Temple in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Solntsevo. Temple of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Solntsevo - the story of Golgotha ​​of Father Nicholas

Temple address: Moscow, Western Autonomous District, Solntsevo, Staroorlovskaya st., vl. 106
Temple phone numbers: (968) 590-61-92, (916) 416-13-78
Travel by public transport: from Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station - by bus No. 707 or by bus (minibus) No. 343m to the stop "Rodnikovaya Street, 14"; from Peredelkino station - by bus (minibus) No. 343m to the stop "Rodnikovaya Street, 14"; from Solnechnaya station - take bus No. 734 to the stop "Rodnikovaya Street, 14".

Story: Located in a residential area of ​​the modern Solntsevo district of the Western Administrative District of Moscow, the village of Orlovo and its villages have been known since the 16th century. From time immemorial, these lands belonged to the Moscow Cathedral Chudov Monastery, which had here at the end of the 16th century. your monastery courtyard.

The first wooden church in Orlov was dedicated to the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is why this place was called the Intercession Pogost. During the Polish-Lithuanian hard times, this church was destroyed and restored only in the second half of the 17th century with a new name in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God with the chapel of St. Nicholas. This wooden church was moved in 1698 from the estate of the Streshnev boyars near Moscow. Uzkovo (Uskovo, Uzkoe). After the reform of confiscation of church property during the reign of Catherine the Great in the 1760s. With. Orlovo from the village Rumyantsevo became possessions inhabited by state peasants.

From the second half of the 18th century, a wooden single-altar St. Nicholas Church existed in Orlov. In 1813, a low-income stone church in the name of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the village was assigned to the St. Nicholas Church in the village of Orlov. Govorovo, built in 1734 in the ancient estate of the Trubetskoy princes. Thus, the parish of the Kazan (St. Nicholas) Church came from. Govorovo, village Sukovo, as well as the ancient village of Kartmazovo on Setun, where from the 17th century to the end of the 18th century. there was a wooden church of the Dormition of the Mother of God.

Stone temple in the village. Orlovo was built at the expense of the manufacturer Epaneshnikov in 1861 to replace the wooden church that burned down in December 1851. Initially, it had two chapels in honor of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas. Later, in 1873, a refectory was added to it, in which a third chapel was built, dedicated to the Don Icon of the Mother of God.

Since 1910, with the blessing of His Eminence Vladimir, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, the rector of the Church of St. Nicholas in the village. Priest Nikolai Yakovlevich Lavrov was appointed to Orlov of the 2nd deanery district of the Moscow district.

On July 31, 1910, Father Nikolai received a new assignment to St. Nicholas Church in the village. Orlovo, located closer to Moscow than the village. Voskresenskoye-Savvino (Peredelkino platform (17th verst) of the Moscow-Kievo-Voronezh railway). Here the pedagogical abilities of Father Nikolai Lavrov, who became a teacher of the law in two parochial and one zemstvo schools of the parish, were fully demonstrated. The first parochial school was opened in Orlov. Peasant boys and girls of different ages studied here. At the expense of the Turkestanov princes, owners of the estate in Govorovo, another parochial school was founded, which received support from Vladyka Tryfon (Turkestanov), Bishop of Dmitrovsky. At the expense of the Moscow district zemstvo, there was a zemstvo school in the village. Rumyantsevo.

The clergy of the St. Nicholas Church consisted of the rector, priest Nikolai Lavrov, the deacon for the vacancy of the psalm-reader Vasily Voznesensky (1910), and the breadmaker Anna Ivanovna Rozhdestvenskaya. The position of church warden was filled by Mikhail Vasilyevich Pankov for many years. A zealous, deeply religious and decent person, he always helped the priest in running the church household, loved and beautified the parish St. Nicholas Church.

On the eve of the revolutionary events of 1917, the St. Nicholas parish consisted of 224 households with a population of more than 1000 people. In the village of Orlov itself there were 86 households.

The October Revolution and the first decrees of the new “godless” government disrupted the peaceful flow of life in Orlov. According to the new territorial division, the parish villages moved to the Kozlovskaya volost of the Moscow district, and later entered the Kuntsevo district of the Moscow region. The authorities closed parochial schools and prohibited teaching the Law of God to children, confiscated church land, deprived clergy and church activists of civil rights, turning them into “disenfranchised”.

The church was deprived of its property rights, and the St. Nicholas Church and its property were transferred for use to the Orthodox community of believers “under an agreement” with the local Soviet of Deputies and the church department of the volost police. In 1921, Father Nikolai was “assigned” to the rear militia, and for evading serving community service he was briefly arrested, but soon, at the request of parishioners, he was released.

