Monasteries and cathedrals of Moscow

Monasteries and churches of Moscow (53 objects in alphabetical order)

Andronikov Monastery (Savior Andronikov, Andronikov of the Savior Not Made by Hands) is the oldest monastery in Moscow, founded with the blessing of Metropolitan Alexis of Moscow on the left bank of the Yauza River. Founded  in 1357. The monastery was named Andronikov by the name of the first abbot – Andronik, a disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh.

Armenian Temple Complex in Moscow is the residence of the Patriarchal Exarch, head of the Russian and Novo-Nakhichevan diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Operates since 2013. Located on the corner of Olympiyskiy Prospect and Trifonovskaya Street. Due to the proximity of groundwater, the project had to be revised and for the greater stability of the buildings, several extensions from the side of Olimpiyskiy Prospekt were abandoned.

Bogoroditse-Smolensky Novodevichy Stauropegial Convent is an Orthodox convent in Moscow on the Maiden’s Field at the bend of the Moskva River, near Luzhniki stadium, at the very end of the historic Prechistenka (currently Bolshaya Pirogovskaya street). Founded by Grand Duke Vasily III on May 13, 1524 in honor of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God “Odigitria” – the main shrine of Smolensk, in gratitude for the capture of Smolensk in 1514.

Cathedral Mosque is the main Juma Mosque of Moscow, one of the largest and highest mosques in Russia and the most spacious in Europe. The first building of the mosque was built in 1904, and in 2011 it was demolished to construct a new one, which was opened on September 23, 2015.

Cathedral of Christ the Savior, or the Church of the Nativity of Christ, is the cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, located in the central part of Moscow on Volkhonka Street on the Prechistenskaya embankmentt of the Moskva river. The existing building, designed in the 1990s, is a reconstruction of the temple of the same name, destroyed in 1931.

Cathedral of the Annunciation (or Cathedral Church of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, which is at the top of the “Great Sovereign” or “in the hallway”) is an Orthodox church in Moscow, located on the Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin.

Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist near Bor is an Orthodox church in the Zamoskvorechye district of Moscow. It belongs to the Moskvoretsky deanery of the Moscow Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Cathedral of the Dormition, also known as the Assumption Cathedral or Cathedral of the Assumption, is a Russian Orthodox church dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos. It is located on Cathedral Square, which is part of the Moscow Kremlin State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve.

Church of the Great Martyr George, the Victorious in Endov (Georgievsky Church), is an Orthodox church in the Zamoskvorechye district of Moscow. It belongs to the Moskvoretsky deanery of the Moscow Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. An architectural monument of the 17th century in the style of Moscow ornamentation.

Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel is an Orthodox church located on the Cathedral Square in Moscow. Architect Aloisio the New (in Russian as Aleviz Novyi or Aleviz Fryazin) built it in 1508. Included in the State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve “Moscow Kremlin“.

Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul is an architectural monument (federal) – a Lutheran church in Moscow, the cathedral church of the regional Evangelical Lutheran Church of the European part of Russia with the chair of Bishop Dietrich Brauer, as part of the Union of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in the CIS.

Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God on Red Square (Kazansky Cathedral) is an Orthodox church in Moscow, located in front of the Mint on the corner of Red Square and Nikolskaya Street. It was built in the 1630s. The wooden Kazan Cathedral was built at the expense of military commander Dmitry Pozharsky in memory of Russia’s victory in the Battle of Moscow in 1612.

Church of Mikhail and Fedor of Chernigov (Temple of the Chernigov Wonderworkers) is an Orthodox church in the Zamoskvorechye district of Moscow, known since 1625, consecrated in honor of the martyrs’ Prince Mikhail Vsevolodovich and his boyar Fyodor.

Church of Nikita the Martyr in Staraya Basmannaya Sloboda is an Orthodox church of the Epiphany Deanery of the Moscow City Diocese, assigned to the Epiphany Cathedral in Yelokhovo. The main throne of the temple is consecrated in honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God; aisles in honor of the Great Martyr Nikita and the Nativity of John the Baptist.

Church of Nikita, the Martyr on Shviva Gorka behind the Yauza, is an Orthodox church in the Tagansky district of Moscow. It belongs to the Pokrovsky deanery of the Moscow Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. A compound of the Athos Panteleimon Monastery.

Church of Peter and Paul at the Yauza Gates (on Kulishki) is an Orthodox church in the Tagansky district of Moscow. It is part of the Intercession Deanery of the Moscow Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. Metochion of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus’; Compound of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Church of Simeon Stolpnik on Povarskaya (Prepodobnogo Simeona Stolpnika Na Povarskoy) is an Orthodox church in the Arbat district of Moscow, built in 1676-1679 by decree of Tsar Fyodor Alekseevich in the style of Russian ornamentation. It belongs to the Central Deanery of the Moscow Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Church of St. Alexis in the Rogozhskaya Sloboda is an Orthodox church of the Intercession Deanery of the Moscow Diocese. Built in 1748-1751 in the Rogozhskaya Sloboda in the Elizabethan Baroque style. The temple has the status of an object of cultural heritage of federal significance.

