Temple of Athanasius and Cyril on the Sivtsev vrazhek. Address, phones and directions
For some time in 1812, the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God (also called the Hodegetria of Smolensk) was kept here, but this did not save the temple from destruction by Napoleonic troops. Nevertheless, through the efforts of the parishioners, and mostly P.P. Yushkova, the temple was restored a few years later. And in 1836, its grandiose reconstruction in the Empire style began.
Most of the funds for this were allocated by the merchant K.S. Bubnov. The limits were redone, a new light drum was erected, as well as a refectory and a bell tower. From the old building of the 17th century, fragments of the foundation and the base of the walls remained.
The temple was consecrated in 1856, and at the request of the patron, the Spassky Throne was renamed in honor of the Resurrection of the Word, after which the temple became known as the Resurrection.
In 1899, the last reconstruction was made - the building was expanded, placing the altars of the aisles in line with the main altar. Now it is a building square in plan - with three apses, vaults and stucco decoration. The chetverik is completed by a domed rotunda on a wide drum. The ensemble of the temple includes a four-sided two-tiered bell tower with a high spire and a refectory.
Temple of Athanasius and Cyril Patriarchs of Alexandria, on Sivtsev Vrazhek
One time Temple of Athanasius and Cyril Patriarchs of Alexandria, on Sivtsev Vrazhek hosted famous Russian writers, philosophers, historians. Among them are I. S. Turgenev, N. V. Stankevich, the Aksakov family, and others.
In 1932, the temple was closed, and the building housed either warehouses and workshops, then small enterprises, then a hostel, and even an electromechanical plant.
The monastery was restored in 1970, the previously destroyed bell tower was restored. But only in 1992 was it handed over to the Church. In the same year, the chapel of Athanasius and Cyril was consecrated, and in 2003, the chapel of the Resurrection of the Word.
Photo: Church of Athanasius and Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria, on Sivtsev Vrazhek
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The Church of Saints Athanasius and Cyril on Sivtsev Vrazhek is also known as the Church of the Resurrection of the Word, with the second name being official, and the first being more common among the people. The people used to call the temple after one of the aisles consecrated in honor of Athanasius and Cyril. But the main name is still considered in honor of the Resurrection of the Word - by the name of the main throne, the former Spassky and re-consecrated in 1856 at the request of one of the benefactors who participated in the reconstruction and renovation of the temple in the first half of the 19th century.
In Moscow, the temple is located in Filippovsky lane. The first church was wooden and existed already at the beginning of the 16th century. At the beginning of the next century, it was rebuilt in stone, and its main throne (Spassky) was consecrated in the name of the Savior Not Made by Hands. The chapel of Saints Athanasius and Cyril appeared in the temple in the middle of the 18th century, and the whole church began to be popularly called by the names of the saints - Athanasius-Kirillovskaya. Saints Athanasius and Cyril during their lifetime were Bishops of Alexandria: Athanasius lived in Egypt in the first half of the 4th century, Cyril at the end of the 4th - the first half of the 5th centuries.
During the war with the French, the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God was brought to the temple from Smolensk, but its presence in the temple did not save it from being plundered by French soldiers who entered Moscow in September 1812. The icon was subsequently transferred to the Assumption Cathedral of the Kremlin, and the temple was restored a few years later thanks to the generous donations of Praskovya Yushkova. The temple acquired its current appearance at the end of the 19th century after its next reorganization.
In Soviet times, the temple was a warehouse, a hostel, an electromechanical plant, transferred from here before the Olympics-80. Even plans were considered to transform the building with excellent acoustics into a concert hall, but in the end, in the early 90s, the building returned to the fold of the church.
The Church of Saints Athanasius and Cyril (Resurrection of the Word) on Sivtsev Vrazhka is an Orthodox church belonging to the Central Deanery of the Moscow City Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. Address: Filippovsky lane, building 3.
Many researchers believe that the church existed, presumably, from the beginning of the 16th century, since it received a ruga.
Having suffered greatly in the Time of Troubles, it did not recover for a long time, which is why in 1631, according to the books of the Patriarchal order, the church was listed as a “newcomer”.