In July 1935, the Kuntsevsky District Council at its meeting approved the “petition” of the residents of the village. Orlov and members of the Leninets collective farm about the closure of St. Nicholas Church and the conversion of the building into a local high school. On September 23, this resolution was approved by the Moscow Regional Executive Committee.

On October 6, 1935, the chairman of the Oryol village council, Strekalov, announced to the members of the parish “twenty” the decision of the Moscow Regional Executive Committee to close the church and demanded the keys to the temple building. Father Nikolai Lavrov gathered the believers and prepared a return petition from the parishioners to the secretariat of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of the USSR, asking to suspend the decision to close the church.

The resolution of the Moscow Regional Executive Committee, after a formal trial and the “conclusion” of a specialist from the Commission for Religious Affairs under the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, was approved by the decision of the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee on February 20, 1936. The Kuntsevsky District Executive Committee approved the estimate and project for the reconstruction of St. Nicholas Church in Orlov into a school and invited believers to transfer church utensils and icons to nearby churches in the villages of the Kuntsevo district, Preobrazhensky in Lukin-Peredelkino and Blagoveshchensky in Fedosino.

On September 23, 1937, Father Nikolai was arrested by the Kuntsevo regional department of the NKVD in Salaryevo and taken to the local prison. From here the shepherd conveyed the last news to his family through a note to his daughter Sophia: “Farewell forever. Your daddy."

Father Nikolai was accused of being an active “Tikhonovite” who waged anti-Soviet agitation against the activities carried out by the Soviet government. Investigators attributed to him the leadership of a “counter-revolutionary kulak group with active counter-revolutionary subversive activities.”

According to the resolution of the troika under the NKVD in Moscow and the Moscow region of October 17, 1937, Archpriest Nikolai Yakovlevich Lavrov was sentenced to death and on October 21, along with other sufferers for the faith, he died a martyr’s death at the Butovo training ground. Together with Father Nikolai, members of the church council of the St. Nicholas Church in Orlov, Ivan Arefievich Gorkov and Ivan Prokofievich Dubatov, were shot in Butovo.

Currently (as of 2012), by the grace of God, the construction of a new temple is nearing completion. Fundraising for liturgical utensils has begun. Before the start of the services, it is necessary to purchase: a throne, an altar, a gospel, an iconostasis, a seven-branched candlestick, a chandelier, lecterns, candlesticks, etc.

There is a Sunday school at the church.

Classes are held on Sundays after the liturgy.

Divine services: are carried out in the premises of the Polyclinic for Rehabilitation No. 4.

On-site meetings at the sites of the “200 Orthodox Churches” program were held in the west of the capital by Vladimir Resin, adviser on construction issues to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'.

First Deputy Prefect of the Western Administrative District Viktor Klimenko took part in the tour of the facilities.

The first point of the detour was the church under construction in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the Solntsevo area. for 300 parishioners, it was erected in memory of the lost shrine - before the revolution there was a cathedral here, which was destroyed in the 30s. It is interesting that these lands belonged to the hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, Prince Meshchersky. But the history of this place goes back to even more distant times: when they began to drill a well for water, they found an ancient foundation from the time of Alexander Nevsky.

Currently, the walls of the temple are plastered, facade work is underway, and the basement is finished with granite. The clergy house is undergoing finishing work and laying floor tiles. An iconostasis has been made for the temple, the installation of which is planned in July-August, after installation of the floor tiles. Gas and heat are connected. A fence is being installed on the temple grounds. There is also a wooden chapel on the site.

As the curator of the program, Vladimir Resin, said, “this is one of those construction projects that one should emulate, both in terms of the quality of the work performed and the pace of construction. And it should be noted that there was a successful combination of the work of the prefecture, the council, the rector and the builders.”

The image of the future temple was created according to an individual project specifically for this corner of Moscow. The Pskov-Novgorod canons are taken as a basis - a single-domed temple, with an onion-like finish, rich in decoration.

Geographically, here, on the border of Moscow and the region, a good recreational zone has developed in recent years, and the construction of the temple will be another significant impetus in the development of the area. The improvement project for the temple area will be aimed at uniting the Vakovsky forest park from the region and the Meshchersky park with a pond in the Moscow village of the same name. As a result, wonderful recreation areas will be created that will become a center of attraction for Muscovites throughout the district.

From Solntsevo, the Program curators went to Ramenki, to the street of the same name, at its intersection with Michurinsky Avenue, where the Church of St. Andrei Rublev has already been erected. The parish of the temple was formed in March 1993, that is, more than 20 years ago. In 1995, a small wooden chapel was installed on the territory, and a few years later (in 2001) a wooden temple for 100 people was erected.

