The Moscow church in honor of the Great Martyr George the Victorious in Gruziny is located in an ancient area called Presnya. The name comes from the small river Presnya. In ancient times, during the reign of princes, guests from Novgorod, Smolensk, German and Swedish craftsmen and merchants who came to Moscow were temporarily settled in this area until they settled in Moscow. Therefore, it is no coincidence that it was in the area on Presnya that arose at the beginning

Orthodox Georgia was going through difficult times during this period, being subjected to fierce attacks from Turkey and Persia, and King Vakhtang VI accepted the invitation of Emperor Peter I, moving with his sons Bakar and George and a retinue of more than three thousand people from Georgia to Moscow.

In 1729, Tsar Vakhtang VI was granted a sovereign court in New Voskresensky behind Zemlyanoy Gorod on the Presnya River, and soon Georgian settlements appeared on both banks of it, and on Gruzinskaya Square, where the square with the monument to Shota Rustaveli is now located, the palace of the Georgian king. His son, Tsarevich Georgy Vakhtangovich, a major general in the Russian army, built a wooden parish church in honor of the Great Martyr. George. (CIAM. F. 203. Op. 79. D. 4. L. 13-13 vol.) This is how the first Georgian parish appeared in Moscow. In 1750, the church was consecrated by the Georgian bishop Joseph Samebeli (I. T. Kobulashvili). Divine services in the church were conducted in Georgian. In 1760, Tsarevich George built a great martyr at the church. George chapel in the name of the Nativity of Christ. (CIAM. F. 203. Op. 79. D. 7. L. 4.)

Prince Mikhail Dmitrievich Tsitsianov (1765 - March 28, 1841, Moscow) - senator of the Russian Empire

In 1779, the wooden church burned down (CIAM. F. 203. Op. 79. D. 25. L. 8.), however, its valuable sacristy was saved. In 1792, at the expense of parishioners, the merchant S.P. Vasilyev and the Georgian princes Eristovs and Tsitsianovs (Tsitsishvili), a stone temple with a bell tower was erected in the form of classicism. In 1799, the Tsitsianov princes built mahogany chapels. (CIAM. F. 203. Op. 744. D. 1688. L. 26-28v.). They also donated the most valuable relics to the church - the altar cross, the Gospel, liturgical books, and vessels. Mikhail Dmitrievich Tsitsianov, younger brother of a famous political figure early XIX century Pavel Dmitrievich Tsitsianov - was a church ktitor for 25 years. In 1819, on land donated to the church, he built a stone almshouse for elderly nuns (the building has survived). (RGIA. F. 797. Op. 2. D. 8177.).

In 1841, a new iconostasis was installed in the church, and in 1870, the height of the bell tower was increased. In 1897, a new building in the pseudo-Byzantine style (architect Sretensky) was added to the church, which could no longer accommodate all the parishioners (due to the growing population in this area of ​​Moscow). (RGIA. F. 797. Op. 65. D. 341.)

Facade of the Church of the Great Martyr St. George the Great Martyr, 1830

Church Sun. Vmch. George in Gruziny was rich, it housed Orthodox Georgian relics, as well as a rich library, which contained old printed books in Old Church Slavonic and Georgian. Until the end of the 1920s, services were held in the church. In 1930, the church was closed, both buildings were rebuilt (the bell tower and the dome were dismantled, interfloor ceilings) and transferred to the use of the Electromechanical College named after. Krasina. Ancient books from the church library, icons, like many shrines of Moscow churches, were probably partially exported abroad, and partially transferred to Moscow museums. In 1993, at the request of an initiative group of believers, the ancient part of the Church of St. was returned to the parishioners. Vmch. George, who received the status Patriarchal Metochion; new part and is still busy with the technical school. At the request of believers, a priest from Georgia was appointed its rector to perform divine services in the traditions of the Georgian Orthodox Church. At the request of the Georgian community and the blessing of Patriarch Catholicos Ilia, paint St. George's Church invited the young icon painter Lasha Kintsurashvili. The icon painter worked in the St. George Church with interruptions for about five years. He was inspired by the desire to bring Georgian paintings as a gift to Moscow, so that people, coming to the St. George Church, could say that they had seen the most beautiful shrines of Orthodox Iveria and joined its spirit.

