Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Mytishchi: history and photo

On the Yaroslavl highway, which was once calledTroitsky road, there is an amazing beauty temple, built in honor of one of the most revered icon of the Virgin - Vladimir. Much is remembered and much could tell its walls, which are witnesses of the last three centuries of the history of our country. What do they store in their memory?

The first documentary evidence of the temple

When the heavy year of the Time of Troubles passed,the peasants of the villages that were in the place of the present regional city of Mytischi, leaving the ruined houses, settled near the Troitsky tract where the duty was once charged, or, as they used to say, "wash", for the transported goods. From this archaic expression that gave the root to the evangelical word "tax collector" - tax collector, there was also the name of the soon formed village of Mytischi, into which the wooden church was moved from its former place.

Data on when the present temple was builtVladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Mytishchi, no, it is only known that the first documentary mention of it, connected with the consecration of the newly re-established throne, dates back to 1713. For lack of more accurate information, this year is usually considered the date of its foundation.

Next time, in 1735, the same temple is mentioned inpetition of his elders Ivan Trofimov about the permission to pave in it a stone floor in place of a wooden one - "badly rotten and dilapidated". By diocesan authorities this good endeavor was approved, and the temple in Mytishchi acquired not only stone slabs, which for centuries had paved its floor, but also carved stone thrones.

Voluntary donors

In the old days it was customary to build on conscience,especially if it was a question of church buildings. They were afraid: but how do you remember the negligence of the Last Judgment. But time was taking its toll, and even the temples of God came to shambles. The common fate was shared by the temple of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Mytishchi. Soon after the expulsion of Napoleon from the Russian limits, his abbot had to be subcontracted by a team of bricklayers to dismantle the bell towers and the old refectory that had become completely worthless.

To disassemble is half the battle, and where to get money fornew construction? But all the same rector father Dimitry (Fedotov) fairly stirred the hearts of the parishioners, reminding them that only the sacrificed to the neighbor and the church of God will become their "undefiled treasure in heaven." For a long time he spoke, quoting the Holy Scriptures and appealing to the conscience of Mytishchi peasants, but he achieved his goal. Unleashing lean moshny, they consecrated the orthodox to the holy cause. In 1814, the diocesan bishop solemnly consecrated the new refectory and the bell tower erected above it.

God's protection over the engineering structure

It is interesting to note that the temple of the Vladimir IconThe Mother of God in Mytishchi played a significant role in a matter that seemed to be far from religion, like Moscow's water supply. The fact is that near him, the waters of the Saint that blasted out of the earth, or, as it was still called, the Thundering Key, gave rise to the first Moscow water pipe laid in 1804.

Well, unless the water regularly flows through the pipes, ifthere is no God's favor? That's why the annual processions from the temple to the Holy Key were arranged for this reason with prayers and the subsequent water supply, thanks to which the water flowed from the cranes of the Moscow apartments.

The last pre-revolutionary years

In 1906, to the temple in Mytischi attributed a smalla church that was not far from him in the village of Perlovsky. The hassle, of course, increased, but the staff, thank God, increased. This enabled the rector of the church, Father Nikolay (Protopopov), to apply to the Consistory with a request to allocate funds for the construction of a church and parish school. It can be seen that this time the Mytishchi peasants became fussy, but what to take from them - God will forgive.

Money was given to the fathers of consistorial money, and in 1912they built a school in which the children of the surrounding inhabitants were taught literacy free of charge. There were also classes with adults on catechesis, that is, studying the foundations of Orthodoxy. As a result, thanks to the works of the priest Nikolai Protopopov, a whole generation of Mytishchi grew up literate and pious.

In the grip of God-oppressive power

In 1929, local, already Soviet authoritiesit was decided to close the temple of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Mytishchi, as a hotbed of false teaching, which runs counter to the ideology of the Bolshevik party. But there was an unexpected - always submissive and used to keep silent people suddenly rebelled. To the temple of God gathered more than six hundred people protesting against its closure. But in those years, "dvushechkoy" was not to get rid of - for a long time already went to the north echelons with convicts on the fifty-eighth article.

And the authorities retreated. The temple continued to work, although two of its priests, as "organizers of the riots," were still exiled to Solovki. However, the parishioners were not left alone. In the thirties, having suffered another setback, trying to close the temple once again, the local leadership ordered to remove from its belltower a large bell, and the nearby chapel to demolish. In the mid-thirties, the authorities in their filths went even further, passing the temple of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Mytishchi, which had risen across the throat to the Renovators.

This story is by no means new. Renovationists are a schismatic movement within the Orthodox Church. His followers were in favor of changing the Church Charter, making changes in worship services and trying to cooperate with the Bolsheviks. Those for the time being did them all kinds of indulgences, including the transfer to their disposal of the numerous churches taken away from the Moscow Patriarchate.

The final trampling of the shrine

During the war the temple of the Vladimir Icon of GodMothers in Mytishchi (the photo of those years is given in the article) was finally closed. His bell tower was demolished, and the building itself, having been rebuilt fairly, was used since then in economic needs. In those years, the external features of many industrial buildings eloquently testified that once these buildings were churches of God. The temple of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Mytishchi did not escape the common fate.

Schedule of services - the first swallow of the revival of the life of the temple

Only in 1991, on the wave of "universal spiritualinsight, "the mutilated and defiled temple was returned to its true owners - the Mytishchi Orthodox community. The first divine service was performed in May of the same year. However, there was a big and complex restoration work ahead of us, which lasted for five years. A significant part of this period of service was spent in a neighboring house belonging to one of the parishioners.

As a result of the labor of a large number of builders andrestorers, by 1996, finally acquired its original appearance the long-suffering church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Mytishchi. The schedule of services, which appeared at his entrance, became a clear indication that the religious life of the parish had entered its course. By the grace of God every day at 8:30 begins reading the Hours and the subsequent liturgy, and at 17:00 - evening service. On Sundays and holidays, two liturgies are performed - early at 6:30 and late at 9:30.