Moscow Temple of Elijah the Prophet in Cherkizovo was erected in 1690.Earlier this place in 1370 was a wooden church, which burned down.
temple grounds
history of the church linked with the history of the village - Cherkizovo.It is known that it was built in the XIV century.The village was named after its owner - prince Serkiza who after baptism was Ivan Serkizovym.He was a native of the Golden Horde.However, their village owned Serkizov long as soon sold it to his fellow tribesman - Ilya Ozakovu.The story goes that he was a very pious man.Out of respect for their heavenly patron - Ilya the Prophet, he ordered to build a temple.So it was built Iliinskaya Church in Cherkizovo.
It was situated on the banks of the River Pine, in a very picturesque place.Pine River is a right tributary Hapilovki, has its source in the area Golyanovo.Its length - 9 kilometers.Today, the main part of the channel is enclosed in a tube.Only through the Cherkizovsky pond on the banks of which stands the church, people remember where the river once flowed on the surface.Now it is flowing into the reservoir along the eastern shore of the reservoir.
wooden church.Stone Temple
Stone Temple in Cherkizovo built on the site of the wooden church, when there is still a suburban residence of Metropolitan Alexy.Until 1764 the village was the property of the Moscow metropolitans, after a while the church became a parish.
In 1883 it was attached to the chapels and the refectory in 1899 - belfry with three tiers.The decoration of the iconostasis were involved in the XIX century, a small cemetery fence - and the time.It is the grave of Ivan Jakovljevic Koreyshi - Moscow's famous seer, holy fool and a local saint (years of life: 1783-1861).While the church is not closed, when it operated a Sunday school for all the inhabitants of the village.
CHerkizovskaja metropolitan and Patriarchal cottage
village liked the Metropolitan Alexy - minister of Moscow and All Russia, namely its picturesque location, the surrounding open spaces, proximity to Moscow.In 1360, he decided to buy the village, not only for himself but also for his successors after the order.Since Cherkizovo has become one of the main estates of the cathedral in Moscow Chudov Monastery, the abbey with a large and spacious yard and a well-developed economy the mansion.
for Metropolitan Alexy Temple of Elijah the Prophet became a place of rest and solitude.In it, he could easily look back on your life path traversed, regain your strength, which would be useful to him in the future, or simply to see people close to him.When the Metropolitan of All Russia died, Cherkizovo has long been the summer bedchamber Moscow metropolitans.
When it was restored Patriarchate, Patriarch of All Russia was the Moscow Metropolitan, Kolomna and St. Tikhon the Wonderworker.He became a cottage called the Patriarch.
Throughout its history, the court of the temple rebuilt many times.With its history linked to the saint and Metropolitan Innocent, by order which has been made yet another restructuring in the middle of the XIX century.
Church in Soviet times
In Soviet times, most of the churches in Moscow were completely destroyed, but Elias Church resisted.During World War II all the faithful of the temple were able to gather one million rubles for the construction of aircraft and sent them to Stalin.He sent back a telegram of appreciation.Why airplanes?The fact that the prophet Elijah is an advocate of aviation.
In the middle of the XX century in the Church of Elijah the Prophet in Cherkizovo icons were brought from all the neighboring temples that were destroyed.At that time, the church rector Archpriest Pavel Ivanovich Tsvetkov.
Ilyinsky Moscow churches
Prophet Elijah is one of the most respected saints of the Old Testament.He devoted three churches in Moscow, temple of the Prophet Elijah Vorontsov field, the church of Elijah the Prophet in Cherkizovo and the church of the Prophet Elijah in Obydensky lane.In all of them there are many relics of saints, different subjects, which Christians revere as well as icons.
worship are here:
- Daily Liturgy - daily from 9:00 and 17:00;
- in great feasts and Sunday - 7:00 and 10:00 to 17:00 - evening service.
The church is open Sunday school.
few words about the Cherkizovsky cemetery
Likewise, as the temple of Elijah the Prophet in Cherkizovo, the cemetery has a long history.It is the oldest burial sites.It received its name from the village, next to which it was formed.It is a cemetery near the church.More particularly, it surrounds.The cemetery is a very ancient historical necropolis.It was not ruined during the Soviet era.Since 1998, we began to archive, wherein said registration of all burials, even related.On the territory there is a place to hire agricultural implements care for the graves.Cherkizovsky cemetery is open daily from 9:00 to 19:00 (May to September) and from 9:00 to 17:00 (October to April).Funeral ceremonies are made from 9:00 to 17:00 daily.