“Faith is,” says the Apostle Paul, “the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen” (Heb. 11:1).

By this faith not only are kingdoms conquered and the mouths of lions stopped, but by this faith the Invisible is exposed and destroyed shrines are brought back to life.

In Kolomenskoye, in the museum under open air, You will see a three-domed wooden temple, this is the Church of St. George the Victorious, created more than three hundred years ago. The temple was brought from the Arkhangelsk region to Moscow relatively recently - in 2008, and its story, which ended with a happy ending, is unusual.

The Church of St. George the Victorious in the Museum of Wooden Architecture should not be confused with the stone St. George Church with a bell tower on Ascension Square.

The temple was built in 1685 at the expense of parishioners in the village of Semenovskoye on the banks of the small river Erga, a tributary of the Northern Dvina. It was a cold temple, and next to it was a warm wooden Nativity Church.

In the fire of 1720, the Church of the Nativity burned down, but the Church of St. George, fortunately, survived. Later, the burnt temple was rebuilt.

Before Soviet times, both churches were operational and in fairly good condition.

Alas, in the 30s, when there was a struggle against religion everywhere, churches were closed, their property was looted, and the premises were used for a variety of needs. In the 70s of the 20th century, nearby villages began to empty out, churches were abandoned and began to deteriorate. At the end of the 20th century, the Church of the Nativity burned down.

For many years, the surviving Church of St. George the Victorious stood without domes, abandoned and overgrown with weeds. In 2003, it was accidentally discovered by Ivan Glazunov, the son of the famous artist Ilya Glazunov. On his initiative and by decision of the Moscow authorities, the monument was transported to Kolomenskoye.

The restoration of the architectural monument took three years. Initially, it was believed that the structure was created in the 19th century, but experts who carried out the restoration made an unexpected discovery - they discovered a half-erased inscription indicating the year of the temple’s consecration - 1688.

The temple has a high basement and is a two-tiered structure with small windows, built of pine logs. Pay attention to the decorated belt under the roof; this is where a record was originally discovered with the date of the consecration of the temple - 1688. The structure ends with a barrel-shaped roof with three domes and crosses.

• On the eastern side of the temple there is an altar extension, also ending with a barrel-shaped roof
• WITH west side- covered porch and stairs leading to the upper tier. Initially, a covered gallery surrounded the entire temple.

The Church of St. George the Victorious is available for viewing from the outside throughout the year. You will see that the new logs are a little lighter than the old ones - from the 17th century. From May to October, by purchasing a ticket, you can enter the temple (in winter the building is preserved and closed). In the basement there is an exhibition telling about the history of the architectural monument; in the main volume of the temple there is preserved painting from the end of the 19th century that decorated its internal vaults.

Opening hours of the exhibition in the Church of St. George the Victorious - summer 2019

• IN summer period(from April 1 to September 30)
  • Every day, except Monday and Friday, from 10:00 to 18:00
  • Fridays from 11:00 to 19:00
  • Monday - day off
• IN winter period(from October 1 to March 31)
  • From Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00
  • Monday - day off

Ticket prices for the exhibition in the Church of St. George the Victorious - summer 2019

• For adults - 150 rub.
• For schoolchildren and pensioners - 50 rubles.
• For full-time students state universities RF - free
• For children under 6 years old inclusive - free

Church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious (on Pskov Mountain).

Let's talk about the Orthodox capital. About our Mother See of Moscow, about the churches of St. George...

