1694 from the Nativity.In Russia, the Romanov dynasty.Already dead quietest Alexei Mikhailovich.On the throne of his sickly son, and all state affairs run by energetic, ambitious, power hungry Sofia.She fiercely hates growing "cub" consolidated Petrusha brother.
Basmannaya Sloboda
Moscow Boyar, a slow, sleepy.Confusion streets and alleys.They grow chaotically, without a plan.Around the gardens, and the village of Posada.A hamlet Yelokhovo already have a church of the Epiphany.It is now colloquially Yelokhovskaya church Bauman, majestic and elegant at the same time.And if it is small, poor, wooden.But it has a chapel in honor of the Annunciation.Adjacent to the church Basmannaya Sloboda.Historians no unequivocal opinion, what does its inhabitants: whether made decorative ornaments for the salaries of icons, or bread baked with special stamps - "Basma".But Moscow is gradually increasing, and Yelokhovo becomes part of it.
where the cross Pushkin
German settlement near also growing, and the means of the congregation, which became too small ancient temple, put a new stone.It is not rich nobles-Pushkin brought to baptize and to name the name of his son Alexander.June 8 baby baptized in the refectory, and it survives to this day.This is the record in the Church of the Epiphany in Yelokhovo, then known as the modern church Yelokhovskaya
heirs of Byzantium
time flew.Moscow burned in a fire in the hour of trials of war with Napoleon.But the church survived.However, it was decided to reconstruct.It was entrusted to Evgraf Dmitrievich Tyurin.The project he started in 1837, and 26 years later, the church was consecrated by Metropolitan Filaret.In those days, the idea of empire, that brings together the vast expanses, it was dominant.It's not so bad.Empire - an ancient concept that comes to us from the Orient through the Byzantine Empire, or as they themselves call their country "the empire of the Romans," keeps the traditions of the Roman Empire, Roman law and Orthodoxy.Now, the new church was conceived and built in Imperial Empire style.It was to emphasize the greatness and the defeat of Napoleon, and the capture of Paris, and the dream of a great destiny of the country.Burgher's son, a talented architect who designed and built the imposing cathedral with five domes.The central dome is powerful as well as architectural structures of Michelangelo in Rome.Belfry needle oriented towards the sky and rises above all the surrounding buildings so far.It has preserved almost all of the bells, which were put under construction.This is an old, one-story often Basmanny District . Bauman Yelokhovskaya church - the central unifying core of the place.Shining azure and golden domes, it stands out from the landscape and discreet eye-catcher.Past can not pass.Come into it.
inputs - a triumphal arch.Inside the church Yelokhovskaya on Bauman re-painted, gilded iconostasis in five tiers.Radiance, Byzantine luxury perfumes, namolennye - atmosphere that captivates and plunges in thought, far from everyday life.The Soul is strengthened and imbued with purity and poetry.It fills the humility, patience and love.Fallen raised by an unknown force.Seeker is slowly beginning to understand, which should live and die for what.No wonder the central rotunda is so large that can accommodate thousands of people with different pleas and weaknesses.Light passes it through the high windows.Big side entrances are separated by columns.Each chapel has its own name.The Church has never closed, although she threatened to such a sad fate - to become a cinema or even be destroyed.
appearance of the cathedral
As Bloch Cathedral in Moscow temple has existed since the 30s.He became the main church of the country where services were patriarchs, metropolitans, bishops.During the war, the cathedral was mined to the Nazis were not able to abuse at him, if they enter into Moscow.In the first days of the attack was conducted prayers for victory over evil forces.Then the Orthodox were designed to protect the homeland.Charity has always been important for the church.And during the war, it collected donations for the defense of the motherland.He began this sacred Metropolitan Sergius: two crosses, a diamond with a hood and the other with a pectoral breasts - first gifts Fatherland.Epiphany Cathedral in Yelokhovo - our cultural heritage and holy.It is revered list with the miraculous icon, which saved Russia in times of unrest and Polish invasion from the False Dmitry.It must be remembered that the list is not a copy.It dominates the inner content.It leads to an external, visible way.In cancer of the bronze alloy under a wooden canopy of stored power, which pripadaet all who had a chance to enter the temple.The metal cancer securely guarded many shrines land of Jerusalem, the right hand of the Apostle Andrew, who became the first disciple of Christ, and storing the Russian fleet from the glorious times of Peter the Great to the present day, and the Metropolitan of St. Peter.The temple has long been pleading bring the image of Our Lady "Joy of All Who Sorrow."It all will find comfort and realize that love is eternal, and the victory of good is inevitable as the inevitable victory of Christ.
Epiphany, or Epiphany
What is the reason the name of the cathedral?Why is he the Epiphany?In common parlance it is also styled Epiphany.Festival January 19 called Epiphany and the Epiphany.John the Baptist appeared God the Father and the Holy Spirit, and declared him the phenomenon of the Son of God, the long-promised Savior.This is the great mystery which we can not know.Holidays Christmas and Epiphany - almost one celebration, merry yuletide inextricably linked.But in the winter darkness of Baptism - the light of Christ and the light - this is the substance of God.On this holiday the Orthodox Church always makes vodoosvyascheniya or the blessing of the waters.And everyone goes after the service with the "baptismal water."Belief in its power not diminished over the centuries.It strengthens the human and spiritually, and physically.It is a shrine to which the special treatment and respect, and reverence.Keep it under the icons.That's all an explanation of why the temple is called the Bloch Epiphany Epiphany Cathedral in Yelokhovo.
When services are held
For any Russian phrase "this close" when twenty minutes bus ride, half an hour on the subway and 15 minutes to run on foot.It's close.Scare can only Europeans who are distance - nearly journey abroad.This is a joke, of course, but with a real communicative culture based on dialogue.Not only Muscovites known Bloch church on Bauman.Schedule worship, however, know not all.Daily service is as follows: morning service begins at 8:00 am, and evening - at 18:00 in summer and 17:00 in winter.Sacrament of the wedding service and akathist committed on all days except Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays.On Sundays and public holidays are held two Mass with the Sacrament at 6:00 and 9:30 AM.The sacrament of baptism is daily.
Come, if possible, in Bloch's Cathedral, and you will discover the good and calm look at everything in the world.No wonder the ancient magnificent church - is one of the symbols of Orthodoxy.
