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MOSCOW CHURCHES

 
  Zemlyanoi gorod  
  In 1917 in this section of Moscow there were 72 churches with 4 chapels and 185 altars. By 1990 only 5 churches with 11 altars remained operating - 22 churches with 61 altars were closed and45 churches and 2 chapels with 113 altars were destroyed.  
  founded1360 Zachat'yevskii Monastery (3rd class women's convent ( Conception convent) In 1917 it had 3 churches and7 altars - by 1990 remained 1 church with 1 altar 2nd Zachat'yevski lane 2  
  1360 - rebuilt1584 Zachat'yevskii Sobor (Cathedral of Conception of St. Anna and Birth of the Blessed Mother of God) in convent D  
  1844-50 Tserkov Soshyestviya Svyatgogo Dukha ( west of the convent cathedral  
   
     
     
     
     
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