 - confession, 8:20 - liturgy, prayer service, memorial service, 17:00 - vespers, matins;
- Wednesday: 7:30 - confession, 8:20 - liturgy, prayer service, memorial service, 17:00 - vespers, matins;
- Thursday: 7:30 - confession, 8:20 - liturgy, prayer service, memorial service, 17:00 - vespers, matins;
- Friday: 7:30 - confession, 8:20 - liturgy, prayer service, memorial service, 17:00 - vespers, matins;
- Saturday: 7:30 - confession, 8:20 - liturgy, prayer service, memorial service; 16:45 - all-night vigil;
- Sunday: 7:30 - confession, 8:20 - liturgy, holy water prayer, memorial service, 15:00 - akathist to St. Sergei of Radonezh.
The temple is open daily from 7:00 to 18:45.
Website of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin
The schedule of services in electronic form is posted on the website www.hramvkostino.ru
Temple Information
Rector of the temple: Archpriest Boris (Kulikovsky)
Phone fax
The temple is open from 07:00 to 18:45 daily
Divine services are held daily (See the schedule of services). 08:00 - confession, 08:30 - hours, 09:00 - Liturgy. After the Liturgy there is a prayer service and a memorial service. At 17:00 - evening service (vespers, matins or all-night vigil).
On Sundays after the liturgy there is a water prayer service. Also on Sundays at 15:00 a prayer service with an akathist is served to St. Sergius of Radonezh, and on the last Sunday of the month there is a prayer service with an akathist before the icon of the Mother of God “The Inexhaustible Chalice”.
Daily conversations with a priest, individual confession. In-person, absentee funerals, weddings, visiting the sick at home, in hospitals, communion, consecration - at any time by prior arrangement.
Classes for those preparing for the sacrament of Baptism are held on Fridays at 18:00 in the Sunday school, on Sundays at 13:00 in the church. The Sacrament of Baptism is on Fridays and Saturdays at 12:00. Registration at 11:30. Public talks for those getting married on Sundays at 16:00. Sacrament of wedding (outside Lent) - on Wednesdays at 10:30.
At the temple there are:
- Charitable Foundation "New Jordan"
- Sergiev Brotherhood of Temperance
- Youth club
- Sunday school for adults and children.
- Cinema club
Since 2008, the monthly newspaper “Kostino, Bogorodskoye Tozh” has been published at the temple. The newspaper covers the life of the parish, publishes reports on pilgrimage trips, the creativity of parishioners, and sermons.
Temple priests
Archpriest Boris Kulikovsky is the rector of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin.
The rector of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin is Archpriest Boris Kulikovsky
Secular education:
- 1962 - graduated from Moscow Higher Technical School named after. Bauman;
- 1970 - Candidate of Technical Sciences;
- 1983 - received the title of associate professor;
- 1989 - Veteran of Labor.
Received baptism in 1978. Member of the Russian Writers' Union since 1999.
Spiritual education
- 1994 - Moscow Theological Seminary.
On March 22, 1991, he was ordained deacon by Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow. On September 22, 1995 he was elevated to the rank of priest.
Ministry in Moscow and the Moscow diocese:
- 1991-1994 - Deacon of the Patriarchal Metochion in Peredelkino;
- 1995-1997 - priest of the Znamensky Church in Khovrino;
- 1997-1998 - priest of the Temple of Zosima and Savvaty in Golyanovo;
- since March 3, 1999 - rector of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin.
Priest Viktor Tseshkovsky
Priest of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Viktor Tseshkovsky
Secular education:
- 2001 - received secondary education
Spiritual education:
- 2011 - graduated from the St. Petersburg Orthodox Theological Academy.
On March 27, 2011 he was consecrated by Bishop Ambrose of Gatchina.
Priest John Kolchin
Priest of the Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God Ioann Kolchin
Secular education:
- 2016 - graduated from RPI named after. John the Evangelist
Spiritual education:
- 2016 - graduated from Kolomna Theological Seminary
Consecrated on September 27, 2015 by Bishop Constantine of Zaraisk.
