Temple of the Iveron Icon on the Ordynka. Temple-chapel of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Sivtsev Vrazhek. Photo and description
Address:Moscow, Michurinsky prospect, 70
Directions: metro station "Prospekt Vernadskogo"
Architect: Zhivaev A. A. (painting), Maksimov E. N. - (interiors, interior decoration)
Year of construction: Between 2011 and 2013.
Church. Valid.
Thrones: Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, St. George the Victorious
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Coordinates:55.686007, 37.474874
Ochakovo-Matveevskoe, Moscow Patriarchate / Patriarchal Compound
The Temple of the Iveron Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary is being built on the territory of the Academy of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. Students of the Academy, the golden personnel reserve of our country, will be able to receive spiritual and moral education in the best traditions of our great state.
The site is located in the southwest of Moscow, at the intersection of Michurinsky Prospekt and st. Lobachevsky, on the territory of a park area formed on the site of a filled-up slope and valley of the Ochakovka River. The site is closely adjacent to the territory of the Academy of the FSB of Russia.
The area of the site is 0.61 hectares, the building area is 953 sq.m., the landscaping area is 0.273 hectares. The total area of the temple is 1280 sq.m.: the underground part is 522 sq.m., the above-ground part is 758 sq.m. Height - 57 m.
The temple is cross-domed, pillar-shaped, with a hipped belfry, and is being built according to an individual project. Designed for 1000 people. Load-bearing walls are built from brick. The walls of the temple will be painted white, and the five chapters will be covered with gold.
Together with the temple, all the necessary infrastructure will be created: administrative and utility rooms, guest parking. The House of Parables will house a Sunday school and a refectory.
The total area of the clergy house is 588 sq.m.
On the territory of the complex there is a platform in front of the entrance to the temple, and within the boundaries of the designated area behind the fence there is a parking lot. Persons with disabilities will have access to all premises.
The lower aisle in honor of the Great Martyr. St. George the Victorious
The temple, which can accommodate at least 1,000 parishioners, is designed in the style of Russian church architecture of the 15th century. Last year, 13 bells were installed on it, the largest of which weighs three tons. To decorate the building, famous specialists from the Russian Academy of Arts were brought in, who worked on recreating the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and the Kronstadt Naval Cathedral. The icons for the temple were painted by Athonite monks; specialists who recreated the Cathedral of Christ the Savior are working on the decoration.
The upper floor will be decorated with Byzantine mosaic elements. The icons for the lower prayer room were painted by the monks of the Russian St. Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos.
On the territory of the temple complex it is planned to place a fountain, sculptures and even an apple orchard.
The new temple will be one of the largest new temples in the UAB, built as part of the “200 temples” project. Its exact area is 1280 sq.m., height is 57 m. The interior design project was developed by academicians of the Russian Academy of Arts A.A. Zhivaev and E.N. Maximov, who worked on the reconstruction of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
On July 31, 2012, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' consecrated the foundation stone at the site of the then future construction.
Patriarchal Compound
Assigned to the Church of the Epiphany b. Epiphany Monastery
Address: Moscow, Voskresenskie Vorota, 1a.
Phone/fax of the Church of the Epiphany: (495) 698–37–71.
Website: www.bgkg.ru.
Email: [email protected].
Directions from the metro stations "Ploshchad Revolutsii", "Okhotny Ryad" and "Teatralnaya". 
Divine services
Every day from 8.00 to 20.00 prayers are held with the reading of the Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos in honor of Her Iveron Icon. All Moscow clergy serve in turn.
Patronal holidays
The celebration of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God is February 25, October 26 and Tuesday of Bright Week.
Story
The chapel near the walls of the Resurrection Gate, separating Red and Manezhnaya squares, was built in honor of the miraculous icon of the Iveron Mother of God - a copy of the Iveron Mother of God Goalkeeper icon, kept in the monastery on Mount Athos in Greece. This icon was brought to Russia in 1614 and was first located in the Valdai Iversky Monastery. In 1669 she was transported to Moscow. Until 1782, she remained in the St. Nicholas Greek Monastery, next to the Kremlin, and then, after the construction of the chapel was completed, she took the place prepared for her.
