A wooden temple existed on this site at the beginning of the 16th century. The current building was built in the mid-19th century and includes parts of an earlier brick church dating back to the late 17th and early 18th centuries. This temple, damaged in 1812, was renovated in 1815-1817, and in 1836 its reconstruction began. A new bell tower and refectory were built, and a large classic drum was erected above the quadrangle (previously the quadrangle ended with a five-domed structure). The consecration of the rebuilt church took place on September 19, 1856, and at the request of the benefactor, the central Spassky throne was renamed Resurrection. From that time on, the main altar was dedicated in honor of the Resurrection of the Word, and the side chapels retained their previous dedication - St. Athanasius and Cyril and St. Nicholas.
In 1899, the temple was renovated, and the altars of the side chapels were moved forward, in line with the main one. During the War of 1812, the miraculous Smolensk Icon was kept in the church for several days Mother of God, taken from besieged Smolensk.
The church was closed in 1932. The building was occupied by various small enterprises and warehouses, the last of which was the Electromechanical Switchgear Plant. In the 1970s The temple began to be restored, and it was planned to open a concert hall in it. In the second half of the 1970s. The building has been placed under state protection.
In 1992, the temple was returned to believers. In the same year, the chapel of St. Athanasius and Cyril, and in 2003 - the main altar of the Resurrection of the Word.
Athanasius and Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria, saints, church on Sivtsev Vrazhek (Filippovsky Lane, building No. 3 (Bolshoi Afanasyevsky Lane, Buildings No. 16-18)).
The first temple was founded here in the 16th century, in the courtyard of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery. During the devastation of Moscow during the Time of Troubles, the temple was severely destroyed and was not restored for a long time. At the end of the 17th century. They built a stone church building, and since 1681 the main throne was the throne in the name of the Savior, the Image Not Made by Hands. At the beginning of the 18th century. a chapel in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is mentioned (still exists today). During Patriotic War In 1812, the miraculous Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, taken from Smolensk, was kept in this church for some time. Following this, the temple was plundered by French soldiers and burned in the fire of Moscow. In 1815-1816 At the expense of parishioners, a chapel in the name of Saints Athanasius and Cyril was restored, and in 1817, the main temple in the name of the Savior Not Made by Hands. In 1837-1856. The church was rebuilt in the Empire style, and a new bell tower and refectory were built at the same time. The main altar was consecrated in 1856 in honor of the Resurrection of the Word, however, the temple continued to be called after the chapel in the name of Athanasius and Cyril. Several ancient icons were preserved in the two-tier iconostasis (architect P.P. Zykov).
The church was closed in 1932 and extensively rebuilt; it housed warehouses and production facilities; the second and third tiers of the bell tower were destroyed. In the 1970s The church building was rebuilt into a concert hall. In 1992, the temple was returned to the believers, as before, its main altar was consecrated in the name of the Resurrection of the Word, but the temple is named after the chapel in honor of Saints Athanasius and Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria.
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Church of Saints Athanasius and Cyril Patriarchs of Alexandria on Sivtsev Vrazhek
Filippovsky, now per. Aksakova, 3, B. Afanasyevsky lane, now st. Myaskovskogo, 18
“B. and M. Afanasyevsky lanes are named after the Church of Athanasius and Cyril that stood in B. Afanasyevsky lane from the 18th century (in fact, much earlier - P.P.). "In 1960, B. Afanasyevsky Lane was renamed Myaskovsky Street." In the book. erroneously refers to the construction of the church under Vasily III. In fact, it was the Church of Athanasius in the Kremlin. As M. M. Sukhman suggests, the temple on Arbat appeared no earlier than the middle of the 16th century. at the second country courtyard of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery.
“In 1631, according to the books of the Patriarchal Order, it was listed as a “new arrival.” On June 2, 1710, an antimension was issued for the throne of the Savior Not Made by Hands.”
"It existed before the Romanovs, as it received a rug. After the Poles it was not restored for a long time, which is why in 1634 it was entered into the folding books as a new arrival. In 1657 it was shown as a wooden one. In 1681, the main altar was the Savior Not Made by Hands. In 1710, issued antimins to the thrones of Spassky and Nikolsky, who became known for the first time this year.
After Napoleonic ruin, the temple was renovated in 1815 with funds from the daughter of Colonel Praskovya Petrovna Yushkova. An image of it from that time is in Naydenov’s publication, then the main quadrangle consisted of five chapters. Since 1837, a new bell tower and refectory were built, and then a new light drum was erected above the old quadrangle. The consecration took place on September 19, 1856, and at the request of the benefactor, honorary citizen Bubnov, the Spassky throne was renamed the Resurrection throne. In 1899, the altars of the limits were moved forward in line with the main one. There are no antique items left inside."
"The church was renewed in 1899."