Construction of the main stone church in honor of St. Andrei Rublev began in 2008, and only in March 2016, at the request of the parish, the object was included in the Program.

The temple is being built according to an individual project for 900 parishioners. The temple is white stone, with a green roof, a gilded dome, and a belfry with 3 small domes. The basis for this project is the Transfiguration Cathedral of the Andronikov Monastery, which was painted by Andrei Rublev.

The lower baptismal church in honor of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built according to the design of the architect Mikhail Filippov.

Currently, work on the belfry, to which the bells from the wooden church have been transferred, has been completely completed. Currently, plastering work is underway on the interior walls of the temple. Metal structures of decorative vaults in the ground part of the temple are being completed. The basement of the building is laid with granite tiles. We started making the iconostasis. As part of the improvement, an entrance to the temple territory was organized from Michurinsky Avenue. Part of the work has been completed to improve the central area of ​​the territory, where the parking space will be located.

The parish house is in the design stage. For its future construction, two sections that were previously separated by a road were combined on the territory. It was a roadway. The city authorities helped in solving the problem. The road has now been moved. The church has a Sunday school and an active youth movement. Social service is carried out. The parish helps the center for the homeless - collecting things, holding talks and pilgrimage trips. Provides care for an orphanage. In order to raise funds for construction, the parish holds various charitable events for area residents.

The last point of the detour was a church under construction for 300 parishioners in honor of St. Spyridon of Trimifuntsky on Barclay Street in Fili-Davydkovo. The parish has existed since 2007, with the blessing of Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II. The goal of the parish was, first of all, the construction of a church in honor of St. Spyridon of Trimythous, since at that time there was not a single church of St. Spyridon in Moscow (at present, a church in honor of this saint was built as part of the Program in Nagatino).

For several years the parish tried to approve a site for the construction of a temple in the Western District, but received refusals at various points. Only after the start of the Program was it possible to select and approve a site on Barclay Street. On June 14, 2012, public hearings were held at which the construction of a temple in honor of St. Spyridon of Trimifuntsky was approved near the Bagrationovskaya metro station, between Seslavinskaya and Oleko Dundich streets.

A single-domed church for 300 parishioners in honor of St. Spyridon of Trimifuntsky is being built according to the project of JSC Mosproekt-2.” The iconostasis, which is currently being installed, was made in the neo-Russian style, in keeping with the style of the temple itself. It is interesting that for the iconostasis there are pre-revolutionary royal doors from one Temple, destroyed under Soviet rule. They were saved and have survived to this day; the parish carried out restoration work. Currently, the installation of metal structures for the temple vaults is underway. In the parish house, work is underway to finish the basement, as well as install ventilation equipment.

Services are held in a small wooden church located on a construction site. In Sunday school they not only study the Law of God, but also engage in creativity in art, theater, and choral studios. Master classes on bell ringing are held for students. Cooperation with the Institute of Contemporary Art and secondary schools is developing. A society for the hearing impaired has been organized at the temple. Prayer services and liturgies are conducted with sign language interpretation.

A single-domed temple with an onion-like finish and rich decoration is being built at the intersection of Voskresenskaya Street and Meshchersky Avenue in the area Solntsevo, surrounded by a forest park and ponds .

“The project is individual, created specifically for this corner of Moscow. The ancient Russian canons are taken as a basis,” said V. Resin.

This project embodies the latest “know-how” - covering the church dome with smalt in the form of a mosaic, consisting of individual pieces measuring 10 by 10 mm. This coating, unlike traditional gilding, is durable and gives a matte shine with a sparkle. The costs for such a coating are a little higher, but it is made to last for centuries and does not require restoration or repair.

“The temple in the village of Meshchersky is one of those that should be emulated both in terms of the quality of work performed and the pace of construction,” noted V. Resin.

According to him, the builders managed to build the temple complex in just over two years. A dome with a gilded cross has been installed, the finishing of the building's facades has been completed, with the exception of the granite plinth; work on it will begin in the spring.

“The interior decoration of the temple has begun, construction will be completed by the end of June. The work on the parish house is also almost complete, the finishing of the premises is underway. The delivery of the entire complex, including landscaping of the territory, is planned for September, and its Great Consecration will take place in October - November,” he said V. Resin.

Last year, the pond and Meshchersky Park were put in order; all that remains is to improve the territory adjacent to the temple, parallel to the territory of the church itself.

Residents of the area will receive a magnificent natural and recreational ensemble with a pearl of modern Orthodox architecture.

