Russia · Moscow
The Church of St. John the Evangelist in Bronnaya Sloboda, in Tverskoy Boulevard, dates back to 1615; it was founded under the Romanov dynasty. It used to keep an ancient icon of St. John the Evangelist, which was donated by Tsar Mikhail.
Bronnaya Sloboda was called so after the old settlement, which in those times occupied the area, of "bronnik...
Russia · Moscow
The Church was built in 1774 in Karacharovo Village, beyond Pokrovskiye Gate, on the Kolomenka River, instead of two wooden tented-roof churches, the Church of Three Saints and Our Lady of the Sign Church.
The high altar, dedicated to the Life-Giving Trinity, was consecrated in June of 1776. The side chapel of the Our Lady of the Sign Icon — in ...