Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Cossack settlement description and photos - Russia - Moscow: Moscow (Topic)

Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Cossack settlement 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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Until the end of the 16th century, this church of the Assumption of the Virgin and the Church of Flora and Lavra on Zatsepa had a common history. The first church in the place where the Assumption Church now stands, stood in the center of the Yamskaya Sloboda on Polyanka. It was made of wood and was named after Flor and Laurus, patrons of the coachman's craft. At the end of the century, this settlement was moved to Zatsepa - to the Zamoskvorechye region, located behind the chain - a customs barrier, in front of which loaded carts were checked for the presence of illegally imported goods into the capital. On Zatsepa in honor of Flor and Lavr, a new church was built, and in the former settlement, which became Cossack, the temple began to be called the Assumption, and this name was assigned to it around the 60s of the 17th century. Moreover, for several years before that, the church most likely stood abandoned, and the area itself was not settled.

In stone, the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was rebuilt in the last years of the 17th century, and in the next century it was rebuilt several times - it acquired new side-altars, a bell tower in the classical style, a refectory. The current appearance of the temple took shape by the end of the 18th century, although some changes were made to it after the fire of 1812, when all the interior decoration of the temple burned out. The restoration of its former splendor was carried out at the expense of the parishioners and was completed only in the 70s of the XIX century.

In the 20s, the new government performed the same actions in relation to this church as in relation to many other religious buildings : confiscation of valuables in favor of the starving, demolition of chapters, the upper tier of the bell tower and individual buildings, closure. The church building housed a printing house and an archive.

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