In 1801, the dome of the chapel was crowned with the figure of an angel with a cross. After 1917, representatives of the new government removed all decorations and church utensils containing gold and silver from the chapel, and the building itself was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Renovationist Church. In 1929, it was closed, and in 1931, along with the Resurrection Gate, it was destroyed so as not to interfere with the passage of military equipment to Red Square during parades.
The icon of the Iveron Mother of God was transported to the Sokolniki Church of the Resurrection of Christ.
In November 1994, Patriarch Alexy II consecrated the foundation stone of the Iveron Chapel and the Resurrection Gate. In less than a year, they were restored by decision of the Moscow government according to the design of Oleg Zhurin.
And in October 1995, a new copy of the miraculous icon of Our Lady of the Goalkeeper kept there was sent to Moscow from the Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos.
On October 25, 1995, the chapel was reopened.
Temple in honor of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Ochakovo-Matveeskoye
ADDRESS: Michurinsky prospect, 68
REPRESENTATIVE: Priest Valery BARANOV
Investor and contractor: LLC PSF "Krost"
Official website of the temple: iverskoye-podvorie.ru
April 10, 2016, on the 4th Sunday of Great Lent, St. John Climacus, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' performed the rite of great consecration Patriarchal Metochion in Ochakovo-Matveevsky, Moscow - the Church of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God at the Academy of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation and led the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great in the newly consecrated church.
The upper altar of the temple is consecrated in honor of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, the lower altar in the name of the Great Martyr George the Victorious.
CONSTRUCTION HISTORY
On July 31, 2012, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' consecrated the foundation stone of the Church of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in the Moscow district of Ochakovo-Matveevskoye (Michurinsky Avenue, 70).
The temple was built on the initiative of the leadership and students of the Academy of the FSB of Russia. The dedication of the temple is due to the fact that over the centuries people resorted to prayers before the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in all the dangers, wars and troubles that threatened the Russian land. Since 1669, the Iveron image, also called the “Goalkeeper,” was installed at the gates of the Moscow Kremlin.
The temple is pillar-shaped, tent-roofed, five-domed, and in its external decoration it stylistically reproduces the characteristic techniques of Moscow architecture of the 15th-16th centuries. The load-bearing walls are built of brick. The walls of the temple are painted white, and the five domes are covered with gold.
Accommodates 800-1000 parishioners, area - 1280 sq. m, height - 57 m.
It has two chapels, the upper one in honor of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, the lower one in honor of the Great Martyr. St. George the Victorious. There are 13 bells in the temple belfry, the largest of which weighs three tons. The artistic decoration of the temple was designed and executed by famous specialists from the Russian Academy of Arts, who worked on the reconstruction of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and the Kronstadt Naval Cathedral.
In the upper church there is a copy of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, created by icon painters of the Iveron Monastery on Holy Mount Athos. Icons for the iconostasis of the lower church in honor of the Great Martyr. St. George the Victorious were written by monks in the Belozerka monastery on Mount Athos.
A parish house was erected at the church, which housed a Sunday school, outbuildings and service buildings, and a refectory.
A youth movement has been formed at the Church of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God on Michurinsky Prospekt. The main goal is to help those in need, serve others, unite and educate the younger generation in the spirit of Orthodoxy and patriotism.
Latest parish news:
The cycle of cultural events continues at the parish of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Ochakovo-Matveevsky
Steps towards
A people's park with a children's playground is being created at the Church of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God on Michurinsky Avenue
An exhibition dedicated to the churches of our Program opened at the Iverskaya Church in Ochakovo-Matveevsky
Unity of parishes
The leadership of the Academy of the Federal Security Service donated a temple icon to the Iverskaya Church on Michurinsky
The church at the FSB Academy celebrated its first patronal feast day
ABOUT THE TEMPLE
The Temple of the Iveron Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary was erected on the territory of the Academy of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. Academy students will be able to receive spiritual and moral education in the best traditions of our great state.
The site is located in the southwest of Moscow, at the intersection of Michurinsky Prospekt and st. Lobachevsky, on the territory of a park area formed on the site of a filled-up slope and valley of the Ochakovka River. The site is closely adjacent to the territory of the Academy of the FSB of Russia.