On Pskovskaya Gorka, on Varvarka Street

The statue of George was not the first work of art dedicated to the great martyr. Already in 1462, and according to some sources as early as end of the 14th century centuries, not far from the Kremlin, in a place a little later called Pskovskaya Gorka, on Varvarka Street, there stood the Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God. This church was often called after the chapel the Church of St. George the Great Martyr (Passion-Bearer).

It is very important to recall once again that almost all the churches of St. George built in Moscow before the 20th century were called exactly this: the Church of St. George the Great Martyr. Christians went to the Great Martyr, but not to the Victorious One! Because good people People don’t go to church for victories...

In 1658 on a white stone foundation old church The craftsmen erected a new temple, to which the people gave the name “Egory Stone”. The place here was lively, as evidenced by “the noticeable names of the church, very figurative among the Russian people, often in one word or expression giving a surprisingly accurate, memorable description of both the place and the time.

“Near the Varvarsky Cross near the prisons,” they said about the location in the 16th century. Because Varvarka faced a crossroads of four streets, not far from which stood the Tsar’s prison yard.

"On the Pskov Hill." The hill has always been here, but it was named Pskovskaya after the Pskovites began to settle here. Here's the story. Grand Duke Moscow Vasily III (1479 - 1533) annexed Pskov to Moscow, overpowered the Pskov nobility to the capital city, to his side, half a kilometer from the Kremlin, so that they would quickly get used to everything Moscow and forget about the Pskov Veche Republic and would not riot. Pskovites, and now Muscovites, lived on the banks of the Moscow River, worked, gave birth to children, time passed - the time of veche republics and appanage principalities in Rus' was gone.

Nowadays you can hardly find “people from Pskov” among the inhabitants of the capital, but Pskovskaya Gorka remains. And on it stands the Church of St. George.

"What's in the streets" - they said in 1674. Or "At the Old Prisons." “On the five streets of Tregubov”... Owners and kings changed, life changed. The name of the church did not change. This is what is important for our conversation. Even in the 18th century, when Russia won great victories, the temple was still called the Church of St. George the Great Martyr and Passion-Bearer! During the fire of 1812, the temple was badly damaged, but after 6 years, “at the expense of the Moscow merchant Pyotr Fedorovich Solovyov,” the church was restored and a bell tower was added to it. Great victory won the Russian people in that war. It seemed that the case itself ordered the addition of the second name of the Victorious to St. George the Great Martyr. But no one had any thoughts about this. Because Moscow suffered the greatest suffering in that war? No, that's not the only reason. But mainly because wise people do not shout about victories - after all reverse side For any victory there is great suffering and equally great work.

In the twentieth century, churches in Russia were left out of business. Even those that were not demolished by the great human hurricane. This fate did not escape the Church of St. George the Great Martyr on Pskov Hill.

For a long time she “stood under state protection under No. 61, and the state had a lot to do without her. It hasn't been repaired for many years. On the roof, a tree sprouted and began to grow, the roof on the bell tower collapsed, as if it had been blown away by the wind, the domes had holes, and the dome on the bell tower tilted. In 1964, a huge parallelepiped of glass and concrete was built on the banks of the Moscow River - the Rossiya Hotel. The small old streets in its background were demolished. But they left the church and restored it, and it turned out beautiful! Along the strict glass-concrete hotel wall, opposite from the river bank, there is a “church street” stretching from St. Basil’s Cathedral, on the edge of which stands the Church of St. George the Great Martyr, as if a guard stands at the entrance to the hotel territory. There is something to protect in Moscow! In 1967, when builders began constructing the northern ramp, a clay jug with a unique treasure of silver coins was discovered not far from the church at a depth of seven meters!

The church was restored under the leadership of E. A. Deistfeld in 1965 - 1972. People rejoiced, looking at the guardian of “Russia”.

In 1991, the church was returned to the believers, and repair and restoration work began here.

