Description of the attraction
The Church of the Nine Martyrs of Cyzic is also known as the Devyatinnaya Church. In the 30s of the twentieth century, when the building was confiscated from the church, it was called "firing squad", since the building was first a women's prison, and then the most terrible sentences began to be carried out in it. In the 30s, the priests of the temple, Yevgeny Korbanov and Mikhail Shik, were also shot. The first was canonized in the early 80s, and the grandson of the second, sculptor Dmitry Shik-Shakhovskoy, built a church of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia at the site of his grandfather's execution. During the years of Soviet power, the church lost its shrines and values, but the image of the Nine Martyrs of Kizikh was preserved, and the icon returned to the church several years ago.
The church is located in Bolshoy Devyatinsky lane, which was renamed in honor of this temple, before there were two lanes, and they were called Krivoy and Bezymyanny. The church was built at the end of the 17th century thanks to the efforts of the high priest Hadrian. During his time as Metropolitan of Kazan, Adrian built a monastery there, dedicated to the nine martyrs from the city of Kyzik. When the plague broke out in Kazan, the Metropolitan turned his prayers to these martyrs and vowed to build a monastery in their honor. The next day there was not a single new plague patient in the city, and soon a monastery appeared near Kazan. A few years later, Adrian, who had already become Metropolitan of Moscow, himself was stricken with a cruel illness. He again turned to the martyrs of Kiziches for help and again made a vow, now about the construction of a temple in Moscow. The Metropolitan was healed, and the temple was built in 1698 next to the Novinsky monastery.
In the early 30s of the 18th century, the wooden church burned down, and in just two or three years the current building was erected from stone. Work began in 1732, and the consecration of the main throne took place six years later. The merchant Andrey Semenov donated funds for the construction of the temple.
In the 19th century, writer Alexander Griboyedov with his mother and composer Alexander Alyabyev lived on the territory of the parish.
The building of the temple was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992, restoration work was carried out in it, during which it was possible to open and restore the wall paintings of the 19th century.
