The Church of St. Theodore the Studite at the Nikitsky Gate ( Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God ) is an Orthodox church belonging to the Central Dignity of the Moscow City Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church . Located at Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street 29
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| The Church of St. Theodore the Studite at the Nikitsky Gate | |||
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| The Fyodor Studite Church at the Nikitsky Gate | |||
 The Fyodor Studite Church at the Nikitsky Gate
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| A country |  Russia | ||
| City | Moscow | ||
| Denomination | Orthodoxy | ||
| Diocese | Moscow City | ||
| Blessing | Central piety | ||
| Building type | Temple | ||
| Architectural style | Empire | ||
| First mention | 1624 | ||
| Building | 1624 - 1626 years | ||
| Key Dates | |||
| 1730 - Baptism of Suvorov Alexander Vasilyevich 1877 - Funeral Vasilyevich Chizhov parishioner funeral 1927 - The closure of the temple Soviet authority 1937 - Blasted out the bell tower of the temple 1984 - Beginning of the restoration 1991 - Resumption of the temple | |||
| Chapels | Averky Hierapolsky , Theodore Studite | ||
| Status | Protected by the state | ||
| condition | Acting | ||
| Site | Official site | ||
History
According to some information, the wooden church on this place was still in 1470 and was mentioned in the chronicles in connection with the Moscow fire on July 21, 1547 [1] . However, according to reliable documentary sources, the construction of the church began in 1624 and ended in 1626. The church was the cathedral church of Theodorovsky-Smolensk-Mother of God monastery, founded by Patriarch Filaret , also known as the Fedorovsky hospital monastery.
In 1709 the monastery was abolished, the monks were transferred to the Novinsky Monastery , and the church was made a parish by 1712. In this parish lived the family of General Vasily Suvorov , who was probably buried right here. In any case, the venerable Moskvov I. M Snegirev July 3, 1864 recorded in the diary [2] :
 | The priest of the church, Fyodor Studite Preobrazhensky, indicated the grave at the altar of Suvorov’s parents and advised him to resume the tombstones. |  |
Data on the burial at the temple of Vasily Suvorov are not available.
The temple was badly damaged in the Moscow fire of 1812 , but in the same year it was restored, making some alterations: shifted vaults, ceiling ceilings were installed instead of arches, two columns were added to the refectory arch, only five of the five chapters were left. From 1865 to 1873, the temple again undergoes a significant restructuring, as a result of which only the hipped bell tower remains from the original building.
In 1922 the temple was closed, the Institute of Fats of the Ministry of Food Industry of the USSR was placed in its building, the heads were demolished, the building lost all decorative decoration. The bell tower, unique to Moscow, is almost completely demolished in 1937, only a basement remains, from which a trading tent is made.
In 1960, a proposal was made for the restoration of the building and the placement in it of a museum of Alexander Suvorov , who lived nearby, but the work began only in 1980 and lasted until 1990. In 1991, the building was handed over to the Russian Orthodox Church and services were resumed there.
Notes
- ↑ Palamarchuk refers to studies conducted in an unpublished manuscript by M. Aleksandrovsky.
- ↑ Fedorovsky hospital monastery - Secrets of Moscow monasteries
Clergy
- Archpriest Vsevolod - born March 31, 1968. Moscow Theological Academy . Candidate of Theology. April 21, 1991 ordained deacon. January 7, 1992 - in the rank of presbyter. February 11, 2016 appointed abbot of the temple.
- Igumen Hermogenes - born August 29, 1940. Moscow Theological Seminary . September 25, 1983 ordained deacon. December 27, 1984 ordained priest. March 27, 1998 he was appointed rector of the temple. February 11, 2016 appointed honorary abbot of the temple.
- Archpriest Alexy - born June 1, 1955. Moscow Theological Seminary . December 6, 1992 ordained deacon. April 15, 2000 ordained priest [1] .
Literature
- P. Palamarchuk. Moscow within the boundaries of the Garden Ring / / Forty Forties A brief illustrated history of all Moscow churches. - Moscow: Astral, 2004. - T. 2. - p. 361-364. - 744 s. - 7000 copies - ISBN 978-5-271-07711-1 .
- Zabelin I.Ye. Materials for history, archeology and statistics of the city of Moscow. - Moscow: publishing house of the Moscow City Duma, 1884. - T. 1. - p. 653-672.
- Pn Sharmin. Theodore Studite Church at the Nikitsky Gate // Moscow. Encyclopedic reference: Moscow. - Great Russian Encyclopedia, 1992.
- Index of Moscow Churches / comp. Aleksandrovsky M .. - Moscow: Russian Prism, 1915. - 10 p.