Church in Novokosino on Suzdalskaya. Temple of All Saints in the Russian land who shone in Novokosino
On the territory of Moscow there are a lot of beautiful, interesting, wonderful, amazing sights with their own history. I live in the Novokosino district on Suzdalskaya street. There are many attractions in my area: such as a fountain, twists, a skating rink, a forest park, etc. But I want to highlight my story on one of the most important, in my opinion, sights of my native region. This is the Church of All Saints in the Russian land who shone in Novokosino, which is located not far from my house in a very beautiful place, near a pond. My Kindergarten was very close to the temple. On a walk, the guys and I enjoyed watching its construction. My school is also in close proximity to it.
And now a few words about its construction and history:
In the east of Moscow, in Novokosino, on the shore of a small lake, literally in a little over a year, a beautiful church has grown - the Metochion of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, a temple in honor of All Saints who shone in the Russian land.
The temple was erected in the neo-Russian style, which includes a mixture of tent architecture of Moscow architecture of the 15th-16th centuries with the use of ancient Russian decor, characteristic of Vladimir and Suzdal architecture of the 12th-14th centuries, an asymmetric layout, with a side aisle and a belfry.
Successfully located in the recreation area of Novokosinsk residents, it undoubtedly adorns the local landscape. Gradually, other buildings needed in the parish economy also rose around: a baptismal church, a clergy house with a Sunday school, and a small room for protection. The area around is being landscaped, the temple is filled with parishioners.
The temple was built entirely at the expense of voluntary donations from people and sponsorship. A person will bring a penny earned - it is immediately invested in a future construction site. But with this method of construction, delays in financing are inevitable, so the start of construction work was delayed for a long time.
At first, the Novokosinsk residents looked closely, many did not believe that the temple would still be built - too many unexpected difficulties were discovered, there were also obvious ill-wishers.
But with God's help, all permits were obtained. Since January 2009, the arrangement of the construction site began, and in March it was already built ground floor and began building walls.
On June 3, 2009, in a solemn atmosphere, Vladyka Arseniy, now Metropolitan of Istra, First Vicar His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, and the head of the Administration of the Novokosino district, Valery Mernenko, laid a consecrated capsule with a commemorative letter containing, according to an old church tradition, information about the date of foundation, the Patriarch and the President Russian Federation at which the construction of the Temple began.
The Church of All Saints, who shone in the Russian land, in Novokosino has the status of the Patriarchal Metochion. This is a special church status, which is both honorable and responsible. The status of the Patriarchal Metochion implies direct vertical subordination to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and his direct control. This is reflected in the hymns that we hear at every divine service: “Most Holy Master, bless,” “Bless these despots.” At the same time, the rector of the Temple is the patriarchal governor.
On November 4, 2009, on the feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, in the newly built, but not yet well-equipped Temple, the residents of the district had the opportunity to attend the first liturgical prayer service with the reading of the akathist to All Saints who shone in the Russian land.
After the consecration by a small rank of the Nikolsky chapel on March 28, 2010, on the feast of the Lord's Entry into Jerusalem ("Palm Sunday"), the first Divine Liturgy was celebrated.
Since then, services have been held regularly, and the Temple is open daily.
The memory of the saints who shone in the Russian land is sacred to each of us. The beautiful Temple erected in the capital in their honor should be the personification of the grateful memory of descendants and become a matter of our Russian honor.
Local children attend classes at Sunday School with pleasure, prepare festive performances for parishioners.
Interviews are also held for adults in the area.
It is with great pleasure that I visit this Temple with my parents in church holidays or on normal days.
But my opinion is the main attraction of my area, which will pass from generation to generation.
And perhaps in tens of years the history of this Temple will go down in history as an architectural monument and books about the Temple will be written.
Temple in honor of all the Saints in the Russian land who shone in Novokosino
ADDRESS: st. Suzdal, ow. 8B
HONORARY Rector: Archpriest John CHIZHENOK
Rector: Archpriest Nikolai Kazulin
Architect: Rimsha Denis Anatolyevich
Official website of the temple: www.hramnovokosino.ru
The memory of the saints who shone in the Russian land is sacred to each of us. Erected in the capital in honor of them, a beautiful temple should be the personification of the grateful memory of descendants.
The temple is open daily from 8 am to 8 pm.
