Temple of the Trinity Life-giving in Sheets

The first written mention of the wooden church dates back to 1632. The name “in the sheets” was received because of the printers who were selling around the church with their work, who hung up hand-made popular prints on the church’s fence, demonstrating their goods. Initially, the church was a cemetery, and by the middle of the XVII century it became a regimental temple of the archers V. Pushechnikov , who initiated the construction of a new stone building ^[1] .

The exact date of the start of the construction of the stone church is unknown, but in 1657, the construction of the stone church was already underway next to the wooden church. The consecration of the temple took place in 1661.

In 1667, Vasily Pushechnikov’s Streltsy regiment was sent to Astrakhan, where he subsequently participated in the suppression of the uprising of Stepan Razin . Upon returning from the campaign, the archers were rewarded by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich 150 thousand state bricks to complete the construction of the regimental church. Moreover, the king "had a special zeal for this temple, having granted him many images, most of the utensils and the Royal Doors that he had taken out of the conquered Orsha ." ^[2]

In 1680, a refectory was added to the church and a chapel in the name of the Protection of the Holy Virgin , in honor of the end of the Chigirinsky campaign . In 1689, a fire broke out in the building, as a result of which the head of the church cracked. In the same year, Peter I, for participation in the suppression of Shaklovity’s rebellion, granted the archers a total of 700 rubles to restore the damaged building ^[1] .

In 1704, the temple was given the status of Admiralty - nearby, in the Sukharev Tower , at that time the School of Mathematical and Navigational Sciences was located. According to legend, Peter I planned to impose a white stone on the church building, but this idea was not implemented ^[1] .

In 1770, the dilapidated bell tower was dismantled, and in 1774, the refectory with a chapel. The new refectory and the chapel were rebuilt in 1774, the fence and the stone bell tower in 1788, while, unlike most Moscow churches, the new bell tower was erected on the east rather than the west side of the church. In 1773-1774, at the expense of the merchant P.V. Kolosov, a new Pokrovsky chapel was erected. Around 1796, a chapel was built in the name of John of Damascus ; in 1805 he was re-consecrated in the name of St. Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow ^[1] . In 1878, the iconostasis was replaced.

In 1857, the refectory underwent a new alteration, a new iconostasis was built and wall paintings were made. In 1878, the murals of the temple were renovated, and the walls were finished in marble ^[1] .

In 1930, the rector of the church V.N. Strakhov was arrested, and in 1938 - shot. In 1939 the church was closed, the domes were demolished, and another floor was erected above the refectory. Initially, a dormitory for tram depot workers was housed in the building of the former church, then there were sculptural workshops for which the walls were partially dismantled and pits for storing clay and plaster were dug in the floor. In 1957, the bell tower of the temple was demolished ^[1] .

In 1972, during the construction of the Kolkhoznaya metro station (now Sukharevskaya ), one of the exits of which began to be built right under the walls of the former church, the waterproofing was broken - water appeared in the basements and cracks formed on the arches ^[1] . Restore architects O. I. Zhurin and P. D. Baranovsky made a decision to suspend work and restore the church building for the 1980 Olympics . In 1979, sculpture workshops were evicted from the building, and under the direction of O. I. Zhurin, work began on restoring the original appearance of the temple. Most of the restoration work was carried out in 1979-1980: the superstructure floor was demolished, arches were restored, chapters and domes were superstructured, crosses were installed, window decoration was restored. Then the work stopped - the idea arose to set up a Moskontsert concert and rehearsal hall in the building. A restructuring project was developed, which, however, was not implemented ^[1] .

The restoration of the building was completed in 1990; in the same year he was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1991, the church was re-consecrated and regular worship services began in it. In 1998, they improved the territory and established a new cast-iron fence. In 2004, a new bell tower was erected, the proportions of which were calculated on the basis of preserved photographs and found during excavations of foundations. 10 new bells were cast at the bell tower, cast in Tutaev . According to O. I. Zhurin, the main merit in the reconstruction of the bell tower belongs to his student A. V. Fedorov ^[1] .

A small squat temple is made in the form of a four-pillar five-domed church of the Grozny time , which is completely atypical for the time of its construction. Among the many other details, a multi-fragmented profiled cornice, arched promising portals on the side facades and large drums with helmet-like domes are sent to the Old Russian tradition.

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