Chapel of St. Athanasius and Kirill was updated in 1837, as can be seen from the following story recorded by N.I. Yakusheva: “In January 1965, to install a machine in the temple, which was then occupied by a small factory, it was necessary to make a “pillow.” They opened the floor and part of the foundation, and they discovered a copper plaque with text, under which lay several coins. The plaque rested on bricks with the names of willing donors embossed on them. The bricks and the whole place were immediately filled with cement and a machine was placed on top. The plaque was transferred to the nearest active church of Apostle Philip. The text on the board reads: “I will give this chapel in the name of the Holy Patriarchs of Alexandria Athanasius and Cyril at the Church of the Most Merciful Savior of the Not Made by Hands, which is in Sivtsev Vrazhek, instead of the previous dilapidated one. In a new place, the foundation was laid under the power of the Most Pious Autocratic Great Sovereign Nikolai Pavlovich of All Russia, under his August family, with the blessing of His Eminence Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, under the priest Mikhail Ivanovich Tikhomirov and the church elder, the Moscow merchant son Mikhail Illarionovich Terentyev, aged about from the creation of the world 7345 -e, from the incarnation of God the Word 1837th month of June on the 13th day in memory of the holy martyr Aquilina. All the parishioners of the said church and other willing donors contributed to the beginning of this chapel. With special offerings and advice, Major General Afanasy Petrovich Tyutchev, State Councilor Grigory Yakovlevich Vygodsky, Moscow merchant Ivan Fedorovich Zhukov."
After the closure of the temple until the 1970s. There were small enterprises inside, the last one occupied by the Electromechanical Switchgear Plant. According to another story, recorded by the same N.I. Yakusheva, in 1972, in a former church graveyard occupied by a factory courtyard, they dug a trench and dug a hole with a huge number of skulls. However, no other bones other than skulls were found in it. One of the skulls had a cast metal icon of the Mother of God in its teeth (maybe this was the burial place of executed archers?). We called museums, but they were not interested in this. Then they piled a truck full of skulls and took them to a landfill (!).
In the 1970s the factory was finally taken out, forests were placed around the temple, where extremely unhurried restoration began. They rebuilt the other two tiers of the bell tower on the first surviving one, and put a cross on the temple. Meanwhile, a fire broke out inside. In the middle part of the main quadrangle of the temple, restorers discovered paintings. The newspaper "Evening Moscow" reported before the Olympics that after the restoration is completed, a concert hall will be opened inside, where an organ will be installed.
The fence is broken. In the second half of the 1970s. The monument was placed under state protection under number 600.
By 1990, restoration was completed. It was planned to open a concert hall inside as before, but no longer an organ one.
Finally, in 1991, it was decided to return the temple to believers.
Saints Athanasius and Kirill on Sivtsev Vrazhek are mentioned in documentary sources in 1634 as a “new arrival”. However, one of the gravestones in the churchyard bears the date 1565, which clearly indicates much more early time foundations of the temple. It is assumed that it stood in the courtyard of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery (itself located in the Vologda region).
Initially, like most churches of that time, it was wooden, but already in 1722 there is evidence of a stone church on this site. The remains of old walls indicate that it had five domes.
The year 1812 became significant in the history of the church on Sivtsev Vrazhek. When Napoleon began his march through the Russian lands, a particularly revered shrine was taken from Smolensk to Moscow - the icon of Hodegetria of Smolensk. Athanasius and Kirill found himself on the path of the icon’s march to the Assumption Cathedral of the Kremlin, and for some time it was located here. Only then was the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God transferred to the Kremlin in a procession of the Cross. This did not save the temple from destruction and desecration by Napoleonic soldiers, but it may have contributed to its speedy restoration. Already on January 2, according to the old style, the chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was re-consecrated, where services began to be held on major holidays. In 1815 – 1817 Thanks to the generous donation of the daughter of Colonel Praskovya Yushkova, the central part with the main altar in honor of the Savior Not Made by Hands was also restored, setting up a chapel of Athanasius and Cyril, the Patriarchs of Alexandria, in the refectory between the arches. 
In 1836, the reconstruction of the Savior Church began, apparently due to dilapidation. The refectory was completely rebuilt in the Empire style, a new bell tower was erected, ending with a high spire, and above the quadrangle there was a large light drum, which did not harmonize well with the refectory and the apses of the aisles. Construction proceeded slowly, despite the fact that donations did not dry out. Even the famous poet Fyodor Tyutchev was one of the benefactors. The consecration of the temple took place only in 1856, and at the request of one of the main donors, the main altar was reconsecrated in honor of the Resurrection of the Word. Now the temple from Spassky has turned into the Resurrection, but parishioners, out of habit, called it the temple of Athanasius and Cyril after one of the side chapels.
