Church on Novoyasenevsky Prospekt. Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Yasenevo

Since February 1997, the Church of the Holy Chief Apostles Peter and Paul in Yasenevo has been the Moscow metochion of the Holy Vvedensky Stavropegic Monastery of Optina Pustyn.
The history of the temple in Yasenevo dates back to ancient times. The first known mention of the village dates back to the 14th century. In all documents the property is mentioned as a village, which means there was a temple in it. Thus, the history of the church and its parish goes back no less than 7 centuries.
The first historical information and documents describing the church date back to the beginning of the 17th century, when Yasenevo still remained a palace village. It attracted the attention of Patriarch Filaret (Romanov), the father of Mikhail Feodorovich, newly elected to the kingdom. By decision of the Patriarch in 1626, a wooden church was built here in the name of Sts. mcc. Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sophia, in 1674 a new two-story Church of the Sign of the Blessed Virgin Mary was erected next to the old one.
The current building of the temple was erected in 1751-1753 in the Elizabethan (late) Baroque style and consecrated in the name of the holy supreme apostles Peter and Paul. The owner of the village then was Feodor Avraamovich Lopukhin 1767, grandson of the boyar Fedor (Illarion) Abramovich Lopukhin, father-in-law of Tsar Peter I, son of Abram Fedorovich Lopukhin, executed on November 9, 1718 in the case of Tsarevich Alexei, under him the Yasenevo estate was built near the temple and a park was laid out. with alleys and ponds.
On July 9, 1822, in the church of the village of Yaseneva, the wedding of Maria Nikolaevna Volkonskaya and Lieutenant Colonel Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy, the parents of the writer Leo Tolstoy, took place.
During the period of Yasenev's ownership by Prince Sergei Ivanovich Gagarin, the temple was reconstructed. In 1832, a warm side chapel was added to it in honor of St. VMC. Varvara (the heavenly patroness of the prince's wife) and the bell tower. In 1860-1865 another reconstruction was carried out, correcting the identified shortcomings of the previous one. As a result, the Church of Peter and Paul acquired an appearance that has survived to this day: the architecture of the temple was brought to the type of three-part axial symmetrical composition “temple-narthex-belltower”, the most common among Russian churches of the Classical era.
The temple had 3 altars: the central one in the name of the holy apostles Peter and Paul (the antimension was consecrated on February 26, 1826), the southern one in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh (the antimension was consecrated by St. Philaret (Drozdov) on October 20, 1861), and the northern one in honor of the Holy Great Martyr Barbara (the antimension was consecrated Bishop Nikolai of Dmitrov in 1832).
In the 1930s, the temple, which by that time was already used as a state farm warehouse, was closed (the painting of the temple has not been preserved). In 1973-1976 it was externally restored, crosses were erected on the temple and bell tower. Moreover, the entire territory of the temple, enclosed by a fence, belonged to the auto repair base and its warehouses.
In 1989, the church and the clergy house were transferred to the Orthodox community; a parish was established. The first rector of the temple was Archpriest Alexander Toropov.
Since February 1997, the temple has been transferred to the Moscow courtyard of the Vvedensky stauropegial monastery of Optina Pustyn.
On November 23, 2009, the funeral service for priest Daniil Sysoev, who was killed on November 20, took place in the church. The funeral service was led by Archbishop Arseny of Istra. At the end of the funeral service, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' performed a funeral litany at the tomb of the deceased.
Divine services in the church are held daily according to the following schedule: on Saturday All-night vigil at 17:00, on Sunday and the Twelfth Feasts there are two Liturgies: early - at 7:00 (hours and confession at 6:30), late - at 10:00 (hours and confession at 9:30), on Sunday evening, at 17:00 - a prayer service for the sick with an akathist chanted, at the end - a Sunday conversation about the foundations of the Orthodox faith. On Monday at 7:30 - Matins, hours, Liturgy. On other days: Liturgy - at 8:00 (hours and confession at 7:30), evening service - at 17:00.
The church has a Sunday school, a brotherhood for helping prisoners, a patronage service, and a library of Orthodox literature. A children's choir participates in festive services. In the nearby (metro station "Konkovo") nursing home (Pension No. 6 for Labor Veterans) there is a registered Church of the Resurrection of Christ, in which since 1997 the priests of the Church of Sts. App. Peter and Paul in Yasenevo hold divine services weekly. On the territory of the Temple, from 9:00 to 19:00, the Monastery and Church shops are open daily.
Abbot - Hegumen Melchizedek (Artyukhin)
Priest Nikolai Nenarokov
Hieromonk Zosima (Vetrov)
Priest Alexy Sysoev
Priest Alexander Mishin
Priest Alexy Ishkov
Deacon Gennady Kondrashov

The Sunday school at the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Yasenevo has existed since 1997. The main task of the school is to promote the spiritual development of students through the formation of an Orthodox worldview in them.

