Sts. Forty Martyrs Church (Moscow)

Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Kozhevniki Russia · Moscow

The Church was built from 1686 to 1689 (the high altar is dedicated to the Life-Giving Trinity) in a settlement of fur dressers (Russian: "kozhevniki") instead of a wooden church of the same name (known since 1625). Several years later, a refectory with side chapels dedicated to SS. Cyrus and John and St. Paraskevi the Great Martyr was construct...

Athos Metochion Russia · Moscow

The Athos Metochion is a mission of the Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon, situated in Greece, on the Holy Mount Athos. Re-established in Moscow in 1992, it provides a spiritual relationship with the "monastic republic". Here, one may order a commemoration in a prayer on the Holy Mount. The brethren work on restoring ancient Russian and Byzantin...

Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Kotelniki Russia · Moscow

Kotelniki is an old Moscow district named after a settlement of potmakers (Kotelniki being the Russian word for potmakers). Kotelnicheskaya Embankment and 1st, 4th and 5th Kotelnichesky Lanes were also named after this village. Documents state that St. Nicholas' Church, in the village of Stariye Kuznetsy, was around as late as 1547. In 1632, it ...