MOSCOW CHURCHES

We are attempting to catalog the churches in Moscow, including those destroyed since 1918. The chief reference is the 4-volume work Sorok Sorokov published in Moscow in 1997. We will follow its organization that divides the churches according to location - Kremlin, Kitai Gorod - Beli Gorod - Zemli gorod - and outer suburbs. Also, the former monasteries are listed together. We will link this listing to files for the churches, especially those for which we have photographs. The authors of Sorok Sorokov compiled the data about churches existing in 1917 versus their status in 1990. We show that in this table.

Kremlin

In 1917 there were two monasteries and including them there were 31 churches with 5 chapels and 51 altars. Worship was abruptly stopped in all of them in 1918. Seventeen churches with 25 altars were destroyed including both monasteries. We show these with a D. These included the most ancient buildings in Moscow - The Birth of John the Precursor in the woods with its cathedral Spasa Preobrazheniya na Boro dating from 14th century.. Thirteen churches with 22 altars were closed. The last time religious services were held in the Kremlin was for Easter in 1918 in the Uspenski cathedral. The first time services were resumed was on 13 October 1989, again in the Uspenski cathedral

Date

Name

Address

1475-1479

Sobor Uspeniya Bozhiyi Materi (Assumption) Cathedral

Cathedral square

1484-1489

Sobor Blagoveshcheniya Presvyatoi Bogoroditsi (Annunciation Cathedral

Cathedral Square

1505-1508

Sobor Mikhaila Arkhangeela (Archangel Michael) Cathedral

Cathedral Square

1656

Tserkov' Dvenadyesyat apostolov (Church of 12 Apostles)

Cathedral Square - above the Patriarch's palace

1652-1656

Tserkov' Apostola Filippa v verkhnem etashe tervi Dvenadtata apostolov (Church of the Apostle Philip on the upper floor of the Church of 12 Apostles.)

Cathedral Square

1505-1508

Tserkov' Ioanna Lestvichnika (Church of John Lestvin in the bell tower of Ivan the Great)

Cathedral Square

1532-1552

Tserkov' St. Nikolaya Chudotvortsa Gostunskogo (Church of St Nicholas the Wonder worker Gostuni in the same bell tower)

Cathedral Square

1450

Tserkov' v Chest'Polozheniya rizi Presvyatoi Bozhiyi Materi vo Vlakheriye (Church in honor of the Deposition of the Robe of the Blessed Mother of God in the Blazherni palace (Byzantium)

Cathedral Square

1393-1394

Tserkov' Boskreshyeniya prav. Lazarya vo Dvortse (Church of the Resurection of Lazarus in the palace)

Palace street in the palace north west of the Savior on the woods church

1393 - burned 1473 - rebuilt 1514

Tserkov' Rozhdestva Presvyatoi Boroditsi na Senyakh (Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God at the Senate)

Palace street in the palace north west of the Savior on the woods church

1635-1636

Verkhospasskii sobor (Upper Savior cathedral - also known as Savior beyond the Golden Lattice)

Cathedral Square

1681

Tserkov' Raspyatiya Khristova

Cathedral Square - northwest of Upper Savior Cathedral

1681

Tserkov' Voskreseniya Slovushchyego

Cathedral Square - north of Raspyatiya

1627 to replace burned church

Tserkov' Velikomuchenitsi Ekaterini (Church of the Great Martyr Catherine)

Cathedral Square - northern part of Terem palace

1330

Sobor Spasa Preobrazheniya no Boru (Cathedral of the Savior's Transfiguration in the woods)

Borovitskaya st i n courtyard of the Grand Kremlin PalaceD.

1508

Tserkov' Rozhdestva Ioanna Predtechi na Boru, v Borovitskoi bashnye (Church of the Birth of John the Precursor in the Borovitski tower)

Borovitski st. D.

1731

Tserkov' Blagovyeshcheniya Pryesvyatoi Bogoroditsi (Church of the Annunciaton of the Blessed Mother of God)

In the lower Kremlin garden near the Blagoveshchenski tower west of the corner of the Water tower. D

1837 - to replace destroyed church

Tserkov' Konstantina i Yelyeni (Church of Constantine and Helen)

Taiintskii (secret) garden - in south east corneer near the Konstantin and Helen towerD

Chapel Pyecherskoi Iconi Bogomateri pri tserkii Rizopolozheniya (Chapel of the Pechora Icon of Mother of God in the Deposition church)

Cathedral Square - west of the Deposition churchD

1775-76

Tserkov' Petra i Pavla v Malom Nikol'skom dvortse (Church of Peter and Paul in the small Nicholas palace)

Ivanovski Square - south of Chudov monasteryD

1624

Chapel Velikogo Sovyeta Angel sprava ot Spasskikh Vorot (Chapel of the Great Meeting of Angels to the right (northern side) of the Savior Gate tower.)

