RUSSIAN CHURCHES

 
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Nikolay v Khamovnikakh (Church of St Nicholas the wonderworker of the weavers in Khamovniki (Krasovskii page242) (another view is at Moskva Pamyatniki page 152 and at Svyatini page 125). It is on Chudovka street. The parish church was founded by weavers for the Tsar's court in 1620's. The stone church was built in 1657. There are chapels for Metropolitan Aleksei Svyatitelya, and Svyatitelya Dmitriya Rostovskii. There is also a chapel of the miraculous Icon of the Blessed Virgin's protection added in 1873.

 
     

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