The area of the site is 0.61 hectares, the building area is 953 sq.m., the landscaping area is 0.273 hectares. The total area of the temple is 1280 sq.m.: the underground part is 522 sq.m., the above-ground part is 758 sq.m. Height - 57 m.
The total area of the parish house is 588 sq.m.
On the territory of the complex there is a platform in front of the entrance to the temple, and within the boundaries of the designated area behind the fence there is a parking lot. Persons with disabilities are provided with access to all premises.
IVERIAN ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
The Iveron Icon of the Mother of God became famous for many miracles and healings. For ten centuries, an endless stream of pilgrims came to her to pray and receive the blessing of the Most Pure One for their labors. Wherever she was - on Mount Athos, in Russia or Canada - abundant grace emanated from her everywhere, giving healing and consolation to all who came.
The Nord-Ost hostages, captured by terrorists 10 years ago during a performance at the Theater Center on Dubrovka, were released through the prayers of the Church precisely on the feast of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God.
History of the image
As legend tells, during the days of Her earthly life, the Mother of God, out of inexpressible love for people, blessed the holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke to paint Her image. The Monk John of Damascus wrote: “The Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke, at a time when the Most Holy Mother of God still lived in Jerusalem and dwelt in Zion, painted Her Divine and honest image on a board with picturesque means, so that, as in a mirror, subsequent generations would contemplate Her and childbirth. When Luke presented this image to Her, She said: “From now on all generations will bless Me. May the grace and power of Him who was born of Me and Mine be with you.” (Tradition attributes to the brushes of the holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke from three to seventy icons of the Mother of God, including the Iveron icon).
The first news about the image after this dates back to the 9th century - the times of iconoclasm, when, by order of heretical emperors, icons and relics of saints were destroyed and desecrated, churches and monasteries were closed.
In Nicaea, a pious widow named Theodora kept a precious image of the Mother of God. When warriors burst into the woman’s room to take away the image, one of them hit the shrine with a spear. Immediately blood flowed from the face of the Most Pure One. The soldiers were amazed and fled in fear, but the pious widow went to the sea and, after praying, released the icon over the waves.
Two centuries later, the inhabitants of the Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos saw a pillar of fire on the sea. He rose above the image of the Mother of God standing on the water. The brothers prayed fervently and asked the Lord to grant the icon of the monastery. The next night, the Most Holy Theotokos appeared in a dream to Elder Gabriel the Gruzin, who was distinguished by a strict ascetic life and a childishly simple disposition, and commanded him to personally take Her icon.
The next morning, the elder, strengthened by the blessing of the Mother of God, fearlessly walked on the water and was honored to receive the miraculous shrine. They placed her in a chapel on the shore and prayed before her for three days, and then transferred her to the cathedral church. However, the next day the image was discovered above the monastery gates. He was taken to his previous place in the main temple, but the next day he again found himself above the gates. This happened several times. Finally, the Most Holy Theotokos appeared to Elder Gabriel and said: “Tell the brethren: I do not want to be guarded, but I myself will be your Guardian in this life and in the future. As long as you see My face at the gates of the monastery, the grace and mercy of My Son towards you will not fail.”
Then the monks built a gate church in honor of the Mother of God, the Guardian of the monastery, in which the miraculous icon remains to this day. In Greece she is also called Portaitissa, which means Goalkeeper.
In the history of the Iversky Monastery, there are many cases of the gracious help of the Mother of God: the miraculous replenishment of wheat, wine and oil, the healing of the sick, the deliverance of the monastery from enemies. So, one day the Persians besieged the monastery from the sea. The monks appealed to the Mother of God for help. Suddenly a terrible storm arose and the enemy ships sank. Only Amir's commander survived. Struck by the miracle of God's wrath, he repented, asked to pray for the forgiveness of his sins, and donated a lot of gold and silver for the construction of the monastery walls.
Iveron image in Russia
In the 17th century, they learned about the Iveron Icon in Rus'. Archimandrite Nikon, the future patriarch, turned to the abbot of the Iveron Athos Monastery, Pachomius, with a request to send an exact list of the miraculous image. On October 13, 1648, the icon was greeted in Moscow by Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, Patriarch Joseph and crowds of Orthodox people. This icon was owned by Tsarina Maria Ilyinichna and her daughter Princess Sofya Alekseevna; After the death of the princess, the image remained in the Novodevichy Convent. Currently it is in the State Historical Museum.
