Nicholas the Wonderworker in the bell ringers. St. Nicholas Church in the bell ringers at Christmas
An Orthodox church, since 1996 belonging to the Moscow courtyard of Pyukhtitsky convent in Estonia. The building was built by the architect in 1762; the bell tower dates back to a later period.
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The first church on the site of the modern one appeared during the time of Ivan the Terrible. Then there was a wooden church of St. Nicholas the Pleasant, which was called St. Nicholas of Bozhedomsky, since it had a “poor house” where people who died an unfortunate death were taken for burial.
The church, which was mentioned in 1619 as a wooden one, subsequently burned several times and was restored with the help of parishioners, and since 1657 it is already mentioned as a stone one.
Then, when the Zvonarskaya settlement was formed on Rozhdestvenka, in which bell ringers and watchmen of the Kremlin churches settled, the church received the name “Nikola in Zvonary”, which was assigned to it in 1677.
NVO, GNU 1.2In 1760, with the money of Count Ivan Illarionovich Vorontsov, who had a large estate nearby, construction began on a new stone church. The author of the project was the famous Baroque architect Karl Blank. Construction of the temple lasted until 1781.
The church, built in the Baroque style with a slight influence of classicism, is a tall octagon on a quadrangle elongated from north to south, with a dome and a small traditional onion dome. It is decorated with carved white stone decor, the octagon is decorated with capitals on the corner pilasters, as well as large platbands.
In this form, the temple has survived to this day, having undergone minor changes - after the Patriotic War of 1812, two porches and a stone fence were redone, a new two-altar refectory and a bell tower in the classic style were added, and restoration was carried out in 1900.
SergeyStepykin, CC BY-SA 3.0 In the 1930s, the temple was closed and converted into a warehouse; then there was the drawing department of the Moscow Architectural Institute located nearby.
SergeyStepykin, CC BY-SA 3.0
The current Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Zvonary was built in 1762 by the famous Moscow architect Karl Blank.
Karl Ivanovich, a master of Baroque and early classicism, gave Muscovites more than one wonderful architectural monument. According to his designs, a number of Orthodox churches were built in Moscow, but, unfortunately, not all of them survived.
The architect himself for a long time lived on Rozhdestvenka, apparently in the domain of Count I.I. Vorontsova. It was Vorontsov who became the builder of the church in Zvonary.
But the church on Rozhdestvenka first appeared long before the 18th century. In the old days, there was a “Wretched House” here, where people who had no relatives who died an unfortunate death on the street were taken for burial, and next to it was the wooden St. Nicholas Church, which received the name of St. Nicholas of Bozhedomsky. Later, when all the “poor houses” were transferred to the outskirts of the city, the temple became parish church Zvonarskaya Sloboda and became known as “Nikola in Zvonary”: the ringers of the Kremlin bell towers and church watchmen have long chosen the high left bank of the Neglinka River not far from the Nativity Monastery.
The church burned several times, it was restored again, and in 1657 it was rebuilt in stone.
A hundred years later, a decision was made to rebuild the temple. It was then that the new Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was built in Zvonary, which we know today. It was built in the Baroque style with elements of classicism and consists of a two-aisle church with the main Annunciation throne and an aisle in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, as well as a later two-aisle refectory and a bell tower. On an elongated quadrangle rises a slender octagon, crowned with a small onion-shaped dome. The temple is decorated with white stone, lush capitals and large platbands decorated with seraphim heads.
During the Patriotic War of 1812, the building was damaged, as a result of which the stone fence and two porches were rebuilt. At the same time, the church received a new refectory and bell tower in the classical style.
In 1933 the temple was closed. Initially, it was used as a warehouse, and later the building was transferred to the Moscow Architectural Institute, and the Drawing Department of the Moscow Architectural Institute was located here.
In 1994, the church was returned to the believers, and work began on the restoration and restoration of the temple. At the same time, Patriarch Alexy II decided to create a metochion of the Pyukhtetsky Monastery in Moscow, and the church in Zvonary was chosen as the temple for the metochion.
The story of the icon of the Mother of God “Seeking the Lost,” which today is in the St. Nicholas Church, is curious: it miraculously survived thanks to an elderly parishioner who saved it and transferred it to the Pukhtitsa convent near Tallinn. After the establishment of the courtyard of the Assumption Pyukhtitsa convent, the icon was returned with honors to the Church of St. Nicholas in Zvonary.
Photo: Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Zvonary
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The current appearance of the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Zvonary was created by the famous 18th-century architect Karl Blank, although the temple itself was founded in the 15th century, during the reign of Ivan III the Great.