Sunday school is the initial form of religious education, through which the will to save the soul is awakened and cultivated in children, and an Orthodox worldview is formed. This is done by introducing children to the basic principles of the Christian faith, morality and culture. Preschoolers and primary schoolchildren study the main events of the Old and New Testaments, the history of the great holidays of the church year. Get acquainted with Church Slavonic literacy. In high school, the Holy Scriptures and moral commandments are studied more deeply. There is an acquaintance with Orthodox worship and iconography. The main task of high school is to develop the ability to think independently and evaluate events from an Orthodox point of view.

Children's Liturgy

In our Sunday school, once a month children's Liturgy is practiced, when all the necessary services for the performance of worship are performed by the children themselves (except for the sacred service, of course). Their parents become parishioners. Uniting, joint activity of children and parents in the bosom of the church - this is the way to form a full-fledged parish, where the church family and the home family are closely connected with each other.

Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage is one of the most important components of the spiritual education of children. During pilgrimage trips, children have a unique opportunity to venerate great Orthodox shrines, learn a lot of new and interesting things, and become familiar with Russian culture and tradition. The guys visited New Jerusalem, the Trinity-Sergius Lavra and other Orthodox shrines.

Children's choir

In Sunday School classes, children learn the basics of church singing. The choir participates in children's and holiday Liturgies in our church, performs at concerts in the Veterans' House, and takes part in Sunday school festivals and parish holidays.

Archpriest Sergius Ishkov is the spiritual director of the Sunday school.

Subjects studied:

New Testament

God's law

Fundamentals of Orthodox dogma.

Worship and Sacraments

History of the Christian Church

Church Slavonic language

Fundamentals of Christian Morality

Comparative theology

Additional mugs:

Choir studio "Rainbow" Andrey Vladimirovich 8-926-282-25-77

Choreographic studio for girls "Heavenly Swallows" Natalya Vladimirovna 8-916-359-34-03

English language studio "Let English be your friend" 8-925-747-23-32 Svetlana Zainidinovna

Handicraft studios 8-926-285-16-53 Irina Valentinovna, 8-916-309-24-21 Maria Nikolaevna

In the Yasenevsky district of Moscow, in an unremarkable place, surrounded by residential areas, there is a unique church. This Church of Peter and Paul. This temple witnessed many historical events and went through different periods of its existence.
I want to tell you about my impressions of visiting this temple.

Where is

The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Yasenevo is located at the address: Moscow, Novoyasenevsky Prospekt, 40, bldg. 1.
Phone +79636360061.

What's the best way to get there?

In order to get to the Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul, it is better to use the metro. It is a short walk from the station "Novoyasenevskaya". Having arrived at the stop, it is better for you to get off on the even side of Novoyasenevsky Prospekt. When you exit, you will immediately see a temple that will orient you in the direction of travel.
You can also get there by city ground transport. It is best to take buses along routes No. 81, 262, 648, 651 to the stop "Novoyasenevsky Avenue, 19".
If you are driving a personal car, then from the Moscow Ring Road it is better to turn onto Karamzin Passage, then further along Paustovsky Street to Novoyasenevsky Prospekt, then onto Novoyasenevsky Dead End, and you are at the destination of the trip.

Operating mode

Peter and Paul Church in Yasenevo is open to visitors daily from 6:30 to 19:00 hours.

Schedule of services at the Church of Peter and Paul in Yasenevo

On weekdays and Saturday The morning service begins at 7:30, the evening service at 17:00.
On Sundays and holidays The morning service starts at 8:30, the evening service at 17:00.

