Description of the attraction
In the first half of the 17th century, Moscow collars (as the guards were called at the entrances to the city) settled in the area of Tverskaya Street. In the 50s of the same century, the first church was built in Vorotnikovskaya Sloboda, according to the main throne it was called Trinity, and according to one of the side-chapels - the Monk Pimen the Great.
After the middle of the 17th century, the sentry settlement was moved to the territory of the village of Sushcheva. The village was located on the banks of the Neglinnaya and was later included in the growing Moscow. In the new settlement, a new church was also built, very similar to the old one. It did not last long, as in 1691 it burned down during the next Moscow fire. A few years later, the church was restored in stone, and a hundred years later, at the end of the 18th century, a chapel was built in honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. And in this version, the temple has survived to this day.
In the 19th century, work was carried out in the temple to improve its appearance and interior. They were attended by famous architects Fyodor Shekhtel, who became the author of the interior decoration, and Konstantin Bykovsky, who renewed the chapel of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God.
During the Soviet years, the temple was not closed, even though it was occupied by the Renovationists for several years and remained their last stronghold after other Renovationist churches had already been closed. Valuables were confiscated from the temple.
The Monk Pimen, after whom the temple was named, lived in the 4th-5th centuries and was known as a hermit monk. He spent the rest of his life on the ruins of a former pagan monastery, and no matter how Pimen wanted to leave the worldly vanity, the suffering themselves came to him for wise instruction.
