Description of the attraction
According to legend, the Church of Mikhail and Fyodor of Chernigov was founded on the place where Muscovites met their relics. Prince of Chernigov Mikhail Vsevolodovich and his boyar Fyodor were executed in 1246 in the Golden Horde by order of Khan Batu. The prince and his boyar took martyrdom for refusing to worship fire and pagan idols. Prince Michael was canonized in 1572, and in 1578 part of his relics was brought to Moscow from Chernigov. Later, the relics were transferred to the Archangel Cathedral, located in the Moscow Kremlin.
In Moscow, the temple is located in Chernigovsky lane, next to the temple of John the Baptist, to which he has long regarded as a side-street. By the way, the lane got its name thanks to this church. It is known that its first building was built on the lands of the former Ivanovsky monastery. In the first half of the 16th century, this monastery was moved to its present place and is now located in Maly Ivanovsky Lane.
The stone church in honor of Mikhail and Fyodor was built instead of the wooden one in 1675, and twenty years later its first reconstruction was carried out. With the money donated by the merchant Juliania Malyutina, the temple was rebuilt and acquired the features of the Moscow baroque and the Russian ornamental style - very decorative, with many details of bizarre shapes and outlines. Due to its unique appearance, the church was recognized as a federal architectural monument, together with the Church of St. John the Baptist, they constitute a historical and architectural complex. One of the icons of the church - "The Old Testament Trinity" (second half of the 17th century), confiscated after the revolution - is now kept in the Tretyakov Gallery.
In the mid-30s, the church of Mikhail and Fyodor was closed, the building was devoid of chapters and was adapted as a warehouse. In the 80s, the restoration of the building was carried out, and in the early 90s, the building was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church.