On Bolshaya Dmitrovka

“Known in stone since 1462” is the Church of St. George the Great Martyr on Bolshaya Dmitrovka. At the beginning of the 16th century, nobility settled in the old Dmitrovskaya Sloboda. The cozy slope of a sloping hill was occupied by Yu. Z. Koshkin-Kobylin, the uncle of Tsarina Anastasia Romanovna. His heavenly patron was St. George. Perhaps that is why the nunnery, which was founded after his death by the queen’s aunt F.Yu. Romanov, was named St. George’s. Later the lane was named Georgievsky. In 1690, a new large church was built on the site of the old one.

Moscow. The Kazan and St. George churches (behind) the former St. George Monastery on Bolshaya Dmitrovka. 1881 Naydenov N. A. Moscow. Cathedrals, monasteries and churches. Part II: White City. M., 1882, N 15

Life in the nunnery flowed according to its quiet laws, but in 1812 Napoleonic regiments entered Moscow, and everything turned upside down. On the fourth of September the French burst into St. George's - women's! - the monastery, they plundered the churches, grabbed everything that was in bad shape, and calmly went on to rob. The abbess of the monastery managed to bury valuable property the day before, and the soldiers did not dare to plunder the sacristy. And yet the consequences of the French invasion were sad for the monastery. The monastery was abolished, the churches became parish churches, and houses for church servants were built on the territory.

In 1930, the government issued a decree on the demolition of St. George's Cathedral. They measured it, photographed it, handed it over to a taxi company for a while, then demolished it and built a school on the slope, also an important object for the city. The icon of St. George the Great Martyr was transferred to the Church of the Resurrection of the Word on the Assumption Vrazhek, and recently Moscow accepted the monastery’s cells for state protection.

In 1990, archaeologists discovered a gold cross and two yarns dating back to the 16th century in one of the graveyard coffins. Of course, it will not be possible to restore the Church of St. George on Bolshaya Dmitrovka, but something else is encouraging. Literally, in front of Muscovites in short terms the building of the first city power plant, built according to the design of the architect V. Sher in 1883, was renovated former territory monastery Few people remember the original purpose of this long house, but after restoration with the introduction of a stylized church building into the exterior, it attracts the attention of people scurrying about. At the main entrance to the building there is the coat of arms of Moscow and the inscription: “Exhibition Hall. Small arena."

In Old Archers

The Church of St. George the Great Martyr, in Starye Luchniki, has been known since the 1460s. Then there was the Archers tract, whose inhabitants, according to some sources, made military bows, and according to others, they traded onions. However, one does not interfere with the other, and neither does the third! Here, on the meadows, Muscovites drove their cows, and in the 17th century this place was called the “old Cow’s Playground.” The cows felt good here because the meadows were located next to the Church of St. George (“Egoria in Luzhki”), and he has long been considered the patron saint of livestock in Rus'. We talked about this quality of the saint; it emphasizes Yegory’s peaceful character, his predisposition towards those who go out into the field every day, drive cattle out into the meadows in the hope that Yegory will help out if necessary.

And, apparently, he helped, if people drove their cows here for several centuries.

IN early XVII centuries, craftsmen erected a stone church. She has seen everything in three centuries. Not far from the Luchniki tract there was another “Old Prison Yard”. No one has yet said that Yegoriy was the patron saint of criminals, but how can even the greatest of preachers of the faith be considered a Saint if he at least once turns his gaze away from the eyes of a lost person, lost in the whirlwind of life?! No. This is not holiness. It is not for nothing that several churches of St. George the Great Martyr were erected next to prison yards.

In the thirties of the 20th century, people dismantled the ends of the church and the bell tower, but did not completely destroy it. There were no large construction projects planned on this side of the street, and the building was useful for the workshop of a closed factory that had been carrying out its plan here for twenty years.

Currently in the church, dilapidated, front windows People in overalls appeared with sadness looking at the strong building of the Polytechnic Museum. They dream of restoring the church in Stari Luchniki. Of course, no one will drive cows here anymore, but parishioners will go to St. George with great joy.