Red Square D

1802

Chapel Velikogo Soveta Otkrovyeniye sleeva ot Spasskikh vorot (Chapel of the Great Meeting of to the left side of the Savior gate tower)

Red Square D

1821

Chapel of Aleksander Nevski at the Nikoliski Vorota - Chapel of Alexander Nevski at the Nicholas gate tower)

Red Square - on northern, right side of the Nicholas towerD

1884

Chapel of Nikolaya Chudotvortsa- Chapel of St Nicholas the Wonderworker)

On the left (south) side of the Nicholas gate - Red Square D

1365 (founded)- burned several times

Chudov Monastery (Miracle 1st class Monastery)

Tsarski square on the place of the former palace of the Ambassador of the Golden Horde. D

1358 - burned rebuilt 1550

Sobornii Khram Chuda Arkhistoratiga Mikhaila (Cathedral Church of the Miracle of Archangel Michael)

At Chudov Monastery D

1680

Soborniya Tserkov' Mitropolita Aleksiya (Cathedral Church of Metropolitan Aleksi)

At Chudov Monastery D

1680-86

Tserkov' Svyatogo Apostola Andreya Pervozvannogo (Church of St. Apostle Andrew the First Called.

At Chudov Monastery D

Tserkov' Ioasafa Belgorodskogo (Church of Joseph of Belgorod)

At Chudov Monastery D

1387 (founded) burned rebuilt1518

Voznesenskii Monastery (Ascension 1st class women's Convent)

On Ascension square near the Savior gateD

1519

Sobor Vozheseniya Gospodnya (Cathedral of the Ascension of the Lord.

On Ascension square near the Savior gateD

1634

Tserkov' Mihaaila Maleina (Church of Michael )

In southwest corner of the Ascension monastery D

1514-17

Tserkov' Velikomuchyenitsi Yekaterini (Church of the Great Martyr Catherine)

On the south side of the Ascension monastery D

Kitai Gorod

1600 (founded)

Zaiconospasskii Monastery (2nd class men's Monastery behind the Icon of our Savior) 1 church with 2 altars returned

Nikolski Street 7-9

1660

Sobor Spasa Nerukotvorogo Obraza (Cathedral of the Icon of our Savior's image not made by Human hands)

In the Monastery - thru a passage.

1390 (founded)

Nikolaievskii Monastery (2nd class men's St. Nicholas Greek Monastery

Nikolski Street 11 D

1727 -1736

Sobor Nikolaya Chudotvortsa (Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Wonder Worker)

In the monastery courtyard D

1644

Chapel Nikolaya Chudotvortsa (Chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonder Worker)

In the monastery D

1296 (founded)

Bogoyavlenskii Monastery (1st class men's Epifany Monastery) 1 church with 8 altars returned

Bogoyavlenski lane 2/6 near corner of Nikolski street

1342 first - 1693-96

Bogoyavlenski Sobor (Epifany cathedral)

In the monastery

1739-42

Tserkov' Spasa Nerukotvornogo Obraza (Church of the Icon of our Savior's image not made by human hands.)

In the monastery bell tower on Nikolski Street D

1631 (founded)

Znamenski Monastery chto no Starom Gosudaryevom dvore (3rd class male Monastery of the Sign that is on the Old Ruler's court) 1 church 4 altars open

Vavarka Street 8

1679

Sobor Znameniya Presvyatoi Bogoroditsi (Cathedral of the Sign of the Blessed Mother of God)

Varvarka Street 8

1626-1630 - rebuilt 1990

KazanskiiSobor - (Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God)

Nikol'ski Street 1 - facing Red Square

1552-1557

Sobor Pokrova Bozhiyei Materi na Rbu (Cathedral of the Veil of the Blessed Mother - but commonly known as St Basil's )

In Red Square near the Savior Tower

1647

Tserkov' Uspeniya Bozhiyei Materi (Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother - also Assumption at the Chizhyevikh mansion)

Nikolski Street 8

1658 - to replace wooden church

Tserkov' Ioanna Bogoslova chto pod Vyazom u Kitaiskoi Steni (Church of St. John the Divine that is under the Elms by the Kitai city wall)

New Square 12 - on the Kitai gorod side of the avenue that replaced the old walls.

