Grief Church on Bolshaya Ordynka

At the site of the church in the 16th century there was a wooden church of the Monk Varlaam Khutynsky in the Ordyntsi (mentioned in the annals under 1571 ; some researchers connect its construction with the campaign of Vasily III to Kazan (1523), others with natives of Novgorod who settled in Zamoskvorechye ) In 1683 - 1685, a stone church was built, which was called the Transfiguration. After glorifying the icon of the Virgin Mary “ Joy of All Who Sorrow ” in 1688 , which, according to legend, healed the seriously ill sister of Patriarch Joachim , the name of this miraculous image was assigned to the church. A throne was made in the church in honor of the icon, as evidenced by the antimins issued to him in 1713 . In 1770, the chapel of the icon "All Joy of All Who Sorrow" was updated at the expense of G. Lubovnikova.

In 1783–1791, the “imprisonment” of the Moscow 1st guild of the merchant Afanasy Dolgov ^[2] , whose estate was opposite, the refectory with thrones in the name of Varlaam Khutinsky and the icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” were added to the building in 1685 three-tier bell tower . Their project in the style of classicism was carried out by the architect Vasily Bazhenov , son-in-law of Dolgov; Bazhenov’s first refectory type was later widely used in Moscow. The icons for the new iconostasis were written in 1788 by the Sarov hieromonk Bonifatius. The consecration of the chapel in honor of the icon of the Virgin “All Who Sorrow Joy” was performed on October 24, 1790 by Metropolitan Plato .

In 1812, the temple was damaged by fire . In 1823-1836 , the old church of the 17th century was replaced by a rotunda with a raised dome - designed by the architect Osip Bove (in 1834-1836, his brother Michael Bovet carried it out). The new empire -style building ^{[3] was} erected at the expense of the merchants Kumanin and A. A. Dolgov. The archangels on the door to the altar , the icon of St. Nicholas in the main iconostasis and the icon of the archdeacon Lawrence were painted by Vladimir Borovikovsky . The rebuilt church was consecrated by Metropolitan of Moscow Filaret on September 20, 1836.

In 1904, the church was again consecrated after renewal.

In 1922, during the state campaign to seize church property, church decorations and utensils (more than 65 kg of gold and silver) were seized from the Church of Sorrow. The temple was closed in 1933, the bells were removed from it, but the interior decoration was preserved. In 1941-1945, the storerooms of the Tretyakov Gallery were located in it.

In 1948, the temple was reopened for worship; Archpriest (later Archbishop) Kiprian (Zernov) ^[4] , who served here (since 1966, was honorary rector) until his death on April 5, 1987 (he died in the temple), was appointed rector of May 12, 1948. In the 1950s, the regent Nikolai Matveev created a church choir here, which received fame and recognition in musical circles; his choir, on the anniversary of the death of the composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky ( November 8 — to avoid coincidence with the celebration of the October Revolution ^[5] ) performed the “ Liturgy of John Chrysostom ”, written by Tchaikovsky (not performed in any secular institutions in Soviet times, as well as in others temples, which attracted fans of the composer's work). The tradition of performing this work by Tchaikovsky was restored in 2009 ^[6] .

In 1961, at the request of residents of the house in the Lavrushinsky Lane adjacent to the church, the bells from the bell tower were removed and transferred to the church ^[7] .

On January 3, 2010, Patriarch Kirill blessed the revival of the historical name of the Synodal Choir on the basis of the choral collective of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow”. The work on the revival of the once-famous choir throughout Moscow began in the spring of 2009 at the initiative of Metropolitan Hilarion , appointed rector of the Church of the Sorrows, and Honored Artist of Russia Alexei Puzakov (in the 1980s, Puzakov managed the left choir of the Church of Sorrows, working under the direction of Regent Nikolai Matveev).

In 2012-2013, the building was restored (architect I. V. Kalugina) ^[8]

The church operates the Ascension spiritual and educational center, which combines the efforts of the clergy and the parish community in missionary , catechetical , social work, with a Sunday school for children, a youth club, catechesis for adults, the Old World service (helping people , suffering from one of the forms of dependence, and their relatives), as well as the rehabilitation center for victims of non-traditional religions named after Khomyakov.

The temple building is made in the form of a cylindrical rotunda with ionic porticoes . Outside, it is decorated with stucco decoration and medallions . Inside the drum of the hemispherical dome are 12 ionic columns. An empire iconostasis is installed in the temple, the floor is covered with cast-iron plates made according to the sketches of Beauvais.

The bell tower has three cylindrical tiers, decreasing in diameter from bottom to top. It is crowned by a dome and a dome with a cross. The north and south facades of the refectory are decorated with four-column ionic porticoes.

The temple is surrounded by a cast-iron fence, created at the beginning of the XIX century. Next to it are the clergy house (mid-18th century) and the almshouse (1764).

Interior Photos

• Interior
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  General view of the altar

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  View of the altar of the church

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  The main dome of the church

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  Altar. Royal gates

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  View from the entrance

• miraculous icon of the Mother of God " Joy of All Who Sorrow ";
• especially revered icons:
  • the martyr of Longinus the centurion ,
  • Rev. Alexy, the man of God ,
  • Apostle Andrew the First-Called .

The clergy of the temple are ^[9] :

• Hegumen Filaret (Tambovsky)
• Archpriest Daniil Kalashnikov
• Priest Dmitry Ageev
• Priest Alexey Dikarev
• Priest Alexander Karzan
• Protodeacon Alexy Trunin
• Hierodeacon Gregory (Sokolov)
• Deacon Vladimir Soshnikov
• Deacon Fedor Shulga
• Deacon Roman Ivanus
• Deacon Alexander Ershov.

• "All Mourners Joy" icons of the Mother of God Church (neopr.) . The official website of the Moscow Patriarchate. Date of treatment November 4, 2009. Archived April 10, 2012.
• Church of Our Lady of "All Who Sorrowful Joy" // Moscow: Encyclopedia / ch. ed. S. O. Schmidt ; comp .: M.I. Andreev, V.M. Karev. - M .: Big Russian Encyclopedia , 1997 .-- 976 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-277-3 .
• Moscow. Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" on Bolshaya Ordynka (Neopr.) . Date of treatment November 2, 2009. Archived April 10, 2012.