Old Believers Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Ostozhenskaya community description and photos - Russia - Moscow: Moscow (Topic)

Old Believers Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos of the Ostozhensk community description and photos - Russia - Moscow: Moscow. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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The Old Believers' Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos of the Ostozhensky community was founded in 1907 in Turchaninov Lane. This place in Moscow was considered traditionally Old Believers. Here since the 18th century there was a modest two-story clerk's house, which was the first place of prayer for the Old Believers.

In 1905, these lands were bought by a representative of the famous and powerful Ryabushinsky clan - S. P. Ryabushinsky. He allocated land for the construction of the temple, donated large funds and headed the board of trustees.

The authors of the project, architects V. Adamovich and V. Maet, took as a basis the composition of the famous Novgorod Church of the Savior in Nereditsy. They very gracefully used the motives of the ancient Pskov architecture. The construction work was supervised by the architect Y. I. Chagovets.

The church built by Adamovich and Maet in the plan repeated the equilateral Greek cross. It is a pillarless temple with crossed arches. The arches freed the inner space of the temple from the supports supporting the vaults of the temple. The arches opened on all sides the refectory of the temple. The white-stone belfry was covered with vaults. A twisted staircase led to the choir of the church. In 1911 the temple was consecrated.

In his historical essays "From the history of Moscow lanes" historian S. Romanyuk writes that the church was closed in October 1932. The gilded dome of the temple survived for a long time, but nevertheless collapsed over time. During the Soviet period of history, the building housed the All-Union Scientific Research Biotechnical Institute of the Main Directorate of the Microbiological Industry of the USSR Council of Ministers. During these years, the head of the church and the head of the open belfry were destroyed.

The utilitarian use of the building of the temple led to a change in its appearance: there were outbuildings, the internal volume of the temple was divided into floors.

In the early 1990s, the temple was returned to believers. The temple has been in operation since 1994. Fragments of the original fence and small remains of painted tiles on the stone posts of the fence have survived to this day. In 2001, restoration work began in the church, which continues to this day. The building has not yet been included in the list of objects protected by the state, but it is included in the list of buildings subject to state protection.

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