Description of the attraction
Since the 16th century, coachmen have settled in Rogozhskaya Sloboda, so the area was also called Gonnaya and Yamami. In the next century, the Nikolskaya Church was built in the settlement, from which it got its name Nikoloyamskaya Street. At present, there is the Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh on it, built at the beginning of the 17th century, and the Nikolsky Church was destroyed in the 50s of the last century.
This temple was rebuilt in stone in the first half of the 18th century. Sergievsky he began to be called according to one of the side-altars, according to the main altar, the temple was consecrated in honor of the Holy Trinity.
The French invasion of Moscow turned into one of the largest fires in the history of the Russian capital. This temple of St. Sergius of Radonezh did not escape the fire element either. After the fire, the temple was rebuilt, and the oldest part of it is the two-aisled refectory that survived in 1812, built at the end of the 17th century.
In the first half of the 19th century, the formation of the appearance of the temple took place with the participation of the architect Fyodor Shestakov, who led the restoration after the end of the Patriotic War. The parish of the temple consisted of many merchants, with whose donations the temple acquired utensils and multiplied its splendor.
In the early years of Soviet power, as part of a campaign to confiscate church valuables, the church in Rogozhskaya Sloboda was deprived of relics and any valuable things. In 1938, the temple was closed, having survived another outrage: ancient icons from it were burned at the stake, and only a few were saved and transferred to other temples for preservation.
In the future, the building was used as a warehouse and workshops, and no one cared about its safety. The restoration began in the mid-80s after the building was transferred to the Andrei Rublev Museum of Old Russian Culture and Art, which occupied the building of the Andronikovsky Monastery of the Savior. In the early 90s, the building was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church and re-consecrated. As an example of the Empire architectural style, the building was recognized as a cultural heritage site.
