Temple of Rev. Zosima and Savvaty in Golyanovo

Early History

The first wooden church in the village of Golyanovo was built in the 60s of the XVII century. At that time, the village was the estate of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov .

Beginning in 1811, Golyanovo was already listed for Prince I.N. Trubetskoy, who also owned the neighboring villages of Abramtsevo, Lukino, Sukovo and the former palace village - Nikolskoye. In 1842 , instead of a wooden church, the landowners Trubetskoys built a new brick church in the Empire style - late classicism. The church consisted of two parts - the cold part of the church (four with a throne in honor of the Monks Zosima and Savvatiy of Solovetsky), and the winter chapel - the refectory of the church, with the throne in honor of the holy martyrs Adrian and Natalia. Where the Altar of the Living Source is now located, a living key flowed ^[1] . In 1889, the temple building was rebuilt according to the project of architect V. F. Baranov ^[2] .

Soviet period

In the 30s of the XX century, the temple was closed, and the premises were given for a pasta factory. The new owners dismantled the dome of the bell tower and began to use it instead of the factory chimney. Slag was not taken out of the furnaces, but dumped directly on the territory. For a long time, one of the tenants of the temple was a chemical laboratory. As a result of the storage and use of chemicals inside the building, not only the plaster was not preserved, but the brick in the lower part of the walls was also damaged. As a result, by the 90s of the XX century, the building was in terrible condition ^[3] . There was no dome, the altar apse was dilapidated, a funnel gaped in the quadruple instead of the floor, the bell tower was on the verge of collapse ^[4] . On the south and east sides of the temple were huge mountains of garbage that were superior in height to the roof. Despite all this, the temple building was still the only valuable building in the first quarter of the 19th century in Golyanovo ^[1] .

Temple Restoration

After 75 years of inaction, the church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church . The temple was reopened with the blessing of Patriarch Pimen on March 31, 1990 , under the rector Archpriest Vladimir Timakov. From this time, the process of rebuilding the temple began.

The interior of the temple was painted in the style of frescoes of the XVII century. Most of the work was done by hereditary masters - Bryagins (Evdokia Trofimovna and her daughter Tatyana Aleksandrovna Soloimskaya). The dome and the quadrangle (the main and central part of the church) began to be painted by isographer Nikolai Gusev , who, by the general admission of artists, is one of the leading experts in the field of ancient Russian wall painting. After the death of Nikolai Gusev, work was continued by his daughter. As a result, by 2005 all work was completed ^[1] .

Services are held daily in the temple. On weekdays at 8 o’clock - confession and Divine Liturgy , at 18 o’clock - evening service. On Sundays and holidays, two Divine Liturgies are served (at 7 and 10 hours). There is a Sunday school for children and their parents.

For those who wish to sing, vocal and church singing classes are held in the church choir. On Saturday and Sunday, the folk choir takes part in singing at prayers and funeral services.

Every Sunday after the late liturgy, conversations are held with the rector of the church, priest Roman Bogdasarov, about the annual liturgical circle, the church charter and vital problems of life.

In the youth club at the church, meetings are held every week to discuss current issues in the life of Orthodox Christians.

Pilgrimage services of the church make trips to the shrines of Orthodoxy in Russia and abroad.

The temple constantly feeds spiritually and financially about three hundred large and low-income families, people with disabilities and people in difficult situations.

• Honorary Rector of the Church Archpriest Vladimir Timakov (b. 16.1.1929);
• Priest Roman Bogdasarov;
• Archpriest Anatoly Strelnikov - head of the Introduction to Orthodoxy course;
• Priest George Khozyashev - confessor of the youth club "Adrian and Natalia";
• Priest Ilya Voronkov - carries out prison ministry in jail-7;
• Priest Eugene Badilo - head of the Sunday school of the church;
• Deacon Andrei Molchanov - Sunday School Lecturer;
• Deacon Vitaliy Otroshenko - leading youth club “Adrian and Natalia”;
• sexton Nikolai Zinchenko - employee of the sector for relations with the Russian Guard of the Synodal Department for Cooperation with the Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies ^[5] .

By decree of Patriarch Kirill No. PK-01/230 of February 2, 2018 ^{[6], the} rector of the church, priest Roman Bogdasarov, was appointed head of the Rosguard sector of the Synodal Department for Interaction with the Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies.

Since April 1, 2018, the church in the name of Rev. Zosima and Savvatiy of the Solovetsky miracle workers in Golyanovo has the status of a spiritual center for the nourishment of Rosguard employees working in the capital ^[7] .

• Official site of the Church of the Monks Zosima and Savvaty in Golyanovo
• Temple of Zosima and Savvaty on patriarchia.ru
• Temple of Zosima and Savvaty on sobory.ru