On Vspolye (“In Ordyntsy”)

The Church of the Iveron Mother of God, along the chapel of “George the Great Martyr, which is on Vspolye” (“in Ordyntsy”), is known for the fact that even before the accession of the Romanovs, it received a ruga, a salary from the treasury. At the end of the 17th century, a stone church was erected on the site of a wooden one, and in 1802, at the expense of Captain Ivan Savinov, the main temple was erected. It was then that the Iversky chapel was renamed Georgievsky. But why did the battle captain come up with such an idea? The fact is that Paul I did not recognize the “imperial military order of the Great Martyr and Victorious” established by Catherine II, his mother (we will talk about it later). Moreover, the new ruler wanted to introduce new system awards, in which no place was intended for the Order of St. George. Any person, remembering the holders of the order, Russian commanders and soldiers, as well as the highest status of the award, would be surprised at such a decision. The officers could not come to terms with this. Captain Savinov spent his money on restoring the temple, and was the captain right? The parishioners of the church answered this question: a few years later they all called the temple after St. George the Great Martyr.

The church was renovated several times, but in the early thirties of the 20th century it was closed, and so that the holy place would not be empty, they placed a club of an auto repair plant in it, then gave the premises to modern artists, and only in 1992 services were resumed in the church.

On Vspolye, on Malaya Nikitskaya

On another Vspolye, on Malaya Nikitskaya, at the beginning of the 17th century there stood the Church of St. George the Victorious. Another Georgievsky Lane got its name from it. A stone temple was built in 1655, it was repeatedly restored, updated, last time in 1868.

In 1922, the lane was named Vspolny, and ten years later the church was demolished and a massive building was built in its place for the Central House of Radio Broadcasting and Sound Recording. And not even a trace remained in the local landscape, carefully lined with brick buildings, from the times when Muscovites came to the church on Vspolye on Malaya Nikitskaya, where boyar N. I. Romanov, a cousin of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich, once lived in a mansion. .

He lived on a grand scale and loved foreign trifles. One of them played a role in history. Once, visiting a village that once belonged to an eccentric boyar, Peter I found an English boat in an old barn. Russian craftsmen copied two bots from it. One swam along the Moscow River, entertaining the audience. On the other, the Tsar and the first Russian sailors trained in maritime affairs on Lake Pleshcheyevo. The dimensions of the lake are small, six by nine miles, the waves are not ocean-like, but frequent and capricious. The English boat N.I. Romanov taught the sailors a lot, after whose death a stone church of St. George was built in his vast yard. A monument was erected to Botik on the shore of Lake Pleshcheevo, the eccentric boyar is rarely remembered, and no one knows about the Church of St. George, in which many people prayed to God for more than three centuries. Because it is not customary to erect memorial plaques to churches.

On Krasnaya Gorka, on Mokhovaya

The Church of St. George on Krasnaya Gorka, on Mokhovaya, “has been known from an incense book since 1619.” It was founded by Marfa, the mother of Mikhail Fedorovich. She appointed a rug for the servants. Ten years later the church burned down. In 1657, a new one was built in its place.

Here in 1816 the “chapel of the martyr Tatiana” was consecrated, on whose day, January 12 (25 - new style), 1755, Moscow University was founded. In the 19th century, the church was rebuilt and updated three times. In the thirties of the 20th century it was demolished. In 1934, the architect I. Zholtovsky erected a residential building in its place. They don’t think about making memorial inscriptions on his walls. But Moscow students of all generations will forever remember their holiday - Tatiana’s Day.

In Yandov (on Osipenko Street)

The Church of St. George the Great Martyr and Victorious in Yandov (on modern Osipenko Street, 6) was built at the beginning of the 17th century before the Time of Troubles.