Let us remind you that the program for the construction of Orthodox churches (“Program-200”) has been deployed in all districts of the capital, except. Its goal is to provide city residents with churches close to home.

The program is implemented using donations. To raise funds, a charitable Fund was created to support the construction of churches in Moscow, co-chaired by the mayor of the capital Sergei Sobyanin and Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill.

The program is supervised by the mayor's advisor, construction advisor to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', State Duma deputy of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vladimir Resin- He is the chairman of the foundation’s working group.

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On the site of a once bombed church in the village of Orlovo near Moscow (in #Solntsevo), the amazingly beautiful Temple of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God grew up. It will be illuminated in 2018. Although the construction is not finished yet, you can already see what the temple will be like - it resembles the ancient Novgorod and Pskov churches. And a little history

There has always been a strong church community at the Oryol church, which was cared for by different priests over the years, but the last of them had a special fate - martyrdom in the name of Christ at the notorious Butovo training ground.

For exactly a quarter of a century, Father Nikolai Lavrov was the rector of the church in Orlov, of which the last 18 years were a time of godlessness and repression. After the October coup, all the power of the state machine was aimed at destroying the Church. But even in such conditions, risking their lives every day, the priests continued their service.

In 1935, the Kuntsevsky District Council decided to convert the Oryol church building into a school. They demanded the keys to the church from Father Nikolai. Instead, the shepherd gathered believers from the surrounding villages and wrote a collective petition on their behalf asking to suspend the decree on closing the temple.

The attempt to save him had the most tragic consequences for Father Nikolai. Investigators accused him of leading a “counter-revolutionary kulak group.” By decision of the troika under the NKVD of Moscow and the Moscow region, Nikolai Yakovlevich Lavrov was sentenced to death.

After the closure of the church, local authorities ordered the church utensils and icons to be transferred to neighboring churches, but the parishioners acted differently: they took apart the shrines dear to them from home in the hope of preserving them until better times. The Committee of the Poor Peasants regarded these actions as sabotage and ordered the “accomplices of the counter-revolution”, under pain of execution, to return the church property down to the last icon, so that they could then start a demonstration fire in front of the entire village.

It seemed that on that terrible day everything had burned to the ground, and there was no longer any hope of finding any genuine thing from the Oryol temple. But a miracle happened. And eight years ago, while examining the foundation of a destroyed church, a wall cross, darkened by time, was discovered, as if it had been specially waiting in the wings.

The village of Orlovo, together with the surrounding villages, became part of Moscow a long time ago, but people have not forgotten their roots, including spiritual ones. Among the local residents there were devotees who created a church community and set out to revive the destroyed temple.
The first prayer services, as long as the weather permitted, were held in the open air - on the foundations of the old church. And then, according to the “200 Temples” Program, a new church was built. Thanks to the fact that construction funding did not stop for a single day, the temple complex was built in record time. Local residents, wanting to contribute to the decoration of the temple, bring home icons and church utensils to the priest, and one of the long-time parishioners volunteered to finance the purchase of bells for the belfry. (The information is given based on materials from the Moscow Patriarchate).

The walls of the single-domed building of the temple under construction were erected in a year. According to State Duma deputy and chief curator of the “200 churches” program Vladimir Resin, from the beginning of the heating season the church will also be heated. This will allow the arrangement to be carried out without delays. The builders will treat the dome with a special compound – smalt. The finishing of the premises is already underway in the house for church ministers in Solntsevo.

An individual project for the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God will harmoniously fit into the urban environment. Its appearance is reminiscent of Novgorod and Pskov architectural traditions. The rich wall paintings and interior decoration will become the center of attraction for the residents of the area. The adjacent territory, which has yet to be developed, will unite the Meshchersky and Bakovsky parks with the reservoir of the Meshchersky village. It will turn into a recreation area. As Vladimir Iosifovich noted, the speed and quality of construction is an example for other projects.

On the site of the blown up shrine in the village of Orlovo near Moscow, an amazingly beautiful five-domed church grew.

Due to the fact that construction funding did not stop for a single day, the temple complex was built in record time.

Golgotha ​​of Father Nicholas

There has always been a strong church community at the Oryol church, which was cared for by different priests over the years, but the last of them had a special fate - martyrdom in the name of Christ at the notorious Butovo training ground.

For exactly a quarter of a century, Father Nikolai Lavrov was the rector of the church in Orlov, of which the last 18 years were a time of godlessness and repression. After the October coup, all the power of the state machine was aimed at destroying the Church. But even in such conditions, risking their lives every day, the priests continued their service.

