Description of the attraction
The Church of the Resurrection of the Word in Barashi is not active today. Its building is protected by the state in the literal and figurative sense: both as a historical building, and as a building that belongs to the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of the Moscow Region. The former temple is in good condition and could receive believers even today if the building were transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church.
The first religious building on this site was mentioned in historical documents from the beginning of the 17th century. The first wooden church was built on the territory of the settlement, in which the lambs lived - the royal servants, whose duties included the storage, transportation and installation of camp tents. Perhaps the Resurrection Church in Barashevskaya Sloboda existed before.
The wooden suburb church burned down in 1652, and the construction of a new, brick building began only almost a hundred years later - in 1733. The work was completed by 1773, and during this time the church acquired a new bell tower, built to replace the old one, and the second floor (the so-called upper church). Count Alexei Razumovsky donated funds for the construction of the upper church, and the project was drawn up by the architect Ivan Mordvinov.
The head of the temple was decorated with a gilded crown made of wood, which was dropped in the 30s of the last century. According to local legend, it could be a symbol of the secret wedding of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna with Count Razumovsky. The origin of the crown was also explained by another legend, according to which this crown escaped from the hands of the wedding couple and did not allow an incestuous marriage to take place. The crown flew out the window and landed on the dome of the church. The story is, of course, romantic, but the Elizabethan version looks more convincing.
In Soviet times, the bell tower was also destroyed, and the building itself remained ownerless for a long time. Around the same time, a secret passage was discovered that led to the church from the Apraksinsky Palace, both buildings are located nearby, on Pokrovka. The building of this Resurrection Church is recognized as a monument of the Moscow baroque of the 18th century.
