Description of the attraction
Several churches in Moscow are named in honor of the Feast of the Resurrection of the Word. This holiday was established and first celebrated in 335 on the day of the consecration of the newly built Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem. The temple was erected on the spot where the mother of Emperor Constantine, Empress Helen, found the burial place of Jesus Christ. And since there can be only one Church of the Resurrection, in Jerusalem, all the other Churches of the Resurrection are called "hears" or "words", the so-called. The Feast of the Resurrection of the Word is celebrated on September 26, it is also called "autumn Easter". One of the Moscow temples of the Resurrection Slovuschee is located at the Vagankovskoye cemetery - where many famous Muscovites found their last refuge: Decembrists, poets, artists, composers, actors and war heroes.
The Church of the Resurrection Slovuschee was built in the eastern part of the Vagankovskoye cemetery. The site was chosen next to the wooden church of St. John the Merciful, built in the second half of the 18th century. This temple was dismantled, and a rotunda was built in its place.
The church owes its present appearance to the architect Afanasy Grigoriev and the merchants Bolotnikov, the first of whom developed the project, and the latter supported it with money. Construction began in 1819 and lasted for twelve years. A three-tiered bell tower was also erected next to the temple, and in the second half of the 19th century, two side-chapels were added to the main building. Now there are four chapels at the church. Around the same time, the fence of the temple was made and wall paintings were made. The style of the church is defined as "mature Empire" - the style that ended the era of Russian classicism.
In Soviet times, the church was not closed, even though it was occupied by the so-called "renovationists" in the 1920s and 1930s. However, the church still lost some of its values.
In addition to the Church of the Resurrection of the Word, the Church of St. Andrew the Primordial and the Chapel of Alexander Nevsky are also located at the Vagankovskoye cemetery.