Church of St. John the Warrior on Yakimanka in Moscow – an Orthodox church in honor of the martyr John the Warrior; is administered by the Russian Orthodox Church. The temple building was erected in 1704-1713, during the reign of Peter the Great.

Church of St. Nicholas on Bersenevka (Church of the Life-Giving Trinity) is an Orthodox church in the Yakimanka district of Moscow. It belongs to the Moskvoretsky deanery of the Moscow Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. It forms an architectural ensemble with the chambers of Averky Kirillov.

Church of St. Nicholas (Savior Transfiguration) in Zayaitsky – the parish church of the Moskvoretsky deanery of the Moscow diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, located in 2nd Raushsky Lane (Raushskaya embankment, Moskva River) in Moscow. The first mention of the church dates back to 1518, the building at that time was wooden.

Church of St. Nicholas in Pyzhy – Orthodox Church of the Moskvoretsky deanery of the Moscow diocese; an architectural monument of the 17th century. The stone temple was built in 1657. In 1691, chapels were built in honor of Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves and in honor of St. Nicholas, whose name eventually became the main one for “Nikola in Pyzhy.”

Church of St. Nicholas, the Wonderworker in Khamovniki (Church of St. Nicholas in Khamovniki, Nikolo-Khamovnicheskaya Church), is a temple of the Central Deanery of the Moscow City Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. Located in the center of Moscow, next to the Park Kultury metro station and Frunzenskaya Embankment.

Church of St. Nicholas, the Wonderworker near Tverskaya Zastava, is an Old Believer Orthodox church in the Tverskoy district of Moscow, on Tverskaya Zastava Square. Belongs to the Moscow diocese of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church.

Church of St. Nicholas, the Wonderworker of Bolvanovka, is an Orthodox church in the Tagansky district of Moscow, Taganskaya square, opposite the Taganka Theatre. It belongs to the Intercession Deanery of the Moscow Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, assigned to the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gonchary.

Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh (the Life-Giving Trinity) in Rogozhskaya Sloboda, in Gonnaya, is an Orthodox church of the Intercession Deanery of the Moscow City Diocese. The temple is located in the Tagansky district of the Central Administrative District of Moscow. The main throne is consecrated in honor of the Holy Trinity; aisles in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh, in honor of St. Nicholas.

Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul in Basmannaya Sloboda is an Orthodox church belonging to the Epiphany Deanery of the Moscow City Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. One of the few examples of Peter the Great Baroque in Moscow, inspired by Western European forms and having little in common with the ancient Russian architectural tradition.

Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gonchary is an Orthodox church in the Tagansky district of Moscow. It belongs to the Pokrovsky deanery of the Moscow diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. It is a courtyard of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in Moscow.

Church of the Great Martyr Catherine on the Vspolye is a Moscow church consecrated in honor of Saint Catherine. A wooden temple on this site was presumably erected in the 16th century. In 1657, the building was redesigned in stone. In 1766-1775, by order of Empress Catherine II, it was reconstructed by the architect Karl Blank.

Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Listy is a parish church of the Sretensky Deanery of the Moscow City Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. Built in the middle of the 17th century.

Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Ostankino is a parish church of the Trinity Deanery of the Moscow City Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. A monument of old Russian religious architecture, one of the culminating points in the development of Moscow patterning.

Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Serebryaniki is a parish church belonging to the Intercession Deanery of the Moscow City Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. The exact date of the appearance of the temple on this site is unknown.

Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Vishnyaki (also in Veshnyaki, formerly in Veshnyakovo) is a parish church of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Zamoskvorechye district of Moscow at the corner of Pyatnitskaya Street (No. 51) and Vishnyakovskiy Lane. The building was built in several stages in 1804-1811, 1815-1824, 1826 and the fence and buildings of the clergy – in the 1830s. Monument of the architecture of late classicism.

Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Putinki is an Orthodox parish church in the Tverskoy district of Moscow. It belongs to the Iberian deanery of the Moscow diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. It has the status of a patriarchal metochion. The building was designed in the style of Russian patterns.

Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Kadashi is an Orthodox church of the Moskvoretsky deanery of the Moscow diocese. The temple is in the Yakimanka district, the Central Administrative District of Moscow, between the two main roads to the south – Polyanka and Ordynka (2nd Kadashevsky lane, 7/14.).

