Description of the attraction
Vishnyakovsky lane, in which the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity stands, as well as the entire area ("Vishnyaki") got their names from the name of the Streltsy military leader Matvey Vishnyakov. When the streltsy settlements were founded in Moscow, there was a tradition to call them by the names of the commanders of the streltsy orders. Strelets' settlements in this part of Moscow began to appear in the first third of the 17th century. Around the same time, the first church was built, which was rebuilt in the middle - second half of the same century.
Towards the end of the 17th century, the church became stone. The reconstruction of the temple was made in honor of the Chigirin campaigns of the Russian army in the 70-80s against the Turks.
In the 18th century, the church was enlarged three times with side-chapels, and its bell tower was moved to the "red line" of Pyatnitskaya Street. At the beginning of the 19th century, the temple began to renovate and rebuild some of its buildings, but the work was interrupted by the Patriotic War and the fire of 1812. It took another twelve years to fully restore it. A couple of years later, due to the beginning of the improvement and expansion of Pyatnitskaya, the old bell tower of the church was demolished. The new one was erected by the famous architects Fyodor Shestakov and Nikolai Kozlovsky.
In the late 1920s, the church was closed and served as a location for various institutions. In the 90s, the activities of the temple and its appearance were restored. The building was recognized as an architectural monument of late classicism. The temple exists at the St. Tikhon Orthodox Institute and is considered to be attributed to the Nikolo-Kuznetsk church.
In addition to the main altar in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity, the modern church also has chapels in honor of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, St. Tikhon and the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.