In ancient times, the Moscow River flowed along this street, its bed slowly moving from south to north to Borovitsky Hill. A wonderful place for nature lovers. But for builders it is troublesome. In the 16th-18th centuries, this area was completely filled with water during spring floods; it did not subside for a long time, forming small lakes. From them the Ozerkovskaya embankment and alley were named. The constant swampiness of the area gave the name to another famous street - Balchug (“Bal-chek” in Tatar swamp, mud). And Yandova are low, tinned copper holders for beer, mash, and honey. They served drinks at feasts, as well as in taverns.

The first “tsar’s tavern” in Moscow appeared in this area by order of Ivan the Terrible, who wanted his guardsmen to revel not far from the Sovereign’s Garden, the gates of which overlooked Balchug, to the doors of the tavern. This place was a great deal. There were Meat, Kalachny, Malt rows, shops with other products, and St. George at the intersection of Sadovnicheskaya Street and Balchug was simply necessary...

In 1653 a stone church was built. And in 1701 a fire hit Balchug. He destroyed shops and yards and killed many people. A few years later it began to seethe again. People restored what was destroyed by fire, but in 1730 a fire struck Balchug again, and again people took up axes, saws, and hammers. In the spring of 1783, water began to work, it demolished and destroyed wooden and stone buildings, including the bell tower of the Church of St. George. In 1806, at the expense of Demidov, the bell tower was restored.

The Church of St. George in Yandov was regularly repaired and renovated until 1917, when it was closed, but, thank the Almighty, it was not broken. In the seventies, the temple was restored and for some reason painted black. This oversight, however, was quickly corrected, the church was repainted in a sunny yellow color scheme, and in this form it received parishioners.

In the village of Kolomenskoye on the Moscow River

The Church of the Great Martyr George in the village of Kolomenskoye on the Moscow River was built in the 16th century. On the outskirts of the modern capital, life in those centuries proceeded according to rural laws, although sometimes stormy winds brought militant people here, and there was blood in the vicinity of the battle. In the 15th-17th centuries there was a grand ducal and then a royal estate here. In 1606, I. I. Bolotnikov camped in the village. In 1662, the so-called “copper riot” broke out in Moscow. The rebels headed to the village of Kolomenskoye, where Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich promised people to reduce taxes and conduct an investigation into the abuses that arose after the release of a huge amount of copper money in 1654, which sharply worsened the situation of the people. The rebels turned back, met with a new party of dissatisfied townspeople, and returned to the village. Now the king brought in troops. There were many casualties. The “Copper Riot” was brutally suppressed, but copper money was still abolished.

Peter I spent his childhood in the village of Kolomenskoye. In the 18th century, the State and Sadovaya Slobodas were established here to cultivate the royal gardens...

The Church of the Great Martyr George was constantly updated, most recently in 1966-1967 under the leadership of the architect N. N. Sveshnikov.

In Georgians

The Church of St. George the Great Martyr in Gruziny was built at the request of the Georgian king Vakhtang Levanovich, who moved to Moscow in 1725 with his sons Bakar and George and a large retinue. Russian Tsar Peter II allocated funds from the treasury for the settlement of new settlers. Tsarevich George built the Church of George. It was consecrated in 1760, but twenty years later a fire destroyed the temple. In 1788, construction of a stone church began at the expense of parishioners and S.P. Vasiliev. In 1793 it received parishioners. The chapel of St. George the Great Martyr was consecrated in 1800.

Construction and expansion of the temple continued until the beginning of the twentieth century. And in 1922 it was closed, the bell tower was destroyed, the building was given to the Electrical Engineering College and only in 1991 was returned to believers.

On the Kadetsky parade ground (1 Krasnokursantsky proezd)

The Church of St. George the Victorious at the military paramedic school in a building on the Kadetsky Parade Ground (1 Krasnokursantsky Proezd) was built in 1885. Over the course of a century, the house grew by one floor, a medical service building was added to the side, but for some reason not even a nail, not even a brick from the Church of St. George remained here...

