Description of the attraction
Cosmas and Damian, who lived in the III-IV centuries, were known as miracle workers and healers, who never took payment for their labors, so the brothers became famous also as unmercenaries. The Moscow church consecrated in their honor stands in Stoleshnikov Lane and has a qualifying prefix "in Shubin" - according to the area in which the temple was built.
The name "Shubino" had, according to one version, the settlement, where the masters of dressing fur and sewing fur coats lived. According to another version, the name was assigned to the area by the name of the boyar Joakinf Shuba. Previously, part of Stoleshnikov Lane was also called Shubin, and from the end of the 18th century to the 20s of the last century, the lane was called Kosmodamiansky by the name of the church located in it.
The first mention of the church dates back to 1368, when the boyar Shuba founded a church here, one of the side-chapels of which was consecrated in honor of the holy brothers-unmercenaries. It is also known that in the first half of the 17th century there was a wooden church in Shubin Lane, which burned down in 1626. After the fire, the temple began to be rebuilt in stone. Its main throne began to bear the name in honor of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, and in honor of Cosmas and Damian, the throne in the refectory was consecrated. Apparently, among the people the name of the church "Kosmodamianskaya" turned out to be more common.
In 1703, the dilapidated building of the temple began to be rebuilt. Peter's decree banning the construction of stone buildings outside the northern capital interrupted work for several years. They were renewed only in 1722 after receiving the appropriate permission.
The renovated temple was badly damaged in the fire of a fire in 1773; its restoration was completed in 1785. During the fire of 1812, the church was not damaged, although it was desecrated: outside its walls, the French shot several people accused of setting fire to Moscow.
During the 19th century, various works were carried out in the temple to rebuild and improve its appearance, financed by the parishioners, among whom were many representatives of noble families.
The closure of the temple took place in 1929, several years earlier its values and relics were confiscated. In the 30s, the upper part of the church was destroyed, and in the 50s, they wanted to demolish the building altogether. In Soviet times, the former temple was used as a library and a printing house. The return of the building of the Russian Orthodox Church took place in 1991, and in 1997 the church regained one of its lost shrines - the icon of Saints Cosmas and Damian, which after the closure of the temple was kept in another Moscow church.
In Moscow, the Kosmodamian temple in Shubin is located next to the monument to the founder of the capital, Yuri Dolgoruky. The church building was declared an architectural monument.