By the 1870s, the temple had fallen into disrepair again and required expansion. After collecting donations as a result of the necessary construction work to end of the 19th century V. acquired modern look. The altar apses of all three chapels were aligned in one line.
After the revolution of 1917, services were still held in the Resurrection Church until the early 1930s, but then Church of Saints Athanasius and Cyril on Sivtsev Vrazhek taken away from the believers. It was even supposed to be demolished, but God had mercy. The church building housed either warehouses or various enterprises. In 1970, an electromechanical plant was located here, which, in preparation for the 1980 Olympics, was moved to another location, with the intention of redeveloping the temple into a concert hall for organ music. But these plans were not allowed to come true, and on April 7, 1992, 60 years after its closure, the building was returned to the believers. Already on November 5, 1992, the chapel was again consecrated in honor of Athanasius and Cyril, the Patriarchs of Alexandria, and services began, while carrying out restoration, returning and collecting the shrines of the temple. On September 11, 1993, residents of the area became witnesses, and many also took part, in the procession of the Cross, which returned the main temple icon - Saints Athanasius and Cyril (January 31, New Style) to its original place. In those years, this temple was known to Muscovites and guests of the capital for its rich bookstore, where one could purchase the rarest, and sometimes simply unique, publications.
And only 10 years later - on January 14, 2003, on Candlemas - the main altar of the temple was consecrated, as before, in honor of the Savior, the Image Not Made by Hands. The Nikolsky chapel was consecrated even later - on December 17, 2009.
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Current address: Moscow, Bolshoy Afanasyevsky lane, 16; Filippovsky lane, 3 (between Filippovsky and Bolshoy Afanasyevsky lane)
The church is dedicated to the famous theologians of the Middle Ages, fighters against heresies - Arians and Nestorians - to the Alexandrian patriarchs Athanasius (IV century) and Cyril (V century). The Temple of Athanasius and Cyril and Nicholas the Wonderworker is mentioned in the chronicle of 1585 and listed in 1686 as a wooden one. In the 16th century, in this area there was a country courtyard of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, which is credited with the construction of the first wooden Afanasyevsky Church.
In 1612, the wooden church was badly damaged during the Polish-Lithuanian intervention, so it was rebuilt in 1631. In the income and expenditure books of the Patriarchal Prikaz, the Church of Athanasius and Cyril in 1631 is listed as “newly profitable”, i.e. renewed after times of unrest.
In 1681, the main altar of the Afanasyevskaya Church was consecrated in the name of the Savior, the Image Not Made by Hands. And in honor of the holy Patriarchs of Alexandria Athanasius and Cyril there was a chapel. Afanasyevskaya Church is mentioned as a wooden one even in 1689, when most of the churches were already rebuilt in stone.
In the documents of the Holy Synod, the temple is mentioned as a stone one only since 1722. A stone church on the site of a wooden one was built, possibly in 1710, during the construction of a chapel in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
During the Patriotic War of 1812, the revered miraculous Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, taken from besieged Smolensk, was brought to the Church of Athanasius and Cyril. During the war, the church was looted and burned by Napoleonic troops.
In 1815-16, at the expense of parishioners, the chapel in the name of Saints Athanasius and Cyril was restored and consecrated, and in 1817 - the central altar in the name of the Savior Not Made by Hands and the chapel in the name of Saint Nicholas.
In 1836, the temple was dismantled almost to its foundations. From 1837 to 1856, the Afanasyevsky temple was renovated again in the late Empire style. Construction was again carried out at the expense of parishioners, mainly the merchant K.S. Bubnova.
Over the years, a new bell tower and refectory were built, the chapels were remodeled, and a new light dome was erected over the old quadrangular church building. Externally and in the interiors, the temple received a uniform design in the late Moscow Empire style.
From the 17th century building, only fragments of the foundations and the lower part of the walls have survived. In 1856, the entire temple was consecrated. And the main altar of the church was consecrated in the name of the Resurrection of the Word at the request of honorary citizen Bubnov. Since then, the temple has remained Resurrection. In 1899, the altars of the side chapels were moved in line with the main altar. In the first half of the 19th century. parishioners of the Church of Athanasius and Cyril were many Russian writers, historians, philosophers: N.V. Stankevich, founder of the literary and artistic circle, Aksakov family, I.S. Turgenev and others.
The temple was closed in 1932. It was supposed to be demolished, but only the second and third tiers of the bell tower were destroyed. Later, workshops, warehouses, and small businesses were located in the church building. Even an electromechanical plant.
In the 1970s, the church was restored and the bell tower was restored.
On November 5, 1992, the chapel of Saints Athanasius and Cyril was consecrated, where services are held.
