St. Demetrius Church was built in 1801. It was designed by architect Vasili Bazhenov, constructed by architect Matvey Kazakov, and painted by Scotti. The Church stands in the centre of Golitsin Hospital's main building, which was constructed from 1796–1801. Funds for the hospital construction were bequeathed by the Russian ambassador to Vienna, Dmitry Golitsyn, and his brother and legal representative Alexader Golitsyn. Dmitry and Alexander Golitsyn were both buried in the Church. Dmitry's headstone was made by Fyodor Gordeyev in 1799, and the accompanying bust was sculptured by Franz Zauner. The Church was refreshed in 1836 (with the assistance of Domenico Gilardi) and again in 1901. Finishings, an iconostasis, and paintings fortunately remained intact during the War of 1812.
The structure is a classical rotunda church, cubic in shape, with a six-column Doric gallery. The building is crowned with a huge semispherical cupola upon a spherical drum. Two round belfries are sitauted along the main facade line. A circular colonnade of artificial marble, which is a combination of warm pink and cool green-grey colours, is inside. The walls are split with arches, which are as high as the columns, and are framed with two-column Corinthian insertions. Niche walls are finished with a monochrome Grisaille painting, which imitates a sculpture relief. A dome of 17.5 m (57.4 ft) in diameter consists of two parts. The lower section is coffered, while the upper one is decorated with paintings.
In 1918, the Church was shut down. The Golitsyns' remains were taken out of the vault and reburied somewhere in the yard (the exact place remains unknown). The gravestone was moved to a museum situated in St. Michael's Church of Donskoy Monastery. The Church was then used as a hospital cafeteria. In 1919, the Golitsin Hospital became a part of the 1st Gradskaya Hospital. The Church was reconstructed by I. Ruben and G. Solodkaya in the 1970s and 1980s. The paintings were restored under the supervision of L. Soboleva. On 22 November 1990, the Most Holy Patriarch Alexius II consecrated it as a hospital church. It was the first one to be done so since 1917.
The Church's sacred objects include the icons of Saint Blessed Tsarevich Demetrius and Saint Martyr Grand Duchess Elisabeth.
In September 1992, the Most Holy Patriarch Alexius II consecrated St. Demetrius's Medical College for sisters of charity. St. Elisabeth's House Church, situated in the 23rd building of the 1st Gradskaya Hospital and consecrated in 1998, was handed over to the Church's sisterhood of St. Blessed Tsarevich Demetrius. A Sunday school and a library are located within the Church, which also publishes a parish magazine and issues medical certificates. The Church of SS. Faith, Hope and Charity and their mother Sophia of the Children's Home No. 27 refers to St. Demetrius Church.
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