Another list, by order of Patriarch Nikon, was delivered from Athos to Moscow, decorated with a precious robe, and in 1656 transferred to Valdai, to the newly built Iversky Mother of God Svyatoozersky Monastery (after the revolution, the icon disappeared without a trace).
Another copy was made from the icon that was in the royal family. In 1669, it was installed in the chapel at the Resurrection Gate, overlooking Tverskaya - the main street of Moscow. The goalkeeper became one of the most revered shrines, the Intercessor of Muscovites.
All guests of the city, arriving in the capital, first of all went to bow to Iverskaya. The icon was taken from home to home, prayers were served in front of it.
After the revolution, the Iverskaya Chapel was destroyed, and in 1931 the Resurrection Gate was demolished. The icon was transferred to the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Sokolniki, where it remains to this day.
Montreal list of the Iveron Icon
The list of the Iveron Icon appeared in Montreal in 1982. He was brought from Athos by Joseph Muñoz Cortes, a Spaniard by birth who converted to Orthodoxy. One night the icon poured myrrh abundantly. Myrrh flowed from the hands of the Mother of God and Christ, as well as from the star located on the right shoulder of the Most Pure Virgin.
The myrrh-streaming icon was taken to the temple, and many miracles were performed from it. A paralyzed young man was healed, and a woman suffering from a severe form of pneumonia recovered. Another time, the Mother of God saved a girl who suffered from a severe form of leukemia, and a poor woman who, having learned about the death of her son, wanted to take her own life: touched to the depths of her soul by the sight of the miraculous icon, the unfortunate woman repented of her terrible intention and immediately confessed.
The image traveled to America, Australia, New Zealand and Western Europe. And everywhere this icon radiated peace and love. However, on the night of October 30-31, 1997, the custodian of the icon, Joseph Muñoz Cortes, was killed under mysterious circumstances, and the miraculous Iveron Icon disappeared without a trace.
Restoration of the Iveron Chapel in Moscow
On November 4, 1994, His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II consecrated the foundation stone of the Iverskaya Chapel. In September 1995, the Primate of the Russian Church turned to the rector of the Athos Iveron Monastery, Archimandrite Vasily, with a request to write for the all-Russian flock a new copy of the icon of “our common Intercessor - Our Lady of the Goalkeeper.”
On October 25, 1995, the list arrived in Moscow. The next day, October 26, a procession with the Iveron Icon took place along Nikolskaya Street to the Kazan Cathedral, where His Holiness the Patriarch served the Divine Liturgy. At about one o'clock in the afternoon the shrine was carried through the Resurrection Gate, restored to its former splendor, to the Iverskaya Chapel.
This significant day marked the beginning of an inexhaustible flow of Orthodox Christians to the revered icon of our Intercessor and Guardian, not only in the present, but also in the future life.
Troparion, tone 1
From Your holy icon, O Lady Theotokos, healing and healing are given abundantly to those who come to her with faith and love. Thus, visit my weakness and have mercy on my soul, O Good One, and heal my body with Your grace, O Most Pure One.
The church was built in 1791-1802. at the expense of the merchant I. I. Savin. Taking into account the dry, simplified classical forms of construction, the authorship is attributed to the architect I.V. Egotov. It is known that at first a new refectory was built with two chapels - St. John the Warrior and the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God. Later, a bell tower rose above the western part of the refectory, and along the sides of the church along Bolshaya Ordynka to the alley on one side and to the Kireyevskys’ property on the other, a brick fence with two pairs of gates and metal bars stretched (later the same fence was installed along the alley). The main temple was consecrated in honor of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, and the left side chapel was re-consecrated in the name of the Great Martyr George.
In 1842, a new bell tower was built. It is placed directly above the entrance portal, narrowing the space of the central volume of the refectory. The lower tier of the bell tower is square, the upper tier is round, decorated with pilasters of the Corinthian order. The cylindrical bell tier is topped with a spire. The temple itself is a rotunda in the style of classicism. The windows have an original frame (thin columns grouped in pairs above the cornice, with large cones in the corners). The strongly prominent projections are decorated with porticoes. The temple was successively renovated during the 19th century without significant changes in its architectural appearance. The interior contains fragments of glue and oil wall paintings from the original period and the second half of the 19th century.