In 1657 and 1689 the church was still wooden. The stone church became at the beginning of the 18th century. The main altar was consecrated in honor of the Savior Not Made by Hands. Another chapel is in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
In 1749, at the request of Lieutenant I.V. Pleshcheev, a side chapel of Saints Athanasius and Cyril was arranged in the refectory part of the church, and in the documents the church began to be called "Athanasius-Kirillovskaya Church."
In 1812, the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, taken from Smolensk, was originally placed in the church of St. Athanasius and Cyril and from there it was transferred to the Assumption Cathedral of the Kremlin.
Devastated in 1812, the temple was renovated in 1815-1817 at the expense of the daughter of Colonel Praskovya Petrovna Yushkova.
In 1836, a thorough reconstruction of the church in the Empire style began: a new bell tower, a refectory and a new light drum were built.
The consecration of the renovated church took place on September 19, 1856, and at the request of the benefactor, honorary citizen Bubnov, the Spassky Throne was renamed the Resurrection Throne. In 1899, in order to expand the temple, the altars of the aisles were rebuilt and the building acquired its present form.
After the revolution, by 1932, the temple was closed and warehouses, various small enterprises, an electromechanical plant, hostels were located in its building.
In the 1970s, a partial restoration of the building began, since it was supposed to open a concert hall with an organ.
In 1991, a decision was made to transfer the building to the Russian Orthodox Church, which was carried out on April 7, 1992.
It was decided to re-consecrate the main altar in the name of the Savior Not Made by Hands, but before that, on November 5, 1992, the chapel of St. Athanasius and Cyril.
On September 11, 1993, the main temple icon of St. Athanasius and Cyril. The main throne was consecrated on January 14, 2003, Nikolsky - on December 17, 2009.
In 2002, in the church of Saints Athanasius and Cyril (Resurrection of the Word) on Sivtsev Vrazhka, the funeral of People's Artist of the RSFSR Vitaly Methodievich Solomin took place.
In the center of Moscow in Filippovsky Lane there is a temple of Athanasius and Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria, on Sivtsev Vrazhka. The temple, which has three chapels - the Resurrection of the Word (main), St. Athanasius and Cyril and St. Nicholas, belongs to the Central Deanery of the Moscow City Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. Interestingly, the official name of the temple is not in honor of the main throne. The current building of the temple was built in the middle of the 19th century.
The first wooden church was erected on this site at the beginning of the 16th century. The temple was badly damaged in the Time of Troubles and was not restored for a long time. 
In the documents of the Holy Synod for 1722, the church was already mentioned as a stone church (there are suggestions that the church was built in 1710 in the form of a stone church). During the Patriotic War of 1812, the miraculous Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God ("Hodegetria"), taken out of besieged Smolensk, stayed for several days in the church of Athanasius and Cyril, in preparation for the procession to the Assumption Cathedral of the Kremlin. 
In 1816, 4 years after the looting and fire, the chapel was restored and consecrated in the name of St. Athanasius and Cyril, and in 1817 - the central throne in the name of the Savior Not Made by Hands and a chapel in the name of St. Nicholas. 
From 1836 to 1856, the temple was thoroughly rebuilt in the Empire style and, upon completion of construction, was re-consecrated (moreover, the Spassky Throne was re-consecrated in the name of the Resurrection of the Word). At the same time, a bell tower and a refectory were built. 
The first found picture of the temple was taken in 1881:
And this is a snapshot from Bolshoy Afanasevsky Lane in 1914 with a view of the bell tower of the temple:
In 1932 the temple was closed. It was supposed to be demolished, but only the bell tower was destroyed. In Soviet times, the building was used for workshops and warehouses. 
In the 1970s, restoration began (it was planned to open a concert hall in it) and at intervals it lasted until 1990. In 1976, the bell tower was not yet:
View from Filippovsky Lane in 1983 - the dome of the temple (on the right side of the picture) hid behind the trees:
Temple in 1985-1987, when it was being restored:
In 1989, the restored bell tower is already visible. The one-story house, attached almost to the temple itself, is no longer there.
