Church of Righteous John the Russian

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Church of Righteous John the Russian in Kuntsevo
Храм святого праведного Иоанна Русского в Кунцеве, Москва
Kamennyi i dereviannyi khramy pravednogo Ioanna Russkogo v Moskve.jpg
The church complex of Righteous John the Russian as viewed from the Yartsevskaya str.
Church of Righteous John the Russian
55°44′3.95″N37°24′19.32″E / 55.7344306°N 37.4053667°E / 55.7344306; 37.4053667
LocationMoscow
CountryRussia
Denomination Russian Orthodox
Website http://ioannrus.ru
History
StatusActive
Founded2004
Dedication Saint John the Russian
Consecrated 7 July 2016
Architecture
Style Russian traditional

Church of Righteous John the Russian in Kuntsevo is an orthodox church in Moscow, Russia, in Kuntsevo district of Western Administrative Okrug.

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Stone church of Righteous John the Russian in Moscow. View from west. Kamennyi khram pravednogo Ioanna Russkogo v Moskve.jpg
Stone church of Righteous John the Russian in Moscow. View from west.

The church belongs to the Deanery (Blagochiniye) of St. George, Western Vicariate, Urban Diocese of Moscow of Russian Orthodox Church.

Church complex

By the blessing of Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and all Rus' a small wooden church was erected in 2004, its architectural form being "korablets" ( Old Russian : кораблец, "a small ship"), which is characteristic for old Russian wooden churches and represents the Church as a sanctuary from the storms of life.

In 2010 the Mayor of Moscow signed [1] an order to build a church complex, thus a tract of land to build a large stone church was assigned. The church became a part of the Program of Building of Orthodox Churches in Moscow ("200 Churches").[ citation needed ]

7 July 2016 the head of the Western Vicariate of Moscow Bishop Tikhon of Yegoryevsk consecrated the erected church by the brief rite. [2]

2 April 2017 Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Rus' consecrated the church by the great rite. [3]

The main altar of the church is consecrated in honour of Saint Righteous John the Russian, the Confessor of Faith. Also there is a side-altar which is consecrated in honour of the Annunciation.

The church keeps an icon of Righteous John the Russian with a piece of his relics. The small wooden church is decorated with a wrought melchior iconostasis in basma technique, which blends Old Russian traditions with some elements of Byzantine style, and murals.

Divine services and parish activities

The divine services are held daily – a Liturgy at 8:30 am (two Liturgies, at 7 am and at 10 am on Sundays, The Twelve Great Feasts and other great feasts), and an evening service at 5 pm. All the kinds of occasional services are also administered: Molebens, Memorial services, Matrimonies and Baptisms.

Small wooden church of Righteous John the Russian in Moscow. View from south. Hram 2006.jpg
Small wooden church of Righteous John the Russian in Moscow. View from south.
Interior of small wooden church of Righteous John the Russian in Kuntsevo Inter'er khrama pravednogo Ioanna Russkogo v Kuntseve.jpg
Interior of small wooden church of Righteous John the Russian in Kuntsevo

The parish activities include a Sunday school for different ages with an amateur theatre, handwork clubs, the Parus (Russian: "a sail") club of history and tourism for teenagers, the Vernost (Russian: "fidelity") union of Orthodox young adults, [4] a pilgrimage service, a social service, a school of Orthodox home economics, a video lecture-hall.

The priesthood and the social service of the church help the 15th Orphanage for children with growth abnormalities, local state centers of social service, parishioners in need and prisoners. [5]

The monument of The Defender of Motherland Pamiatnik Zashchitniku Rodiny v Kuntseve.jpg
The monument of The Defender of Motherland

On 8 May 2015, the day before 60th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, upon an initiative of parishioners a monument of The Defender of Motherland was erected beside the church. [6] The monument depicts a tired soldier in Second World War Soviet army uniform, holding a PPSh-41 with its barrel pointing downwards, seemingly returning home after the victory in World War II.

Patronal feasts

Priesthood of the Church

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Authorities / Moscow City official site". www.mos.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Adamova, T.A. "Consecration of the Church of Righteous John the Russian by the Brief Rite". m-blago.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "В Неделю 5-ю Великого поста Святейший Патриарх Кирилл освятил храм святого праведного Иоанна Русского в Фили-Давыдкове в Москве / Новости / Патриархия.ru". Патриархия.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "New Parishes Reveal the Living Beauty of the Church to Young People". www.200hramov.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Church of Righteous John the Russian in Kuntsevo, Moscow – Churches and monasteries – DB of social service". social.miloserdie.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Monument of the Defender of Motherland Unveiled in Kuntsevo". kuntsevo.mos.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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