Temple of the Three Saints in Kulishki

District History

The Three Saints Church is located in the historical district of Moscow , which was formerly called Kulishki . “ Kulishki ” ( more correctly than kulizhka ) is an old Russian word, interpreted by different sources in different ways. Among the options for values ​​you can find a swampy, marshy place and a forest after cutting. The ancient Kulishki district was located at the confluence of the Moscow River and Yauza . Currently, this is the Solyanka district with adjacent lanes to Yauza Boulevard and the Yauza embankment and the entire territory of the former Educational Home . ^[one]

The terrain here was very picturesque. In the center of the district there was a hill that crossed the river Rachka (in the XVIII century it was hidden in a pipe). In the XV century, Vasily I built here his summer palace with a house church , consecrated in the name of St. Prince Vladimir , now known as the Church of St. Vladimir in Old Sadeh . On the slopes of the hill were the famous princely gardens with luxurious fruit trees. Sovereign stables were located near the gardens. A wooden church was built in the stables in the name of the holy martyrs Flora and Laurus , whom the people revered as patrons of horses. After the construction of a suburban house of the Moscow Metropolitan (in Trekhsvyatitelny Lane ) next to the stables, a house metropolitan church in the name of the Three Ecumenical Saints was added to the Church of Flora and Lavra. ^[2]

Temple Construction

In the XVI century, the grand-ducal estate was moved to the village of Rubtsovo-Pokrovskoye , due to the fact that the southeastern part of the White City began to be actively settled. The churches, which were previously located in the residences, became parish, and graveyards formed under them. The network of streets and lanes that existed at that time has survived to the present. The entire hill was named "Ivanovo Hill" in honor of the monastery founded here in the name of the Nativity of John the Baptist .

In 1674, a new stone church was built at the expense of parishioners. The temple building was made two-story, placing a bell tower on the corner. On the ground floor there are warm aisles - Trekhsvyatitelsky from the south and Florolavrsky from the north. The upper unheated part of the temple was consecrated in honor of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity .

The location of the church was very successful - at the top of the Ivanovo Hill. The facades of the temple were decorated with patterned platbands and portals, high porches led to the upper floor, located in a row of apse of the warm aisles ended with covered plowshares chapters . ^[2]

Subsequently, in the XVIII - XIX centuries, the temple building was rebuilt several times.

Soviet period

In 1927, the temple was closed, its building was transferred to the Butcher prison. Church values ​​were taken out, the locally revered icon of the Mother of God, "Epiphany tow" , disappeared. The temple building was beheaded, and the tent of the bell tower was also demolished.

In the 1930s, the building was transferred to the NKVD . After the superstructure of the 4th floor, the temple building was turned into a communal apartment .

In the 1950s, the fence was destroyed.

In the 1960s, the building was used for the needs of various offices. At the same time, VOOPIiK began its restoration. The architect-restorer A. I. Okunev decided to recreate the original appearance of the temple. The bell tower on the corner, the chapters , the decor of the facades of the XVII century was restored. The surviving part of the second bell tower recalls the late restructuring.

Since 1987, the animated studio "Pilot" has been housed in the temple building. ^[2]

Temple Rebirth

In 1991, the Orthodox community of the church was formed, led by Archpriest Vladislav Sveshnikov .

On June 30, 1992, the church building was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church . Multipliers vacated the building after 4 years, when a new room was found for them.

On July 6, 1996, on the day of the celebration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God , the first Liturgy was served in the upper aisle in the name of the Life-Giving Trinity .

In 1996, Priest Alexander Prokopchuk was ordained to serve in the church.

On February 11, 2010, a great consecration of the chapel in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity was made by the chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk (Alfeev) .

On September 24, 2017, the chapel was consecrated in honor of the Three Hierarchs of the Ecumenical Metropolitan Arseny of Istra.

On January 2, 2018, he consecrated the chapel in honor of the Monk Silwan of Athos.

At the temple are:

• Moscow Orthodox Regency Courses. ^[3] Founder - in 1989 - and leader Yevgeny Kustovsky .
• School of the Orthodox family.
• Sunday School.
• Restoration workshop ( http://svetogor.trisvyat.ru/ )

The rector of the church is Archpriest Vladislav Sveshnikov , Doctor of Theology. Lecturer of PSTGU , teacher of Moral Theology.
Author of the books Essays on Christian Ethics, Touch of Faith, Flight of the Liturgy, Worldview, Moral Evangelism of the Apostle Paul.

Archpriest Alexander Prokopchuk . Lecturer, Department of Bible Studies, PSTU , Senior Lecturer.
Author of studies "Theology of the Epistle to the Hebrews " and "Theology of the Gospel of John ."

Deacon Sergiy Sirenko. Lecturer, Department of Liturgical Theology, PSTU , Deputy. Head Department (died March 22, 2014).

In the Temple of Three Saints, the great Russian composer Alexander Nikolayevich Skryabin was baptized, the sister of F.I. Tyutchev was baptized in it (in both cases, the underage future poet was a recipient ), and his infant brother was buried. ^[four]

On October 11 (23), 1814, in the Church of the Three Saints at the Red Gate, the newborn Mikhail Lermontov was baptized.

The architect Peter Baranovsky was married here.

In addition, the parishioners of the Temple were:

• Representatives of the nobility of the XVII century - Shuisky, Akinfov, Glebov.
• In the XVIII century - Count Tolstoy, Count Osterman , princes Volkonsky , Lopukhiny .
• In the XIX century - Moscow architect F.K. Sokolov , the famous architect A.G. Grigoriev , Uskov, Karzinkina , Krestovnikovs.

When the Temple was closed at the end of the 1920s , the spouses Teleshov , Alexander and Adelaide (Adeline) Karzinkins were the first among 600 congregated rallies to sign their documents in defense of the Temple. ^[5] In addition, the father and son of Karzinkina at different times were the elders of the Temple.

• Ivanovo hill
• Khitrovskaya Square
• Chambers of Shuysky

• Official site of the Three Saints Church in Kulishki
• The Church of the Three Saints on russian-church.ru
• Temple of the Three Saints on sobory.ru
• "On Kulizhakh"