Currently, the church is a stone five-domed structure, square in plan. It stretches from north to south and is decorated with arches and stucco decoration. Finally, a dome is located on a wide drum. The temple includes a refectory and a tetrahedral bell tower. It is located at the confluence of the Sivka River and the Chertoryya Creek, enclosed in an underground pipe.
Sources of illustration:
Naydenov N. A. Moscow. Cathedrals, monasteries and churches. Part II: White City. M., 1882
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March 4, 2017, on Saturday of the first week of Great Lent, the day of remembrance of the Holy Martyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Wonderworker, (celebration moved from Thursday February 17, 2017 / March 2, 2017) and the Great Martyr Theodore Tiron, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia performed the rite of great consecration of the revived Church of Saints Athanasius and Kirill, Patriarchs of Alexandria, on Sivtsev Vrazhek, Moscow and Divine Liturgy in the newly consecrated church.
Three thrones were consecrated with a great ceremony: the main throne - in honor of the Savior, the Image Not Made by Hands; southern - in honor of St. Athanasius and Cyril of Alexandria; northern - in honor of St. Nicholas of Myra.
Concelebrating with His Holiness were: , First Vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' for Moscow; , head of the Moscow Patriarchate; , viceroy; , chairman, governor; , Secretary of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' for Moscow; Archpriest Mikhail Oskolkov, rector of the Church of Saints Athanasius and Cyril of Alexandria; metropolitan clergy.
Liturgical hymns were performed by the choir of the Church of Saints Athanasius and Cyril of Alexandria on Sivtsev Vrazhek (regent N.I. Vlasova).
The Patriarchal service was broadcast on live on .
After the special litany, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church offered a prayer for peace in Ukraine.
During the Liturgy, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill ordained Deacon Sergius Parfenov, clergyman of the Church of St. Nicholas of Myra in Tolmachi, Moscow, to the rank of priest.
The sermon before communion was delivered by Priest Vladimir Sokolov, cleric of the Church of the Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus, rector of the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles, under construction in Nikolsky, Moscow.
At the end of the Liturgy, the rector of the newly consecrated church, Archpriest Mikhail Oskolkov, on behalf of the clergy and parishioners, greeted His Holiness and presented His Holiness with a copy of the temple icon of Saints Athanasius and Cyril.
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill said:
In conclusion, the Primate of the Russian Church said:
“I would like to thank you, Father Michael, for your kind words and for the gift that you gave me, as well as all the parishioners of this holy church for the great work that you have endured, from the 1990s to the present day, preparing this temple for great consecration. It is very important that the works that people do in the name of the Lord unite them.
Experience shows that people are very united by the construction and restoration of temples, when everyone makes some small contribution, their means, time and effort. Then the temple becomes a part of life, becomes something very close, dear, and people connect their future lives with it.
Today we are building new churches not only so that there are more of them, because they are not enough for such a huge city as Moscow, but also because the construction of churches is a great common undertaking. Translated into Greek, common work is liturgy. This is the name of the divine service that we just performed, this is a common activity: we all prayed to the Lord together, together we celebrated the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. Our whole life should be a liturgy, a common effort for the glory of God and for our own salvation.”
In gratitude for his efforts, His Holiness presented Archpriest Mikhail Oskolkov with an anniversary cross, made on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of His Holiness.
The Primate of the Russian Church donated the icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy to the newly consecrated church.
Tonight, on the eve of the 1st Week of Lent, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' will perform all-night vigil in Moscow.
The Church of Saints Athanasius and Cyril on Sivtsev Vrazhek was built no later than the middle of the 15th century. The first documentary mention is found in the Book of the Patriarchal Order for 1631.
The wooden three-altar church was rebuilt with a stone and two-altar church at the beginning of the 17th century. Main altar consecrated in honor of the Savior, the Image Not Made by Hands, and the side chapel in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. But in 1748-1749, at the request of one of the parishioners, a chapel to St. Athanasius and Cyril, and the church again became three-altar.
During the Patriotic War of 1812 there was significant event. The miraculous Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God “Hodegetria”, taken from besieged Smolensk, was placed in the temple. Later, in a religious procession, it was transferred to the Assumption Cathedral of the Kremlin.
In 1813, the St. Nicholas Chapel was re-consecrated, the only part of the temple that survived the destruction. In 1815-1817 the stone church was rebuilt. From 1836, over the course of twenty years, the temple was completely rebuilt and was consecrated in 1856. Reconstruction and construction work was carried out with the blessing and with the direct participation of St. Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow.
At the end of the 1870s, work on the improvement of the temple was resumed. It was then that it acquired its current appearance.
In 1932, the Church of St. Afanasy and Kirill was closed, its building began to be used for various economic needs. In the 1970s, partial restoration began. In the early 1990s, a decision was made to return the temple building to the Church. On November 5, 1992, the minor consecration of the chapel of Saints Athanasius and Cyril and the first Divine Liturgy were performed.
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