Interesting facts from the history of the Church of Peter and Paul in Yasenevo

The history of the Orthodox church in this area dates back to the distant past. It is known that already in the 14th century there was a church in the village of Yasenevo. And the first documented descriptions of the temple date back to the 17th century.
The building of the current temple was built in the middle of the 18th century, during the reign of Empress Elizabeth, which left its mark on the style of its architecture, later called Elizabethan Baroque. Initially, one section was built, which is currently the eastern aisle of the temple.
It is noteworthy that at the beginning of the 19th century Nikolai Tolstoy and Princess
Maria Volkonskaya, father and mother of the future writer Leo Tolstoy.
In the 1830s the church was rebuilt. A warm chapel was completed and a bell tower was erected. And in the 1860s, its reconstruction was carried out, since the previous one was unsuccessful. As a result, the Peter and Paul Church was formed in the form in which we know it.
In the 1920s, the church was converted into a warehouse and closed in the 1930s. Time and merciless use have not been kind to the building; the unique paintings have been lost.
In the 1970s, the temple was restored; crosses were returned to the bell tower and dome of the temple.
In 1989, the Peter and Paul Church was transferred to the parish, which had previously been formed again. Since 1997 it has been subordinate to . At the moment, repair and restoration work is ongoing, the building is in danger of destruction due to flooding of the foundation with groundwater.
The temple contains many Orthodox shrines, such as particles of the relics of saints, including Nicholas the Wonderworker and St. Andrew the First-Called, Catherine of Alexandria, Tatiana of Rome and St. Barbara, the Apostle Luke, Cosmas and Damian, Gregory the Theologian, Euthymius the Great, Lazarus the Four-Days, the Great Martyr Panteleimon, First Martyr Stephen, Saint Tryphon, Joseph of Belgorod, Mary Magdalene, Hilarion of the Trinity, Philaret of Moscow, Alexander of Svirsky, Ambrose of Optina.
The Peter and Paul Church actively conducts social activities, includes a youth center, a Sunday school, theology and catechism courses, as well as a social service.

Photo of the Church of Peter and Paul in Yasenevo

The Church of Peter and Paul in Yasenevo attracts with its amazing simplicity.

The Peter and Paul Church seems to be watching what is happening around it.

And this is how the temple looks from a bird's eye view.

Last Supper. Painting of the Church of Peter and Paul in Yasenevo.

Church of Peter and Paul in Yasenevo and its iconostasis.

Church of Peter and Paul in Yasenevo - video

Having visited the Church of Peter and Paul in Yasenevo, I thought about how it often happens that great deeds are hidden behind small sizes. This church and the people involved in it are doing a great job trying to make our world a better and kinder place. The temple itself attracts with its cozy and homely atmosphere.

Perhaps it cannot boast of rich decoration, but it is felt that the soul was put into everything. I definitely recommend visiting the Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul in Yasenevo, and then express your opinion in the comments.

Altars of the temple: central - in the name of St. App. Peter and Paul; southern - in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh; northern - in honor of the holy military center. Barbarians. The side throne is in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “The Sign”.

The first historical information and documents describing the church date back to the beginning of the 17th century, when Yasenevo still remained a palace village. The current temple was built in the Elizabethan Baroque style and consecrated in the name of the holy supreme apostles Peter and Paul in 1751-53. As a result of reconstruction in the 1860s. The Church of Peter and Paul acquired an appearance that remains to this day. The architecture of the temple was brought to the type of three-part axial symmetrical composition “temple-narthex-belltower”, the most common among temples erected in the patrimonial possessions of Russia during the Classical era.

After the death of S.I. Gagarin's estate passed to his daughter M.S. Buturlina (second cousin of A.S. Pushkin). The sons, who inherited in 1902, owned Yasenev until the revolution of 1917. In 1924, the main house of the estate burned down, only the Baroque staircase remained. In the 1930s The temple, which was used as a state farm warehouse, was also closed. The painting of the temple, dating back to the first half of the 19th century, has not been preserved.
In 1973-1976. The church was externally restored, crosses were erected on the temple and bell tower. The water tower with a weather vane was restored, and the manor house was almost recreated. The entire territory of the temple, enclosed by a fence, belonged to an automobile repair base and its warehouses.

In 1989, the Church of St. App. Peter and Paul in Yasenevo with the clergy house was returned to the Orthodox Church and transferred to the parish. The first rector of the temple was Archpriest Alexander Toropov. Since February 1997, the temple has become the Moscow metochion of the Holy Vvedensky Stavropegic Monastery of Optina Pustyn. In the temple there are particles of the relics of St. ap. Andrew the First-Called, St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, St. VMC. Barbara, St. VMC. Tatiana, St. VMC. Catherine, St. right Lazarus the Four Days, St. Euthymius the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, Besser. Cosmas and Damian, the first martyr. Stefan, ap. Luke, St. Vmch. and the healer Panteleimon, St. Joasaph of Belgorod, martyr. Tryphon, prmts. led book Elizabeth and others Barbara, St. equal to Mary Magdalene, St. Alexander of Svirsky, St. Philaret of Moscow, St. Hilarion (Trinity), St. Ambrose of Optina, St. Optina Elders: Leo, Macarius, Moses, Anthony, Hilarion, Anatoly the Elder, Isaac I, Joseph, Barsanuphius, Anatoly the Younger, Nektarios.

