Description of the attraction
The exact date of the construction of the Church of the Martyr Tryphon in Naprudny is unknown, but various researchers suggest as versions the periods from the 70s of the 15th century to the first half of the 16th. A village near Moscow, located on a tributary of the Neglinnaya River with the same name, was called Naprudny. Currently, this is the area of Trifonovskaya Street in the Central Administrative District of Moscow. Regarding the construction of the temple, there is also an assumption that it was founded by immigrants from the city of Kotor (Montenegro), in the cathedral of which the head of the martyr Tryphon is kept. Another Moscow legend connects the foundation of the church with the vow of the tsar's falconer Trifon Patrikeev, who missed a hunting bird and found it again with God's help.
The Trifonovskaya Church is considered a rare preserved monument of ancient Russian architecture and is protected by the state as an object of cultural heritage.
In the 19th century, the Church of the Martyr Tryphon significantly changed its appearance: next to it there were two bell towers, a refectory and two chapels on the north and south sides. In 1812, a particle of the relics of St. Tryphon was transferred to the church, it was placed in a temple icon. However, this image was transferred from the church to another temple and is now in the temple of the Icon of the Mother of God "Sign" in Pereyaslavskaya Sloboda.
In the 30s of the last century, the church was closed and even partially destroyed, but very soon the new authorities appreciated its architectural and historical value, and already in the 40s restoration work began, during which the church building was freed from later extensions.
Currently, the temple stands on the territory of the Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute. The church is active, divine services were resumed in it in the 90s.
