Description of the attraction
In the city of Vladimir, on Krasnoselskaya Street, there is the Orthodox Church of Michael the Archangel. The temple is located in the eastern part of the city on a small hill under the original name Ogurechnaya Gora, in the previously existing village of Krasnoye, which long ago became part of the city and is now completely built up with multi-storey buildings.
The village of Krasnoe is one of the oldest in the Vladimir region, although it is not indicated on the map today. The first mention of it dates back to 1515. The date of the formation of the village appears in the letter addressed to the Dmitrievsky Cathedral, but there is no mention of the construction of the Church of Archangel Michael. Thus, it remains to assume that the temple already existed at the end of the 1490s, but this is only an assumption, not documented.
In the last years of the 16th century, the village of Krasnoe was mentioned as the possession of the sovereign - the record of the nearby Tsare-Konstantinovsky monastery indicates that the village was a palace one.
The first mention of the temple appears in the patriarchal books dating back to 1628. It was originally made of wood and consecrated in honor of Michael the Archangel. In the 17th century, the village of Krasnoye again passed into private ownership, which was in the hands of several owners. One of the owners was a prince named Yuri Baryatinsky, who in 1658 sold his property to Nikita Minov. It is worth noting that Minov left a significant mark on the history of the village, because the results of the reforms he developed are still alive in some corners - at one time there were violent clashes and acts of disobedience leading to bloodshed.
Prince Baryatinsky sold his possessions to Patriarch Nikon, who immediately after the purchase ceased to engage in the patriarchate and left the Resurrection New Jerusalem Monastery, founded by him. A small part of the village went to the Resurrection Monastery.
Six years later, Nikon returned to Moscow again, because the thirst for power did not leave him. But upon arrival in the capital, he was sent back. Between 1666 and 1667, Nikon was defrocked, after which he ended his days, staying until 1681 in the village of Belozerskoye at the Ferapontov Monastery.
The Archangel Michael Church, built of wood, very quickly fell into disrepair, which is why it required immediate repair. In 1652, the temple was thoroughly rebuilt, but its construction was carried out anew at a later time.
In 1731, the first information about the renovated church appears. In the same year, Bishop Platon, Bishop of Yaropolsk and Vladimir, Petrunkevich, replied to the petition of the rural owner-major. The signing of the necessary charter for the construction of a church on the site of a previously existing wooden church took place. The consecration of the temple took place in the name of the Transfiguration of the Lord; it is assumed that the church was warm, because the services were held in the winter.
In 1788, a stone church with a large refectory room and a hipped bell tower was built in Krasnoye at the expense of numerous parishioners. During the consecration, the main throne remained in its former name, namely in the name of the Archangel Michael. The southern throne was consecrated in memory of the former wooden church in the name of the Transfiguration of the Lord. From that moment on, a new northern side-altar appeared in the village, consecrated in honor of the Protection of the Mother of God.
Descriptions of the church dating back to the 19th century have come down to us. There were 42 icons of saints, apostles and forefathers in the church. The parishioners especially revered the cross, which contained parts of the relics of the holy saints found in 1812 by a righteous peasant.
For a long period of time, only the village of Krasnoye was a church parish, but in the second half of the 18th century it increased significantly, and it included the villages of Mikhailovka and Arkhangelovka.
In 1943 the temple was closed. In the early 1990s, it was again transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church. After minor renovations, the first divine service took place in 1991. Today the church is functioning, which makes many parishioners happy.
