The Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God on Havskaya Street in Moscow is a church built in the years 1911-1912 by the Old Believer community.
| Old Believer Orthodox Church | |
| Tikhvin Church | |
|---|---|
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| A country |  Russia |
| City | Moscow |
| Denomination | Old Believers (Old Believers accepting the priesthood of the Belokrinitsky hierarchy (now ROCS )) |
| Diocese | |
| Architectural style | Pseudo-Russian style |
| Architect | N. G. Martyanov |
| Building | 1911 - 1912 |
| Date of Abolition | 1933 year |
| Status | preserved |
| condition | The end of the restoration of the facade and the elevation of the territory as of August 2018. |
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Community History
Historically, the area near Chavskaya Street was the place of residence of the Old Believers. In the XIX century, there was a prayer house in Mikhailov’s house, in which in 1898 the archbishop of Moscow and All Russia, John (Kartushin) , was elevated to the department. In August 1909, the Society of Old Believers accepting the priesthood of the Belokrinitsky hierarchy (now the Russian Orthodox Church ) from the Molebenov parish prayed to the Moscow Provincial Board for permission to establish an Old Believer community in Moscow with the name “Tikhvin Old Believer Community”. The construction of the temple began in 1911 according to the project of the architect N. G. Martyanov [1] . The temple was consecrated in honor of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God .
Temple in Soviet and Post-Soviet Time
- in 1917 the temple was transferred to the Tikhvin community “for eternal and free use”
- in 1922 , values were removed from the church (robes, crosses, liturgical vessels)
- in 1923 , 60 people were officially registered in the community. There is a spiritual school at the temple.
- in 1924, the Moscow City Council considered the requests of workers of the Danilov Button Factory with a request to close the church and transfer its building to the dining room and the Armatrest drilling tool factory with a request to close the church with the organization of a red corner of the factory in it.
- in 1933 the temple was closed
- in 1967 in the temple building a hardware warehouse
- in the 1980s, the dining room was in the temple building, in the mid-1990s. the building was privatized and sold by the Moscow Property Committee of a commercial organization for the Rook restaurant. In the courtyard of the temple there was a barbecue for serving kebabs.
- In 2003, the church was bought by an "Orthodox businessman" Konstantin Akhapkin
- The new owner categorically refused to transfer the building to the historical owners and began restoration with the goal of transferring the church to the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. It was planned to open the museum of Nicholas II in the building. However, the Russian Orthodox Church refused to accept the church after the meeting of the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia of the Russian Orthodox Church andrian (+ 2004) with the head of the DECR MP Metropolitan Kirill. The situation has turned into a stalemate. The conflict around the church was covered by the media [2] , but no constructive solution was found.
Notes
- ↑ Moscow Architects of the Time of Eclecticism, Art Nouveau and Neoclassicism (1830s - 1917): ill. biogr. Dictionary / State. scientific researcher Museum of Architecture A.V. Shchuseva et al. - M .: KRABiK, 1998 .-- S. 167. - 320 p. - ISBN 5-900395-17-0 .
- ↑ REFERENCE: The Old Believer Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God on Havskaya Street in Moscow