Church of Pimen the Great in Novye Vorotniki description and photos - Russia - Moscow: Moscow (Topic)

Pimen the Great Church in Novye Vorotniki 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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In the first half of the 17th century, Moscow collars (this was the name of the guards at the entrances to the city) settled in the area of Tverskaya Street. In the 50s of the same century, the first church was built in Vorotnikovskaya Sloboda, which was called Trinity Church according to the main throne, and St. Pimen the Great along one of the side-chapels.

After the middle of the 17th century, the sentry settlement was moved to the territory of the village of Sushcheva ... The village was located on the banks of the Neglinnaya and was later included in the growing Moscow. In the new settlement, a new church was built, very similar to the old one. It did not last long, as in 1691 it burned down during another Moscow fire. A few years later, the church was restored in stone, and a hundred years later, at the end of the 18th century, a chapel was built in honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. And in this version, the temple has survived to this day.

In the 19th century, work was carried out in the temple to improve its appearance and interior. They were attended by famous architects Fyodor Shekhtel, who became the author of the interior decoration, and Konstantin Bykovsky, who renewed the chapel of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God.

In the Soviet years, the temple was not closed, even though it was occupied by the Renovationists and remained their last stronghold after other Renovationist churches had already been closed. Values were confiscated from the temple.

The Monk Pimen, after whom the temple was named, lived in the IV-V centuries and was known as a hermit monk.

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