Muscovites were lucky. When the soul asks for something bright and kind, a resident of literally every microdistrict can go to a small church or a magnificent cathedral, defend a service or talk one-on-one with God, flood candles at the icons for the health of the living and in memory of the dead.
The notorious "pies"
In the Russian language there are many words and phrases used not in the literal, but in the figurative sense. They are well understood only by those who have a given native language, who are familiar with the history of their native country "from Romulus to the present day." This includes the famous Makarov calves, and crayfish whistling on the mountain, and "pies" located in the middle of nowhere. And somehow the temple of All Saints in Kulishki belongs to all this. Let's try to figure it out!
Once Kulizhki (Dahl noted in his dictionary) forest glades remote from human settlements, swamps with small islands were called. Then, in about 13-14 centuries, the word became synonymous with “the ends of the earth”, the distant borders of any locality. Moscow at that time already existed, but was still a small city, consisting entirely of wooden buildings. At the behest of Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy, in honor of the soldiers who died in 1380 during the Battle of Kulikovo, the first All Saints Church was built in Kulishki (then a small church near the city limits - now it is the historical center of the capital).
History in detail
The wooden church, as usual, did not survive: it burned down in one of the Moscow fires, which were not rare in those days. The second life of the church was given much later, in the first half of the 17th century. Since that time, the very temple of All Saints in Kulishki was rebuilt, which exists to this day. In the 19th century it was restored for the first time, the second update was already in the post-perestroika period of the 20th century.
From the beginning of the establishment of Bolshevik power, the parish was closed, and the premises, including basements, were used as investigation rooms and torture rooms. Executions were immediately carried out. Then, since the architecture of the temple was of great historical value, the church was given to the Historical Museum.
During the next restoration under the fresh foundation found the remains of a 14th-century building. At the moment, the Church of All Saints in Kulishki is Orthodox, belongs to the Moscow diocese of the Intercession of the Intercession, stands on Slavyanskaya Square, near Kitay-Gorod.
In holy places
Kulichki, as experts in Moscow life and history will tell you, is a completely unusual place. First of all, by the number of “places of worship” - churches, cathedrals, parishes. For example, passing by, you can not stop by the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Kulishki. It is also called the "Christmas Church on Strelka". This is an Orthodox religious institution related to the Pokrovsky deanery of the diocese of the capital.
Those who want to visit this temple in Kulishki in Moscow should go to the Taganka district (Central Administrative District). The main feature of the church: services are held in Church Slavonic and Ossetian dialects. One of the limits is dedicated to
John the Theologian, the second to Dmitry Solunsky.
Faces of the Mother of God
The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kulishki, like many places of true faith, has a unique fate. The first mention of it is found in documents of the 16th century. It was then, in 1547, that there was a wooden church in honor of the Nativity of the Virgin. It was located at the fork of two then important routes: towards the Yauza River, then to the future Kolomenskoye road and further to the Principality of Ryazan. The second path led to the settlement of Vorontsovo. Therefore, it was said that the church stands "on the arrow."
Its building in ancient times served as a gathering place for the Rusich at the Battle of Kulikovo. As a result of this, many historians associate this church with the Church of All Saints, subsequently the very temple in Kulishki, which was described above. A brick building was built here in the 17th century. The fire of Moscow in 1812 caused irreparable damage to the temple, the Soviet government completed the ruin. And only in 1996, at the request and blessing of Patriarch Alexy, the temple was transferred for religious use to the Moscow Ossetian community. Now he stands on the Alansky Compound.
Temple of the Three Hierarchs
And finally, another holy place - the temple of the Three Saints in Kulishki. This is an
Orthodox church, it is located in one of the old districts of Moscow - Basmanny, in Khitrovsky Lane. The main lower throne of the monastery is dedicated to Ecumenical Teachers, side-altars belong to Saints Frol and Laurus, and the upper church was erected in honor of the
Holy Trinity. Now it is the Solyansky district of Moscow, along with adjacent lanes, right up to the boulevard and the embankment
of the Yauza River.Living story
The temple was built in the 15th century by order of Prince Vasily 1. It adjoined the princely summer palace with magnificent fruit orchards and the stables adjoining to them. A small church towered in the horse yard, because Frol and Laurus have long been revered as patrons of horses and domestic animals. Then they added to it the home church of the Metropolitan, built in the name of the Three Ecumenical Saints - John Chrysostom, Gregory the Theologian, Basil the Great.
Then, from the 17th to the 19th century, the building was rebuilt, improved, restored at the expense of parishioners and voluntary donors, philanthropists. In Soviet times, the temple was ruined, unique icons and other objects of worship were destroyed. The restoration of the church began in the late 90s, and is ongoing now. There are Orthodox courses for regents (leaders of church choirs), Orthodox and Sunday schools, and an icon painting workshop at the church.