Description of the attraction
Moscow Metropolitan Philip II lived in the 16th century, openly opposed the oprichnina and Ivan the Terrible himself, for which he was sent into exile in the Otroch Assumption Monastery in Tver and died there at the hands of the chief oprichnik Malyuta Skuratov. In 1652, the relics of the Metropolitan were transferred to Moscow from the Solovetsky Monastery, and where they were met by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, a chapel with a memorial cross was laid, and then a church was erected on this site. The relics of Philip II were glorified in the Assumption Cathedral, and a procession of the cross took place on that day.
The first building of this was built in 1677, towards the end of the century, the structure, as dilapidated, was dismantled and then erected again, this time in stone. In the first half of the 18th century, a side-altar in the name of Alexy the Man of God was added to the Philip Church, which was soon rebuilt in the form of a refectory church. A bell tower was also built, and in the 70s, the restoration of the building began, along the foundation and walls of which cracks began. The work was carried out for ten years, the renovation of the temple went according to the project of the architect Matvey Kazakov.
In the 19th century, work on the improvement and expansion of the temple continued. In this century, a side-altar appeared in the name of St. Sergius of Radonezh, a house for a clergyman. An almshouse, an orphanage and a school were opened at the church.
During the Soviet period, the church suffered the main damage at the end of the 40s, when the construction of the Olympic sports complex began. On the territory of the previously closed temple, all buildings were demolished, except for the church itself.
In the 90s, the temple was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church, on its basis the Siberian courtyard began to be created. At present, this church in the form of the 18th century is recognized as an example of Moscow classicism and is an architectural monument. The church stands on Gilyarovskogo Street - on the territory of the former Meshchanskaya Sloboda.
