One of the cemeteries in the Central Administrative District of Moscow and one of the most famous cemeteries in the capital called Kalitnikovskaya.About what it is famous for, and what its features will be discussed below.
General
State Unitary Enterprise "Ritual" in charge of the majority of the capital's seats intended for burials.Kalitnikovskaya cemetery - is no exception.Open it was in 1771 during an epidemic of plague.At the same time it opened in Moscow Rogozhsky, Vagankovsky, Danilovskoe and Vvedenskoe cemetery.They all owe their existence to this terrible disease, which claimed many lives in the capital.However, while the area where today Kalitnikovskaya cemetery, was not, in fact, Moscow, ie urban areas.Then there is the village located Kalitniki.That's his name, and was called the graveyard.
Church in the cemetery
Once on its territory was a beautiful wooden church.But it so happened that it was completely destroyed by fire suddenly broke out a fire.In its place in 1838 he was elevated to the other Orthodox church.At this time the church is made of stone, and it still exists today.See consecrated in honor of the Mother of God "All the Afflicted".
this construction project has developed and produced the architect NI Kozlovsky.Then, in the late 19th century, the church was rebuilt, modified in its interior decoration.The interior décor of the temple and performed again in accordance with the architect I. T. Baryutina in 1890.Among other things, the alteration undergone the sacristy and the iconostasis.
burial in the cemetery
Before the revolution of 1917 occurred Kalitnikovskaya cemetery served as a resting place for mostly peasants from nearby villages.Also, there is often buried merchants and entrepreneurs that have emerged from the peasant class.However, with the advent of Soviet power in the cemetery began Kalitnikovskaya often bury the representatives of the capital's intelligentsia.Among them were both scientists and artists - painters and artists.
At the cemetery buried a lot of Orthodox priests and monks.Some of them are worth mentioning separately.
First, behind the altar of the church in Skorbjashchenskoj family burial complex is the tomb of the notorious ideologue Renovationist Orthodox Church in the USSR Metropolitan Alexander Vvedensky.He died in 1946 of paralysis and was buried here beside his mother Zinaida Savvichna.In 1963 here it was buried the wife of the First Hierarch of Olga Fedorovna Vvedenskaya.In the 80s the last resting place beside the grave of his father and two sons found the Metropolitan.
Secondly, enjoys great veneration here grave of one of the nuns.Believers call it blissful Olga bayou.During the life of this woman was shimonahini and different kind of lifestyle.Today, her fans are going to Kalitnikovskaya cemetery to honor their patron saint and pray.Olga died a nun at the age of 103 years.
territory is
With regard to size, today Kalitnikovskaya cemetery covers an area of 19 hectares of land, divided into two parts of the ravine.Both halves of the cemetery complex divided into thirty sections.Some of them still made burial.In particular, there are areas set aside for the burial of tribal and family.They are located to the left of the main entrance at the back of the cemetery.In addition, now in the territory of the funeral complex operates outdoor columbarium intended for burial ashes in an urn.If for some reason do not want to use the columbarium, the urn can be buried in the ground.On Kalitnikovskaya cemetery provided such a service.
When entering the territory Kalitnikovskaya cemetery, turn right, then you can go to the memorial dedicated to soldiers who died in battle in World War II.
visitors had the opportunity to care for the graves in the cemetery operates equipment rental.This allows you to not wear bulky tools with the city home.
Kalitnikovskaya Cemetery: how to get
Many people arriving in Moscow, want to visit Kalitnikovskaya funerary complex.This is not surprising, considering how much honored buried there.The question arises at Kalitnikovskaya intending to visit the cemetery - how to get to this place?Since the cemetery is now in the city, making it very easy.In close proximity to the cemetery located three subway stations: "Volgograd Prospect", "Peasant Zastava" and "proletarian."From any of them to the cemetery can be reached on foot.
Kalitnikovskaya Cemetery: hours of work
Visit funerary complex in Kalitnikah available daily from 9:00 am.It closes depending on the season: from October to April - 17:00, and from May to September - 19:00.Burials are performed daily from opening until 17:00 throughout the year.