Church of the Transfiguration on the Sands is an Orthodox church belonging to the Central Deanery of the Moscow City Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. Located in Moscow between Novy Arbat and Arbat street at the address: Spasopeskovskiy pereulok, house number 4 “A”.

Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Preobrazhensky is an Orthodox church in the Preobrazhenskoye district of Moscow, on Preobrazhenskaya Square. Belongs to the Moscow diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. The main temple of the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation since October 1, 2015.

Epiphany Cathedral in Yelokhovo is an Orthodox church in the Basmanny district of Moscow. It was built in 1845 by architect Evgraf Tyurin. In 1938-1991 it was the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church (officially – since February 25, 1945). Since 1991 it has been the cathedral church of the Moscow diocese.

Epiphany Monastery is an inactive Orthodox male monastery in Moscow, located in Bogoyavlensky Lane in Kitay-Gorod. It was founded at the end of the 13th century by Prince Daniel Alexandrovich. It was the second oldest Moscow monastery after Danilovsky. The monastery was formally closed in 1919 and finally abolished in 1929.

John the Baptist Monastery (Ivanovsky Monastery) is a stauropegial convent of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow. Founded in the 15th century, it is considered one of the oldest monasteries in Moscow. Ivanovsky Monastery was founded as a male monastery in the 15th century in Zamoskvorechye.

Ivan the Great Bell Tower (also sometimes referred to by the name of the main temple – the Church of Ivan of the Ladder) – is a church-bell tower as part of the architectural ensemble in Moscow on the Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin.

Marfo-Mariinsky Convent of Mercy is a stauropegial convent of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Yakimanka district of Moscow. Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna founded the monastery. After the death of her husband, Moscow Governor-General Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, she renounced social life. She sold her jewelry, giving some to the treasury and relatives.

Menshikov Tower is an Orthodox church in honour of the Archangel Gabriel, located in Moscow. Alexander Menshikov ordered it in 1707, and it was built according to the project of Ivan Zarudny. Since 1948, it has belonged to the Antioch Compound.

Moscow Diocesan House is a cultural heritage site located in Likhov Lane in Moscow. Since 2015, it has been the main building of the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University and the university’s fundamental library and museum.

Novospassky Monastery is a historically stavropegic male monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church, located in Moscow behind the Taganka, on Krutitsky Hill, near the banks of the Moscow River. Known for his close relationship with the Romanov family. The architectural ensemble was formed in the XVII-XVIII centuries.

Sretensky Monastery is a Moscow stauropegial (since 1995) male monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church. It was founded in 1397 by Prince Vasily I on the Kuchkovo field in memory of the deliverance of Moscow from the invasion of Tamerlane in 1395. In the 17th century, it was moved to its current location – Bolshaya Lubyanka Street (former part of Sretenka street).

St. Basil’s Cathedral, officially the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat (also the Intercession Cathedral, the Cathedral of the Intercession on the Moat), is an Orthodox church on Red Square in Moscow, a monument of Russian architecture. It was built in 1555-1561.

Temple of the Icon of the Mother of God, “Joy of All Who Sorrow” (Savior of the Transfiguration) on Bolshaya Ordynka (Grieving Church) is an Orthodox church in the Yakimanka district in Moscow, on Bolshaya Ordynka Street. It belongs to the Moskvoretsky deanery of the Moscow Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Temple of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God in Alekseevsky (Tikhvin Temple) is an Orthodox church in Moscow, consecrated in 1680 to honor the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God. Belongs to the Trinity Deanery of the Moscow diocese. The temple never closed. It was built on the territory of the royal estate of Alekseevsky at the Travel Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, dismantled at the beginning of the 19th century.

Temple, in the name of the Holy Martyr Clement, Pope of Rome, is a temple of the Moscow city diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, located in Moscow at the intersection of Klimentovsky Lane and Pyatnitskaya Street. Belongs to the Moskvoretsky deanery of the Moscow city diocese.

Theotokos-Rozhdestvensky Monastery, known as the Rozhdestvensky Monastery, is one of Moscow’s oldest women’s monasteries. It is located at the intersection of Rozhdestvenka Street and Rozhdestvensky Boulevard, to which it gave its name.

Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery (Peter and Paul, Petrovsky Vysokiy, from the beginning of the 18th century – Vysoko-Petrovsky) is a male stauropegial monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow; located on Petrovka Street. Presumably founded in 1315 by St. Peter, Metropolitan of Kyiv, Vladimir and All Rus’.

Zachatievsky Monastery is a stauropegial convent of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Khamovniki district of Moscow, between Ostozhenka Street and the Moscow River (the geographical center of the Golden Mile concept). Founded in the 1360s. It was closed in 1918 and reopened in 1995 with stauropegial status.

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