In 1930 the temple was closed. It housed a club, institutions, and a gallery of modern art. Worship services resumed in 1992.
The first mention of the existence of a temple “on Vspolye” (i.e., near a field), then dedicated to the martyr. St. George the Victorious, dates back to 1625. In 1673, the original wooden church was replaced by a stone one - with a side chapel. John the Warrior. In appearance, it was similar to the St. Nicholas Church in Pyzhi - five-domed, with a hipped bell tower. At the end of the 18th century, the temple was considered dilapidated and dismantled, and in its place the current one was built in 1798-1802 - according to the design of student M.F. Kazakova I.V. Egotova. During perestroika, the dedication of the main altar also changed (perhaps the desire of the temple builder, the merchant I.I. Savin, was respected). The former name was preserved in the dedication of one of the chapels located in the refectory. The second chapel remains in the name of John the Warrior. In the late 1920s - early 1930s, the temple was closed, the bells in the bell tower and the church dome were thrown down, and the upper tier of the belfry was dismantled. The interior decoration also could not be saved from destruction; only a few icons (including the temple Iveron image) were able to be transferred to the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Kuznetsy. Subsequently, until the early 1990s, the church building was used as a club. Now it has been returned to believers and restored.
From the magazine "Orthodox Temples. Travel to Holy Places." Issue No. 89, 2014
The dedication of this church in honor of one of the most famous icons of the Virgin Mary is not as ancient as it might seem. Initially, it had a different name, in honor of the saint, who became part of the coat of arms of Moscow.
The wooden church on this site was first mentioned in documents in 1625 with another dedication - in the name of St. George the Victorious. The addition “on Vspolye” denotes the ancient location of the temple near a field, on the outskirts of the city - the border of Moscow at that time ran along the trajectory of the Garden Ring. The wooden building was replaced in 1673 by a stone building, created at the expense of the merchant Semyon Potapov and receiving the chapel of John the Warrior. The building was a traditional Moscow temple of the late 17th century, crowned with a five-domed structure and a hipped bell tower. However, after more than a hundred years, the church fell into disrepair and was completely dismantled for new construction. The temple builder was a local resident, captain I.I. Savinov, who lived opposite the church. Work continued from 1798 to 1802.
The new church building was supposedly built by the architect I.V. Egotov is a student who was starting his professional career at that time. Later, according to his designs, the church-tomb of the Golitsyn princes in the Donskoy Monastery, the Durasov estate in Lyublino, as well as the old building of the Armory Chamber in the Kremlin (the latter has not survived) will be built. The Iverskaya Church on Bolshaya Ordynka was built in the style of late classicism, in dry and laconic forms - without an abundance of decoration on the facades, but with a powerful dome, cut through by triple windows and crowning the main part of the temple. The small dome on the dome is also original: it is not the “onion” traditional for Orthodox architecture, but a round pedestal topped with a long thin cross, which makes it more similar to European churches. The refectory overlooks Bolshaya Ordynka, the entrance to it is marked by a four-column portico of the Ionic order with a pediment, above which is a bell tower with an elongated spire.
During the construction of the new church, its name also changed: the main altar was consecrated in honor of the Iveron Icon, and one of the chapels in the refectory became St. George’s. The second chapel remained Ioannovsky, as before. Subsequently, until the twentieth century, there were no significant reconstructions in the church. A little further away, in the churchyard, a two-story building of the parish almshouse has been preserved, designed for 15 women - mainly servants of local residents.
The church was closed for services in 1929–1930, its dome and the upper tier of the bell tower were dismantled. The interior decoration was destroyed, only a few icons were preserved - including the temple image of the Iveron Mother of God, transferred to the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Kuznetsy. The room itself was divided into three floors and was used first as a club for the Second Automobile Repair Plant, then as a club for the Marat confectionery factory, and in 1989 it became a gallery of modern art. In 1994, services were resumed in the temple, the lost dome and bell tower were soon recreated, and the remaining paintings were cleaned from under a layer of paint and restored.