Military paramedic school

On Khamovnichesky parade ground

The Church of St. George the Victorious of the Sumy Regiment on Khamovnichesky Parade Ground was built of wood in 1910 under the leadership of architect N.I. Boni. Probably, over time, a stone church would have been erected here, but the temple was unlucky, perhaps more than all Moscow churches: seven years later it was demolished.

Church of St. George the Victorious on Khamovniki parade ground. TsIG Archive

For a long time, Khamovnichesky (Frunzensky) parade ground was not of interest to city planners, but in 1958, Komsomolsky Avenue was built through it, along which hundreds of thousands of cars rush every day.

Alexander Toroptsev

Moskvoretsk deanery of Moscow
(Tsentralny district, Zamoskvorechye and Yakimanka departments)

The first church on this site was built before 1612 by Archbishop. Arseny Elassonsky. Near the temple, Tsar Ivan the Terrible built the first “tsar’s tavern” for the guardsmen. “Yandova”, “endova” is a copper vessel for beer, mash, honey. The current temple was built in 1653. It was closed in 1935 and housed a dormitory, then a warehouse and institutions. Partially restored in the 1970s. Worship services resumed in 1993.

Thrones

Shrines:

• Icon Mother of God""Sovereign""
• Icon of St. Zosima, Savvaty and Herman Solovetsky with particles of relics
• Icon of the Great Martyr. Panteleimon with a particle of relics
• Icon of St. Optina Elders with particles of relics
• Icon of St. blgv. book Anna Kashinskaya with a particle of her relics
• A piece of the relics of the Great Martyr. St. George the Victorious
• A piece of the relics of St. Feofan the Recluse
• A particle of the relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov
• A piece of the relics of St. blzh. eldress Matrona
• Worship cross in prayerful remembrance of all Orthodox Christians, in the cruel time of godlessness on the Solovetsky Islands, victims

Address, telephone numbers and directions

Directions from the site nakarte.ru:

Note: In the church courtyard of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Solovetsky Monastery

Schedule: daily, matins at 7 a.m., vespers at 5 p.m., Saturday, Sunday. and holiday - Liturgy at 8 o'clock.

Telephone: 251-56-44

Address: st. Osipenko, 6

Directions: M. "Novokuznetskaya", author. 25, K, troll. 25, stop. "Balchug".

Nearest metro:

• Metro "Novokuznetskaya"

Clergy:

The rector of the metochion is Abbot Methodius (Morozov).

Attention! Information about the composition of the clergy and service schedule may be out of date.
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History of construction

Russian Church in Lviv

Shrines

Monument in honor of the two thousandth anniversary of the Nativity of Christ and the centenary of the temple

The temple preserves particles of the relics of the Holy Great Martyr Barbara, the Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Caves, the Venerable Job (abbot of Pochaev), Joasaph of Belgorod, and Kuksha of Odessa. The temple also contains a copy of the Tikhvin-Tear-Growing icon, painted and consecrated on Mount Athos, which was transferred from the Russian hermits to the Russian Imperial Consulate in Lvov. The icon located in the temple was recognized as miraculous by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).

Current situation

The rector of the Church of the Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious was Protopresbyter Vasily Ostashevsky (he reposed in the Lord on May 15, 2007). Since the year, as before, it has become a cathedral and now the only Russian Orthodox church in Lviv. Since the same year, Bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) Augustine (Markevich) has been at the Lviv See. Until the beginning of the year, Archpriest Andrei Tkachev, the host of television programs on the all-Ukrainian television channel, served in the church. Kievan Rus» , .

At the church there is an editorial office of the diocesan newspaper "The Light of Orthodoxy", there are Higher Theological Courses, a missionary department, an Orthodox youth brotherhood, a library. An Orthodox magazine for children "Bozhya Nivka" (Russian: "God's meadow") is published.

Divine services are performed daily, the language of worship is Church Slavonic; sermons are delivered in Russian and Ukrainian.

The territory of the temple is adjacent to the building of the Lviv Russian Cultural Center named after. Pushkin.

Notes

Links

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