majestic Church of the Resurrection in Sokolniki was built not so long ago - at the beginning of the last century, more precisely, in 1913.To develop a draft of the church architect P. Tolstoy.Funds gathered believers.Chairman of the Building Committee was Archpriest John Kidron.It is this priest became the abbot of the new church, and later was arrested and expelled from Moscow.The very same temple is still sometimes referred to as "Kedrovsky."
Architectural features
build a church on the basement and has a plan shape of a cross.Its height from the bottom to the top of the main dome is 34 meters.According to the fashion trends in the architecture of the early twentieth century, the Church of the Assumption erected in Sokolniki in Art Nouveau style, a bit pretentious, but at the same time light and elegant.The central part of the complex is crowned with eight tent, decorated with four domes.The special charm of this construction impart elements of Old Russian style - kokoshniki under the heads, arched portals, high windows.Presence and soaring Gothic elements.Although this style is called Russian modernity, architectural design of the temple can be safely counted among the field of "eclectic."Temple crowned nine onion domes.
the main architectural feature of this church is that it is not the sanctuary facing east (as it is accepted in Orthodox religious buildings), and to the south.It is believed that this orientation facilities chose himself Archpriest Cedars, because it is in this part of the world is the birthplace of Christ, and the place of his resurrection.
Father John Cedars
born father John Cedars in 1870 in Moscow.After seminary he served in Moscow in a small hospital church.Father John rightly be called "popular" priest.Help his parishioners, he appears very often.In matters of faith also was strict but fair.Often, after a conversation with him man to completely change your life.
As the temple was laid
Churches in the beginning of the century in Sokolniki acted a lot.However, they were small and departmental, that is open at all sorts of charities.Big same church in the area was not.Therefore, the father of cedar, and came up with the idea of its construction.
Church of the Resurrection in Sokolniki was laid at the end of September 1908.Money collected for the construction of local boys.They were hanged on the neck of a large mug fines and issued special certificates confirming that the funds needed for the construction of the church really.The consecration of the main altar of the church took place in 1913.Other thrones (in honor of the Apostles Peter and Paul, as well as Bogoliubsk Mother of God) were consecrated in 1915-1916.
Legends of the construction of the temple
have survived several legends related to the construction of this church.Here, for example, is one of them.After the Church of the Resurrection in Sokolniki has already been built, it is time to calculate the workers.However, the money from his father John was not enough.And here there was a real miracle.For the future rector of the Church of the Resurrection came the old pilgrim.Father John put him into one of the cells of the temple.However, going to the bathroom in the morning and found it empty.On the table also lay a significant donation.Just enough funds to pay the workers.
Church of the Resurrection after the revolution
Unlike most Moscow churches, Resurrection Church, not only was not destroyed after the Revolution, but remained in force until the present day.Close it is often called - factory workers, medical staff of the local mental hospital and so on.. However Sokolniki Moscow Soviet did not dare to deprive the faithful last refuge in the area.
In 1945, the church held local council (the first since 1918), in which the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexy was elected I. In the event attended by 47 bishops, 87 priests and 38 lay people.Alexis I headed the Russian Orthodox Church for nearly a quarter century until his death in 1970.Nowadays the temple is listed buildings proposed for taking custody of the state in the capital.
Shrine Temple
Church of the Resurrection in Sokolniki has a shrine, a well-known beyond its borders.This is an old Iver icon of the Mother of God, with the 1669 is in the Iberian chapel not far from the Kremlin.It was written by order of Patriarch Nikon.After the Revolution, the chapel and gates were demolished.So the icon and was in Sokolniki.She was left in the Church of the Resurrection and after the chapel of the gates have been restored.
In the church there is another very revered shrine of believers - the icon of the Mother of God "Good", formerly located in the Holy Monastery.
Today, as during the Soviet era, to visit the temple can be anyone.It is situated at Sokolnicheskaya Square, 6. Anyone who cares about Russian history, as well as believers, is certainly worth a visit at least once in such an interesting place, a temple in Sokolniki.Schedule of services: an eight-hour liturgy (daily) and evening at 17 pm (Wednesday - St. Nicholas, on Thursday - St. Panteleimon, on Friday - the Iberian Mother of God).On Sundays and public holidays, the Liturgy held at 6.45 and 9.30.The church has a Sunday school.