The same angle in 1992 - the restoration is almost finished:
Restored bell tower in our time: 
On the day of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, April 7, 1992, the temple was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church. In the same year, the chapel of St. Athanasius and Cyril, and in 2003 - the chapel of the Resurrection of the Word. 
The temple of Athanasius and Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria, is located on Sivtsev Vrazhka at the address: Filippovsky Lane, 3. The nearest metro stations: Arbatskaya or Kropotkinskaya.
When writing the article, in addition to my own photographs, pictures of old Moscow from the site were used
For an enlarged image, click on the photo.
Modern address: Moscow, Bolshoi Afanasevsky per., 16; Filippovsky per., 3 (between Filippovsky and Bolshoy Afanasevsky per.)
The church is dedicated to the famous theologians of the Middle Ages, fighters against heresies - Arians and Nestorians - Patriarchs of Alexandria Athanasius (4th century) and Cyril (5th century). The temple of Athanasius and Cyril and Nicholas the Wonderworker is mentioned in the annals of 1585 and is listed in 1686 as wooden. In the 16th century, the out-of-town farmstead of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery was located in this area, to which the construction of the first wooden Afanasyevsky church is attributed.
In 1612, the wooden church was badly damaged during the Polish-Lithuanian intervention, so in 1631 it was rebuilt. In the income-expenditure books of the Patriarchal order, the church of Athanasius and Cyril in 1631 is listed as "newly profitable", i.e. renewed after the turmoil.
In 1681, the main altar of the Afanasievskaya church was consecrated in the name of the Savior Not Made by Hands. And in honor of the holy Patriarchs of Alexandria, Athanasius and Cyril, there was a chapel. Afanasievskaya Church is mentioned as a wooden church even in 1689, when most of the temples had already been rebuilt in stone.
In the documents of the Holy Synod, the temple is mentioned as a stone one only from 1722. The stone temple on the site of the wooden one was probably built in 1710 during the construction of a chapel in it in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
During the Patriotic War of 1812, the revered miraculous Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, taken from besieged Smolensk, was brought to the Church of Athanasius and Cyril. During the war, the church was looted and burned by Napoleonic troops.
In 1815-16, at the expense of the parishioners, the chapel was restored and consecrated in the name of Sts.
In 1836, the temple was demolished almost to the ground. From 1837 to 1856, the Afanasievsky church was renovated again in the late Empire style. The construction was carried out again at the expense of the parishioners, mainly the merchant K.S. Bubnov.
Over the years, a new bell tower and a refectory were built, the chapels were remade, a new dome of light was erected over the old quadrangular building of the church. Outwardly and in the interiors, the temple received a single design in the style of the late Moscow Empire.
Only fragments of the foundations and the lower part of the walls have survived from the 17th century building. In 1856 the whole church was consecrated. And the main throne of the church was consecrated in the name of the Resurrection of the Word at the request of the honorary citizen Bubnov. Since then, the temple has remained Resurrection. In 1899, the altars of the aisles were put forward in line with the main altar. In the first half of the XIX century. many Russian writers, historians, philosophers were parishioners of the church of Athanasius and Cyril: N.V. Stankevich, founder of the literary and artistic circle, the Aksakov family, I.S. Turgenev and others.
The temple was closed in 1932. It was supposed to be demolished, but only the second and third tiers of the bell tower were destroyed. Later, workshops, warehouses, and small businesses were located in the church building. Even an electromechanical plant.
In the 1970s, the church was restored, the bell tower was restored.
On November 5, 1992, the chapel of Saints Athanasius and Cyril was consecrated, where divine services are performed.
Currently, the church is a five-domed stone structure, square in plan. It is elongated from north to south and is decorated with vaults and stucco decoration. At the end, a dome is located on a wide drum. The temple includes a refectory and a four-sided bell tower. It is located at the confluence of the Sivka river and the Chertoryya stream enclosed in an underground pipe.
Illustration sources:
Naydenov N. A. Moscow. Cathedrals, monasteries and churches. Part II: White City. M., 1882
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