Yasenevo is one of the most ancient settlements in the Moscow region. N.M. Karamzin assumed that it was mentioned back in 1206 in one of the chronicles when describing the feuds of the appanage princes: “Sretosh and brothers at Yasenev,” but the first documented owner of Yasenev is the Grand Duke of Moscow Ivan Danilovich Kalita. It is mentioned around 1339 in one of his spiritual documents, that is, his will. Until the end of the 16th century. Yasenevo belonged to the descendants of Kalita, including Ivan Vasilyevich the Terrible.

Judging by the fact that Yasenevo has long been listed as a village, wooden churches were periodically built in it, replacing one another, but their dedications are unknown. Under Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich, a wooden church of Sophia and her daughters Vera, Nadezhda and Lyubov was built in Yasenevo - in 1628-1629. in the salary books of the Patriarchal State Order it is listed as “newly arrived,” that is, just built. Later, the tsar gave this village to a certain Ananya, the youngest son of his confessor, Archpriest of the Annunciation Cathedral Maxim. This Ananya was one of the close associates of his wife, Queen Evdokia Lukyanovna, and repeatedly received expensive gifts from her; perhaps Yasenevo was granted to him at the request of the queen in connection with his marriage in 1631. Ananya is mentioned as the owner of this village in a document of 1635-1636.

Yasenevo stayed with Ananya for a short time, returned to the treasury, but was soon presented to another successful courtier - the boyar and butler Prince Alexei Mikhailovich Lvov. Under him, in the census book of 1646, a “boyar courtyard” was documented in the village, i.e. estate, horse and cattle yards. The church, apparently the one that was built under Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich, is called a little differently than before: the Sign of the Mother of God with two chapels: St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and Sophia and her daughters. A.M. Lvov built with her “a bell tower on pillars, with five bells.” At A.M. Lvov had no heirs; Yasenevo, after his death in 1655, as an escheated estate, again became a palace, i.e. a royal village that belonged to Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. In 1674, a new wooden religious building was built in Yasenevo, replacing the previous one. It, in turn, consisted of two churches: the upper one - the Sign of the Mother of God, completed with a tent, and the lower one - Sophia with her daughters. In addition, another tent had a chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. In the village there are peasant huts, the “sovereign's volovennik” courtyard, two courtyards of gardeners and “26 peasant courtyards, people in them too, they have children and brothers and nephews and grandchildren and sons-in-law and suryas and stepchildren and 62 people,” which speaks of that Yasenevo was one of the largest villages in the Moscow region.

The current temple was built in the Elizabethan Baroque style and consecrated in the name of the holy supreme apostles Peter and Paul. The consecration of the Temple took place in 1751-53. The old wooden Znamenskaya Church was dismantled due to its disrepair. Following the new church, a new manor house in the Baroque style began to be built, with a magnificently unfolded front staircase leading directly to the mezzanine, and a wide ramp from the garden. A regular park was laid out with alleys, ponds, pavilions and gazebos, so that the whole thing formed a regularly planned palace and park ensemble of the estate. Death of F.A. Lopukhina suspended construction in 1757. Work continued mainly in the formal garden with ponds.

Lopukhin's widow Vera Borisovna did not part with Yasenev until the end. The village and estate were inherited after her by her son, Vasily Feodorovich, married to A.P. Gagarina. After centuries of ownership by the Lopukhins, the estate passed to the princes Gagarins. Documents indicate that in 1812 the Yasenevsky landowner was Pavel Gavriilovich Gagarin, who equipped 23 peasant militias from Yasenev at his own expense, and he inherited the property from his father Gavriil Petrovich in 1808. On July 9, 1822, a wedding took place in the church of the village of Yasenev Maria Nikolaevna Volkonskaya and Lieutenant Colonel Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy - the parents of the writer Leo Tolstoy and his sister Maria Nikolaevna, a nun of the Shamorda Monastery (who ended the days of her earthly life there as Schema-nun Maria and was buried in the monastery cemetery)...

With the name of Prince S.I. Gagarin is associated with the Yasenevsky Church acquiring its present appearance. Initially, the stone temple consisted of one (current eastern) cube-shaped volume of a cold central aisle. It was a pillarless cubic church of a centric composition with an 8-sided drum, cut through by 8 windows, and topped with a dome. The next step in the history of the construction of the temple was its two-stage reconstruction, carried out during the period of ownership of Yasenev by Prince Sergei Ivanovich Gagarin. In 1832, a warm side chapel was added to the temple (the temple itself was cold), with a separate entrance, in honor of St. VMC. Varvara - the heavenly patroness of the prince's wife, and the bell tower, directly adjacent to the temple itself.

