Like Moscow, the Temple of the Nine Martyrs Cyzicus has a long, eventful history.He survived the rise and fall, wealth and plunder.In 1992 the church was finally returned to the bosom of the Church.Since then, he has become for many ancestral home without it does not pass any important event, such as: a wedding or a christening or a funeral prayer to God.
founder
Nine Martyrs Church in Moscow Cyzicus appeared thanks to the efforts of the Primate of Hadrian.He was the last patriarch, who strictly adhered to the old Church Order and was a staunch opponent of reforms undertaken by Tsar Peter I.
future Primate Adrian in 1685 he was appointed Metropolitan of Kazan and Sviyazhsk.While in the city raged severe epidemic that people called fever.He knew that 33 years ago plague has visited Kazan.Infection literally devastated the city, taking the lives of nearly 40 thousand. Man.
Metropolitan Adrian upon arrival to Kazan once made a vow to God that if the epidemic is over, in honor of this event, he will build a monastery and devote his nine Kizichesky martyrs, as they cure for terrible diseases.Metropolitan Adrian was a devout and fervent prayers, so the next morning, miraculously stopped the epidemic.To fulfill his vow, he founded near Kazan Kizichesky abode.Later Metropolitan Adrian was ordained Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.Later, he went to check the martyrs, rid the city of the scourge.
Construction
Once Patriarch Adrian found himself at death - his paralysis.He turned again to the nine martyrs for help and gave a vow to God that if he recovered he would build a temple in Moscow Nine Martyrs Cyzicus.The Lord healed him - patriarch ascended to the bed of dying.
place where there will be a temple of the Nine Martyrs Cyzicus, defined almost immediately.Decree of Peter I the ground near Novinsky Monastery placed at the disposal of the Patriarch Adrian.
From the beginning, the church was wooden.Its construction ended in 1698.It was erected in honor of the saints Favmasiya, Magna Feostiha, Rufus, Philemon, Antipater, Artem, Theodotus and Theognis.
34 years later the priest of the church Mikhail Timofeev petitioned, and he was allowed to build on the site where a wooden church was erected Nine Martyrs Cyzicus, stone building.Decree with the blessing of the Holy Synod for the construction of the new church were allocated money.
In 1735, with financial support from Moscow merchant Andrey Semenov was built a new church and chapel of the Archangel Michael.
pre-revolutionary life
In 1838, two wealthy Muscovites Chilischeva Nerskaya River and donated funds for the construction of a new dining hall, where he was consecrated a second chapel - Barbara-Great.After 6 years, it completed the construction of a three-tiered bell tower.At the end of the XIX century temple had eight bells, the largest of which weighed 315 pounds.
in 1900 by the parishioners collected funds and the church conducted heating.In the same year, three-tiered iconostasis is gilded and known at the time the artist Pashkov artfully painted wall ornament and a spectacular scenic biblical scenes.After 3 years, the newly-built three-storey building was dedicated and placed him in the poorhouse and Devyatinskiy parish school.
Post-Revolutionary period
As you know, after the revolution, all the churches were looted or destroyed and priests were subjected to severe persecution.I was no exception and the Temple of the Nine Martyrs Cyzicus.In the spring of 1922 there was the confiscation of church property - took all the gold and silver utensils, and in September 1929 withdrew from the temple and all the historical and artistic objects of value to museum workers.Home large icon of the Nine Martyrs parish was moved to the church of St. John the Baptist in Presnya.From there it was only returned in February 2004.
Modernity
events that occurred in October 1993, have left their marks on the facade of the bell tower of the church.The fact that the church itself is located near the City Hall and the White House, so got into a zone of fire - facade of the building was heavily damaged, but in 1994 in the temple for the first time in many years, was still held the Divine Liturgy.
Devyatinskiy The church to this day being partial restoration.Already open for all to see paintings of the XIX century.Some of them miraculously survived, but some of the images have been updated so masterfully that completely fit into the overall decoration of the temple.Now Devyatinskiy temple has a finished appearance.For all those wishing to inspect it or to take part in the liturgy, his door is always open.Address Temple of the Nine Martyrs Cyzicus: Moscow, Big Devyatinskiy Lane, 15.
