Church of the Venerable Symeon Stylites behind the Jausa
The Church of Venerable Simeon Stylites beyond the Yauza ( Russian Храм Преподобного Симеона Столпника за Яузой ) is a district in the Moscow Tagansky in the Central Administrative District location Russian Orthodox Church in the 17th century.
history
The Symeon Church is located on Nikolojamskaya Street , on the left bank of the Jausa , in the historical part of Moscow, once Sajausje (Russian: Заяузье ) - called "the area behind the Jausa". On September 1st, Jul. / September 11, 1598 greg. On the day of Symeon Stylite the Elder , Tsar Boris Godunov was enthroned. A church (probably made of wood) was built on this site in 1600 in honor of Symeon. The Symeon Church was mentioned as a stone church as early as 1657. After a fundraising campaign in 1731, the church was built over and consecrated in 1733. From 1763 to 1768 the architect IM Nazarow built a refectory , financed by donations from the merchant Al Malenkov. In 1785 the church was surrounded by a wall (it has been preserved to this day), and the bell tower was completed in 1789.
This church only existed approximately 20 years. In 1792 the construction of a new church began. The construction was financed by SP Vasilyev and especially Ivan Rodionowitsch Bataschow, mine owner and one of the richest men in Russia. Immediately behind the Symeon Church, Bataschow built his own magnificent mansion - Usadba Bataschowa . The architect is unknown, probably Rodion Kazakow or Matwei Kazakow . When the dome collapsed in 1798, the church was badly damaged and only restored in 1812, restored and consecrated in 1813. In 1847 the architect Nikolai Tschitschagow created a new iconostasis . In 1851 the refectory was restored.
In 1863 a new bell weighing 418 poods (more than 6800 kg) was cast. Since the old bell tower was not suitable for this weight, a new three-tier bell tower was built according to a design by the architect Koslowski.
Under the Soviet regime in 1929 (according to other sources in 1926) the church was closed for services. Then the superstructure of the inner church space began. The church was converted into a seven-story building and used by various organizations. The bell tower was demolished. Priest Nikolai partially rescued icons in an adjacent church.
In 1995 the church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church and got its rescued icons back. The church now also houses a Sunday school for children, a school for church singing for adults, workshops for icon painting and restoration and a publishing house.
description
The Symeon Church was built in the classicism style, with a high, cubic main structure, with the facade with a colonnade , a large rotunda and a dome with dormer windows and a small drum . High windows that originally existed were replaced by three rows of rectangular windows during the Soviet era, which caused the building to lose its former harmony.
The address of the church is Nikilojamskaja 10. Next to the Symeon Church (Nikolojamskaja 12) there is a residential building for church workers. The building from the (presumably) 17th century was rebuilt several times (1829–1834, 1902, after 1917).
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Beginning of Nikolojamskaya Street with a view of the Symeon Church. Martin's Church can be seen in the back plan
The residential building for church workers of the Symeon Church
Symeon Stylites. Mosaic from the 1990s
Entrance to the church complex
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Coordinates: 55 ° 44 ′ 49.9 ″ N , 37 ° 38 ′ 59.9 ″ E