In 1860-61. another reconstruction was carried out, correcting the identified shortcomings of the previous one. Since the side church turned out to be fragile and one wall was lopsided, the bell tower inside was greatly narrowed and in construction was not proportional to the temple, and also to open the entrance to the cold church and make it more convenient to accommodate parishioners, a petition was submitted to the Moscow Spiritual Consistory in the name of St. Philaret ( Drozdov), Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna from the clergy of the Peter and Paul Church, its parishioners and the owner of the estate for permission to rebuild, or rather, re-build a two-altar warm chapel communicating with the cold church, and a new bell tower. The altars in the chapel (refectory) were supposed to be consecrated in honor of St. VMC. Barbarians and Rev. Sergius of Radonezh - the heavenly patron of the owner, Prince Sergei Ivanovich. The request was granted, and the project developed by the artist Kalugin was approved. But construction was completed only in 1865.

As a result of reconstruction in the 1860s. The Church of Peter and Paul acquired an appearance that remains to this day. The architecture of the temple was brought to the type of three-part axial symmetrical composition “temple-narthex-belltower”, the most common among temples erected in the patrimonial possessions of Russia during the Classical era. In its final form, the temple had 3 altars: the central one in the name of the holy apostles Peter and Paul (the antimension was consecrated on February 26, 1826), the southern one in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh (the antimension was consecrated by St. Philaret (Drozdov), Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna on October 20, 1861. , a particle of whose holy relics is now in the church), and the northern one in honor of the Holy Great Martyr Barbara (the antimension was consecrated by Bishop Nicholas of Dmitrov in 1832).

In the 1930s The temple, which was used as a state farm warehouse, was closed. The painting of the temple, dating back to the first half of the 19th century, has not been preserved. In 1973-1976. The church was externally restored, crosses were erected on the temple and bell tower. The water tower with a weather vane was restored, and the manor house was almost recreated. The entire territory of the temple, enclosed by a fence, belonged to an automobile repair base and its warehouses.

In 1989, the Church of St. App. Peter and Paul in Yasenevo with the clergy house was returned to the Orthodox Church and transferred to the parish. Since February 1997, the temple has become the Moscow metochion of the Holy Vvedensky Stavropegic Monastery of Optina Pustyn. The rector is Hegumen Melchizedek (Artyukhin).

Based on materials from: http://usadba-yasenevo.ru/istoriya/artpage19.html
Korobko M.Yu. Moscow Manor. Guide.

Peter and Paul, the apostles, in Yasenevo, at the courtyard of the Holy Vvedenskaya Optina Hermitage Church (Novoyasenevsky Prospekt, house No. 42).

The village of Yasenevo, known from the 14th century until the 17th century. was in the possession of the Moscow sovereigns. In 1688, the village was granted to the father-in-law of Peter I, Fyodor Avraamovich Lopukhin. The Lopukhins owned Yasenevo until 1790. The first wooden church in the village of Yasenevo was built in 1626 by Patriarch Filarat. It was consecrated in the name of the martyrs Faith, Nadezhda and Love and their mother Sophia. The church building that has survived to this day was built in the Baroque style in 1737 and consecrated in the name of the apostles Peter and Paul, in memory of Emperor Peter II, a relative of the owners of the village. In 1832, a chapel to the martyr Varvara was erected, which was dismantled thirty years later. In 1863, a bell tower and a large refectory were added to the temple, in which the chapels of St. Sergius of Radonezh and the martyr Paraskeva Pyatnitsa were consecrated.

The temple was built in Baroque style. On the main volume of the quadrangle there is an octagon with a bulbous head. The three-tier bell tower is adjacent to the refectory; the bell is located in the upper tier. It is also crowned with a bulbous head. The decorative design of the temple (pilasters, platbands) is very laconic.

The church was closed in the 1930s. In 1989 it was handed over to the community of believers. Soon services were resumed in the temple. In addition to the main altar in the temple, there is an additional altar in the name of the icon of the Mother of God “The Sign”, as well as chapels - St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (formerly St. Sergius of Radnezh, right) and the Great Martyr Varvarna (formerly Martyr Paraskeva Pyatnitsa, left). Among the shrines of the temple are the relics of the venerable Optina elders.

Mikhail Vostryshev "Orthodox Moscow. All churches and chapels."