In 1935, the Kuntsevsky District Council decided to convert the Oryol church building into a school. They demanded the keys to the church from Father Nikolai. Instead, the shepherd gathered believers from the surrounding villages and wrote a collective petition on their behalf asking to suspend the decree on closing the temple.

The attempt to save God's house had the most tragic consequences for Father Nicholas. Investigators accused him of leading a “counter-revolutionary kulak group.” By decision of the troika under the NKVD of Moscow and the Moscow region, Nikolai Yakovlevich Lavrov was sentenced to death.

Finding the Cross

After the closure of the church, local authorities ordered the church utensils and icons to be transferred to neighboring churches, but the parishioners acted differently: they took apart the shrines dear to them from home in the hope of preserving them until better times. The Committee of the Poor Peasants regarded these actions as sabotage and ordered the “accomplices of the counter-revolution”, under pain of execution, to return the church property down to the last icon, so that they could then start a demonstration fire in front of the entire village.

It seemed that on that terrible day everything had burned to the ground, and there was no longer any hope of finding any genuine thing from the Oryol temple. But a miracle happened. Eight years ago, while examining the foundation of a destroyed church, a wall cross, darkened by time, was discovered, as if it had been specially waiting in the wings.

Three temples - one priest

For a long time now, the village of Orlovo, together with the surrounding villages, became part of Moscow, and their residents became Muscovites. Generations have changed, but people have not forgotten their roots, including spiritual ones. Among the local residents there were devotees who created a church community and set out to revive the destroyed temple.

Mikhail Kolyupanov was born in 1977 in Moscow.
In 2000 he graduated from St. Tikhon's Theological Institute. In 2001 he was ordained a priest. From 2001 to 2004 he served in the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary on the Krylatsky Hills. Since 2004 – rector of the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Orlov

There is a community, but there is no church or priest. Is this right? And in 2004, the young priest Mikhail Kolyupanov became the shepherd of a “group of church activists.” The first prayer services, as long as the weather permitted, were held in the open air - on the foundations of the old church. And then the question of temporary premises arose. Management of the rehabilitation treatment clinic on the street. Rodnikova in Solntsevo kindly provided Father Mikhail with... her assembly hall. The priest set up an altar on the stage, placed candlesticks in front of the altar, and hung icons on the walls.

“Local grandmothers initially treated our temple with distrust. They thought that we were some kind of sectarians,” Father Mikhail smiles, “but now there are up to 60 communicants at Sunday services. In addition, the church is visited by people with disabilities who come to the clinic for treatment. They are looking here for support, consolation and, of course, God’s help.

The complex in Solntsevo is a generous gift to Muscovites from the Mosstroymekhanizatsiya-5 company. Its general director Sergei Kachalin considers temple construction a contribution to the future
states.

Words of consolation are expected from the priest in another hospital church - at the Scientific and Practical Center for Medical Care for Children with Developmental Defects of the Craniofacial Region and Congenital Diseases of the Nervous System.

The assigned Church of the Holy Trinity is a small room in the building of the Scientific and Practical Center, and services are held here once a week.

But on major church holidays, the priest tries to serve in all “his” churches.

By common prayers, the Temple in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God on Staroorlovskaya Street, designed for 500 people, together with the clergy house, was built according to the “200 Temples” Program among the very first. And although the construction is not finished yet, there is already an idea of ​​what the temple complex of the 21st century should look like. On the one hand, its architecture does not go beyond traditional church architecture, and on the other hand, modern technologies are used wherever appropriate.

The clergy house has a mother and child room. Here you can feed and change babies. And the parish Sunday school, which for many years huddled in the hospital library, will move into the spacious classrooms.

Thanks to the fact that construction funding did not stop for a single day, the temple complex was built in record time. The general director of the Mosstroymekhanizatsiya-5 organization, Sergei Kachalin, became not only the curator of the facility, but also its only sponsor. For which we bow to him from the entire parish of the church and from the residents of the microdistrict, who are constantly wondering when the new church will open.

“Only the interior decoration of the temple remains,” says the rector, “but in order to quickly begin the services, we decided to install a temporary iconostasis with reprinted photocopies of the icons.

Local residents, wanting to contribute to the decoration of the temple, bring home icons and church utensils to the priest, and one of the long-time parishioners volunteered to finance the purchase of bells for the belfry.

Construction:

Investor and general contractor: Mosstroymekhanizatsiya-5

Project: State Unitary Enterprise "MNIITEP"

Technical customer: State Unitary Enterprise "URiRUO"

Address: st. Staroorlovskaya, 106

Rector: priest Mikhail Kolyupanov