Trinity Church in Orekhov-Borisov

The decision to build a church in Moscow in honor of the Holy Trinity dedicated to the anniversary of the Baptism of Russia was made in 1988 , but was originally planned in a different place, somewhat west of the present (near the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve on June 13, 1988, Patriarch Pimen consecrated the foundation stone, that was the result of satisfaction of the executive committee of the Moscow City Council requests the Moscow Patriarchate expressed during the meeting of the Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the CPSU Mikhail Gorbachev with the Patriarch and Synod members April 29 of that year ^[2] , but construction did not begin to claim a number of reasons, particularly because of which began in 1995, rebuilding of the Temple of Christ the Savior on Volkhonka ).

On September 1, 2001, Patriarch Alexy II performed a prayer service to begin construction of the church-monument of the Holy Trinity in Orekhov-Borisov.

By the spring of 2004, the construction of the temple building was completed, the team of icon painters led by the People's Artist of the Russian Federation, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts Vasily Nesterenko began painting the temple, the project of which was approved by His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II and Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov May 12, 2004. The grandiose ceramic iconostasis was made by St. Petersburg workshops under the direction of artist Yuri Volkotrub. All the icons for him were painted by Anna Kalinina, a famous Moscow icon painter, whose work on creating 48 icons of this iconostasis was recognized by the Russian Academy of Arts as one of the best in Moscow. From the Russian Orthodox Church, Anna Kalinina received the gold medal of the Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh (2004) and the Silver Medal of the Russian Academy of Arts (2012). Icons in icon cases were made by icon painters under the direction of Elena Knyazeva. For this work, she was awarded the Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh, Russian Orthodox Church, III degree.

On May 19, 2004, on the day of the celebration of Easter, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy, accompanied by Metropolitans of Krutitsky and Kolomensky Juvenal, Smolensky and Kaliningrad Cyril and Kaluga and Borovsky Clement, and a large host of hierarchs and clergy performed the consecration and Divine Liturgy. The consecration was attended by: the ROCOR’s First Hierarch Metropolitan Lavr (Shkurla) , Archbishops Mark (Arndt) and Kirill (Dmitriev) and the clergy accompanying them ^[3] , RF envoy to the Central Federal District G. S. Poltavchenko , head of the Baltic construction company I. A. Naivalt.

The complex of buildings on Borisov Ponds was designed in the Byzantine style: the temple itself is a single-domed cross-shaped building with four aisles . Its height (with a cross) - 70 m; capacity - up to 4 thousand people. The basement of the temple has a baptistery for baptizing adults through complete immersion. The Patriarchal Compound complex on Borisovsky Ponds also includes a clergy house, Sunday school, a belfry and a chapel in the name of the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky .

On the left at the entrance to the main building there is a marble plaque with the inscription: “This church, marking the First Millennium of the Baptism of Rus, was erected by the grace of God with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia through labor and funds from the Baltic Construction Company. 2004 from the Nativity of Christ. " On the right is a marble plaque with a list of the board of trustees of the temple.

Inside the temple there is a porcelain iconostasis made in the tradition of the famous Kuznetsov workshops of the 19th century . On the columns are two marble planks with lists of workers while erecting the temple.

Mosaic panels in the Alexander Nevsky Chapel, the belfry and Sunday school are made in the St. Petersburg mosaic workshop of Ekaterina Ogorodnikova. Eight mosaic portraits of the patriarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church were made there for the Patriarchal Hall.

According to Moscow Government Decree No. 600-PP dated October 13, 2014 “On Assigning the Name of a Moscow City Street” to a pedestrian alley located in the Orekhovo-Borisovo North District of the Southern Administrative District of Moscow and leading from Kashirsky Highway to the main entrance of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity, the name - Alley of Patriarch Alexy II.

• Vyacheslav Zakharenkov
• Alexander Karelin
• Grigory Kogatko
• Igor Naivalt
• Georgy Poltavchenko
• Mikhail Posokhin
• Oleg Tabakov
• Oleg Tony
• Albert Charkin

• Demin A.G. Temples and monasteries of Moscow. Guide. - Veche, 2008 .-- 336 p. - (Russian guide). - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9533-1911-9 .