The first church on the site of the temple was wooden and was known as the Church of St. Nicholas of Bozhedomsky - adjacent to it was the so-called “poor house”, a small building where the bodies of dead beggars, wanderers, found drowned people and other unfortunates were taken. The church at the “poor house” suffered from fires several times, until after the mid-17th century it was rebuilt in stone.
The St. Nicholas Church received the name “in Zvonary” a little later, when watchmen of the churches of the Moscow Kremlin and craftsmen began to settle in these places bell ringing, including those who served at the Ivan the Great bell tower.
The construction of the next stone church building was financed in the second half of the 18th century by Count Ivan Vorontsov, whose estate was located nearby. Vorontsov entrusted the development of the project to Karl Blank. The construction of a new building in the Moscow Baroque style continued until 1781. With minor changes made after the War of 1812 and at the beginning of the twentieth century, this version of the building has survived to this day.
Under the Soviets, the temple was closed in the 30s and turned into a warehouse. Later, one of the departments of the Moscow Architectural Institute was located in its premises. In the mid-90s, restoration of the temple began, and a couple of years later it acquired the status of a courtyard of the Pukhtitsa convent, located in Estonia.
Currently, the temple has several chapels, one of which is consecrated in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker; after the main altar, the temple is called in honor of the Annunciation Holy Mother of God. The most revered shrines of the temple are the icons of the “Assumption of the Mother of God” and the icon of the Mother of God “Seeking the Lost.” The temple building is protected by the state as a cultural heritage site.
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Zvonary - Orthodox church, since 1996 belonging to the Moscow courtyard of the Pukhtitsa convent in Estonia. The building was built by architect Karl Blanc in 1762; the bell tower dates back to a later period.
The first church on the site of the modern one Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Zvonary appeared during the time of Ivan the Terrible. Then there was a wooden church of St. Nicholas the Pleasant, which was called St. Nicholas of Bozhedomsky, since it had a “poor house” where people who died an unfortunate death were taken for burial.
The church, which was mentioned in 1619 as a wooden one, subsequently burned several times and was restored with the help of parishioners, and since 1657 it is already mentioned as a stone one. Then, when the Zvonarskaya settlement was formed on Rozhdestvenka, in which the bell ringers of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower and the guards of the Kremlin churches settled, the church received the name “Nikola in Zvonary”, which was assigned to it in 1677.
In 1860, with the money of Count Ivan Illarionovich Vorontsov, who had a large estate nearby, construction of a new stone church began. The author of the project was the famous Baroque architect Karl Blank. Construction of the temple lasted until 1781. The church, built in the Baroque style with a slight influence of classicism, is a tall octagon on a quadrangle elongated from north to south, with a dome and a small traditional onion dome. It is decorated with carved white stone decor, the octagon is decorated with capitals on the corner pilasters, as well as large platbands. In this form Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Zvonary has survived to this day, having undergone minor changes - after the Patriotic War of 1812, two porches and a stone fence were redone, a new two-altar refectory and a bell tower in the classic style were added, and restoration was carried out in 1900.
In the 1930s, the temple was closed and converted into a warehouse; then there was the drawing department of the Moscow Architectural Institute located nearby.
In 1996, Patriarch Alexy II decided to create a metochion of the Pyukhtetsky Monastery in Moscow, and it was chosen as the main church for the metochion Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Zvonary. Work on the restoration of the temple began in 1994, with the help of three novices of the Pyukhtitsa monastery who moved to Moscow and new parishioners who came to the church. Subsequently, the restoration of the temple was continued by Mosremstroy.
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The bell ringers and guards of the Kremlin churches and cathedrals were settled in a settlement (modern Zvonarsky Lane) near the city. They built for themselves the Church of St. Nicholas of Bozhedomsky; in former times there was a poor house attached to it. In sources the church is mentioned from the city.Shrines: the revered icon of the Mother of God "Seeking the Lost", the icon of the Dormition of the Mother of God.
Divine services: on weekdays (as scheduled) - Liturgy at 8.00, on Sundays and holidays Liturgy at 9.00, the day before - all-night vigil at 17.00. The monastic choir sings in the Pukhtitsa chant.
Clergy
Abbots
- Bogoroditsky Alexander Georgievich, prot. - 1914
- Zverev Alexander Alexandrovich -
- Berezkin Ivan Mikhailovich -
Priests
- Berezkin Ivan Mikhailovich -
- Gruzinov Sergey Petrovich - 1933
Deacons
- Rozhdestvensky M.P. + g.
- Uspensky Mikhail Vasilievich - 1914
- Barabanov Matvey Grigorievich - 1933
The abbess of the courtyard - abbess
