Description of the attraction
The Church of the Intercession in the village of Rubtsovo-Pokrovskoye was built "on a vow": Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich gave his word that he would build a church if, with God's help, he won a victory over the Polish-Lithuanian invaders. After successfully repelling the onslaught of the army of Hetman Sagaidachny by the forces of Prince Dmitry Pozharsky in 1618, in fulfillment of the vow given by the tsar, the construction of the church began.
The first building was wooden, but very soon - less than ten years later - in Rubtsov there was already a stone Pokrovsky Church with side-chapels of St. Sergius of Radonezh and Tsarevich Dmitry, and in this version this building has survived to the present day. True, in the 17th century the church had a belfry, and at the end of the 18th century a bell tower was built. After the construction of the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, the village of Rubtsovo began to be called the Intercession. Moreover, the temple was recognized as one of the symbols of the end of the Time of Troubles. Initially, the temple was a palace, but then it became a parish.
It is also known that at the beginning of the 17th century the village served as a temporary residence for Mikhail Romanov, who lived in Rubtsovo, while restoration work was going on in the Moscow Kremlin.
In the second half of the 19th century, a community of sisters of mercy was organized at the temple, who served in many hospitals, shelters and almshouses. Many of the sisters participated in the wars with Turkey and Japan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and were awarded awards for their help to the wounded.
In the 30s of the last century, only a building was left of the temple, devoid of its religious attributes. At first, it housed the workshops of the Metrostroy trust, and then workshops and housing for sculptors. In the 60s, the building was occupied by the State Choir, and around this time the restoration of the building was carried out.
The return of the former church of the Russian Orthodox Church took place in the 90s, but the creative team moved out of the building only at the beginning of this century. Today, in the restored building, services are held according to the Old Believer rite. The building of the temple is recognized as an architectural monument.
