Description of the attraction
The Church of Evdokia Iliopolskaya is located near the Kazan Kremlin, on Fedoseevskaya Street, on the banks of the Kazanka River. The church was built in 1734 at the expense of the entrepreneur Ivan Afanasyevich Mikhlyaev and his wife Evdokia Ivanovna Mikhlyaeva. The temple was named after the limit in the name of the martyr Evdokia. The main throne was consecrated in the name of the Image of the Savior Not Made by Hands. Ivan Afanasyevich Mikhlyaev at his own expense built several more churches, one of which is the Peter and Paul Cathedral.
The Church of Evdokia is a very simple building in architecture. It is a two-altar temple. The small cathedral consists of a main altar, a side limit and a bell tower. The architecture of the temple is a typical example of Russian Baroque. There are many such churches in rural areas. The parish of the Evdokia Church consisted of poor townspeople and was considered one of the very poor. The temple did not have the funds to expand the area and rebuild. This is one of the reasons for the good preservation of the temple - it has come down to us almost in its original form.
During the Soviet period of history, the interior of the temple was completely destroyed. The last abbot of the church was Father Paul. He is buried at the eastern wall of the martyr Evdokia's boundary. In 1932, the Evdokievskaya church was closed. Prisoners were kept in the church. Then there was an electrical substation in it.
In 1998, the Evdokia Church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church. The temple is active, services are regularly held in it. Currently, the temple has been restored and renovated. A new iconostasis has been installed in the church.