Tserkov' Kosmi i Damiana chto v Starikh Panekh (Church of Sts.Cosmis and DAmian that is at Old Pan - Also known as Assumption of the Blessed Mother that is at Old Pevch)

Kosmodamyanski or Staropanski lane 4 (between numbers 2 and 4

1518-1528

Tserkov' Ilii Proroka v Teplikh ryadakh (Church of Elijah the Prophet in Teplikh - in the former Novgorod mansion)

Il'inski Street 3/8

1561 - bell tower1573

Tserkov' Nikolaya Chudotvortsa - Krasnii Zvon (Church of St. Nicholas the Wonder worker - with beautiful bell - or with beautiful bell tower)

Yushkov lane - Nikolski lane

1628-51

Tserkov' Troitsi v Nikitnikakh at first named GruzinskoiBozhiyei Materi na Varvarke (Church of the Trinity at Nikitnika or The Georgian Mother of God at Varvarka or Great Martyr Nikit in Glinshchakh)

Gruzinskii near Nikitnikob lane 3

1741

Tserkov' Rozhdestva Ioanna Predtechi (Church of the Birth of John Precursor - also known for an altar in honor of Clement Pope of Rome)

Vavarka Street 15

1550 - tower 1818

Tserkov' Pokrova Bozhiyei Materi na Varvarke earlier called for altar Gyeorgiya Veliko muchenika chto na Pskovskoi gore (Church of the Protecting Veil of the Blessed Mother at Varvarka or for George the Great martyr on the Pskov hill)

Varvarka Street 12

1568

Tserkov' Maksima Blazhennogo na Varvarke (Church of St. Maxim the Blessed on Varvarka)

Varvarka Street 4

1796-1804

Tserkov' Varvari Velikomuchyenitsi na Varvarkye (Church of the Great Martyr Barbara)

Varvarka Street 2

1493

Tserkov' Zachatiya Pravyednoi Anni chto v Uglu (Church of the Conception of St. Ann that is in the Corner)

Moskvoretskaya boulevard 3

1534 gate - 1648 chapel

Chasovnya Iverskoi Bozhiyei Materi (Chapel of the Iberian Blessed Mother)

Entrance to Red Square

1493

Tserkov' Troitsi v Polyakh (Church of the Trinity in the field or that is in Old field)

Nikolski at entrance to Theater square D

16th cent chapel- 1692 church

Tserkov' Vladimirskoi Bozhiyei Materi v Vladimirskikh vorotm Kitai-gorod (Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Blessed Mother at the Vladim gatee of Kitai Gorod)

Nikolski Street when it came out into Lubyanka square D

16th cent chapel- 1692 church

Chasoviya Vladimirskoi Bogomateri pre Vladimirskoi tserkviu Vladimirskikh vorot (Chapel of the Vladimir Mother of God at the Vladimir gate)

Nikolski Street when it came out into Lubyanka square D

1535-38 - new in 1680

Tserkov' Nikolaya Chudotvortsa Bol'shoi Krest (Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Big Cross )

Il'inka Street 17 D

1863

Chasovnya Prepodobnogo Sergiya Radonezhskogo v Il'inskikh vorotakh (Chapel of the Saint Sergei Radonezh in the Il'inski gate tower)

Il'inski Street at the northern corner of New square - where the Kitai gorod wall was. D

1472 - stone 1652

Tserkov Svyashchyennomuchenika Ipatiya Gangrskogo (Church of the the great martyr Ipatii Gangr -

Ipatiyevski lane 6 D

Chasoviya Bogolubskoi Bogomateri v Varvarskoi bashne (Chapel of the God loving Mother of God in the Varvarka gate tower.)

Varvarka street where it passed through the former Kitai gorod wall. D

1468 -1547 - 1625

Tserkov' Nikolaya Chudotvortsa Mokrovo (Church of St Nicholas the Wonderworker, Mokri)

Mokrinski lane - now gone it was now Moskvoretskaya boulevard - along the river. D

1723

Chasovnya Khrista Spasityelya ili Bsyemulostivogo Spasa bliz Moskvoreetskikh vorot (Chapel of Christ the Savior or All martyr Savior near the Moscow river gate)

Moskovoretskaya boulevard - along the river D

1651 stone

Tserkov' Nikolaya Chudotvortsa Moskvoryetskogo (Church of St. Nicholas the Wonder worker at the Moscow river)

Moskovoretskaya boulevard - along the river D

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