Church of St. Nicholas in Sajaitskoye
The Church of Saint Nicholas to Sajaizkoje (Russian Храм святителя Николая в Заяицком transcribed Chram swjatitelja Nikolaja w Sajaizkom ) is in the Moscow district of Zamoskvorechye in the Central Administrative District location Russian Orthodox Church in the 18th century.
designation
The name Sajaizkoje (i.e. Transjaizkoe), which the historical area of Moscow bore, is derived from the Russian name Jaik for the Ural River . According to another version, the name goes back to Transural Tatars who were involved in the trade in this area. According to another, more reliable, version, Sajaizkoe was named in honor of the Transurural Cossacks who donated a valuable icon of Nicholas of Myra to the city of Moscow in the early 17th century .
history
At least since 1518 there was a wooden church with a different name on the site of today's Church of St. Nicholas in Sajaitskoye, but in 1625 the Nikolaus Sajaizki Church stood here . In 1652 or 1657 (according to various sources) the first stone church was built.
The construction of the new church began on May 25th July. / June 5, 1741 greg. but it crashed on September 11th July. / 22nd September 1743 greg. together. Under the direction of the architect Dmitri Wassiljewitsch Uchtomski (1719–1774), the rebuilding began in 1749 on a new foundation. The church was built in the Elizabethan Baroque style and is similar to the church of the martyr Nikita an der Basmannaja, built by the same architect . On October 24th, Jul. / 4th November 1754 greg. the church was consecrated. The interior walls of the church were painted until July 1759. The Church of St. Nicholas in Sajaitskoye has a total area of 900 m² and a length of 40 m. The wall thickness of the church building is 2.5 m. Its three-tier bell tower was 45 m high. In total, the church had nine bells, the largest weighing 5800 kg.
During the fire in Moscow in 1812, the church remained undamaged, but was partially looted. The church also suffered damage as a result of the flooding by the Moscow River in April 1908, when the river rose nine meters above normal height. Up until the October Revolution , the Church developed, it had valuable devotional objects , its library was one of the largest in Moscow. Under Soviet rule in 1932, the church was closed for services and the building was used by the energy company Mosenergo . In 1939 the demolition of the church began. The dome of the church building and the second tier of the bell tower were demolished. The resistance of the monument preservationists saved the church. A partial restoration took place in 1955–1957. In 1992 the church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church . In 1996-2000 it was rebuilt in its original form, largely with the help of parishioners. The forged fencing of the church's cemetery and residential buildings of church employees (Russian дом причта ), both from the 18th century, have been preserved.
The address of the church: Second Rauschssky Lane, 1-3 / 26, g.8 (Novokuznetskaya Metro Station).
At the Church of St. Nicholas in Sajaitskoye since 2004 there is the Moscow Bell Center, where the bell-ringer are prepared. There is also the Museum of Orthodox Sound (Russian Музей православного звона ) with the classroom.
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Coordinates: 55 ° 44 ′ 49 " N , 37 ° 38 ′ 7" E