A priest is constantly on duty, to whom you can always turn with a question or request.
September 25, 2016, on the 14th Sunday after Pentecost, before the Exaltation, on the day of giving the feast of the Nativity Holy Mother of God, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia performed the rite of the great consecration of the Church of All Saints, who shone in the Russian land, - the Patriarchal Compound in Novokosino(Christmas Deanery of the Eastern Vicariate of Moscow), erected under the Temple Construction Program in the capital.
In 2015, a Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing people was established at the church, every week the Divine Liturgy with sign language translation is served in the church. The hearing impaired community has about 40 members.
The central altar of the temple is consecrated in honor of All Saints who shone in the Russian land, the right altar is in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
In the newly consecrated church Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated the Divine Liturgy with sign language translation for members of the deaf and hard of hearing communities.
On September 25, Russia celebrates the 90th anniversary of the formation of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf (VOG). This year the anniversary of the VOG coincided with the International Day of the Deaf, which is celebrated all over the world on the last Sunday of September. More than 600 representatives of 47 Orthodox communities of the deaf from all over the country, leaders and members of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf came to the Patriarchal service.
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HISTORY OF THE TEMPLE
In the east of Moscow, in Novokosino, on the shore of a small lake, literally in a little over a year, a beautiful church has grown - the Metochion of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, a temple in honor of All Saints who shone in the Russian land.
The temple was erected in the neo-Russian style, which includes a mixture of the tent architecture of Moscow architecture of the 15th-16th centuries with the use of ancient Russian decor, characteristic of the Vladimir and Suzdal architecture of the 12th-14th centuries, an asymmetric layout, with a side chapel and a belfry.
Successfully located in the recreation area of Novokosinsk residents, it undoubtedly adorns the local landscape. Gradually, other buildings needed in the parish economy also rose around: a baptismal church, a clergy house with a Sunday school, and a small room for protection. The area around is being landscaped, the temple is filled with parishioners.
Over the past 20-25 years, the city has been intensively building the so-called multi-storey "sleeping" districts, which have become a small home for hundreds of thousands of Muscovites. The houses were built spacious, bright, comfortable, and everything was in order with the infrastructure in these areas: kindergartens, schools, clinics, shops, beautiful boulevards and courtyards - a lot was thought out to the smallest detail.
But man shall not live by bread alone. And before the church leadership, the question arose sharply about spiritual guidance a huge number of Muscovites living far from the historical center of Moscow, so abundantly rich in temples.
The Church accompanies a person from the very beginning of his life, leads, admonishes, heals - and so on until the very end, seeing the Christian on his last journey to God. People waited, prayed, asked the city administration and the clergy to build churches near their homes.
Responding to the numerous appeals of the Orthodox residents of the east of the capital, in order to spiritually and morally enlighten his flock, His Holiness Patriarch Alexy blessed the construction of a church in honor of All Saints who shone in the Russian land, in Novokosino.
And on June 22, 1999, the cleric of the Church of All Saints on Sokol, Archpriest John Chizhenok, received a blessing for the fulfillment of this obedience.
The temple was erected at the expense of voluntary donations from the inhabitants of the region and patrons. A person will bring a penny earned - it is immediately invested in construction. But with this method of construction, delays in financing are inevitable, so the start of construction work was delayed for a long time.
At first, the Novokosinsk residents looked closely, many did not believe that the temple would still be built - too many unexpected difficulties were discovered, there were also obvious ill-wishers.
But with God's help, all permits were obtained. Since January 2009, the construction site began to be arranged, and in March the basement was already built and the walls were erected.
Capsule bookmark
On June 3, 2009, in a solemn atmosphere, Vladyka Arseniy, now Metropolitan of Istra, the first vicar of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, and the head of the Novokosino District Administration, Valery Mernenko, laid a consecrated capsule with a commemorative letter, according to an old church tradition, containing information about the date of foundation, the Patriarch and the President of the Russian Federation, under which the construction of the temple began.
Under construction - 2009
On November 4, 2009, on the feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, in the newly built, but not yet well-appointed church, the residents of the district had the opportunity to attend the first liturgical prayer service with the reading of an akathist to All Saints who shone in the Russian land.
After the consecration by a small rank of the Nikolsky chapel on March 28, 2010, on the feast of the Lord's Entry into Jerusalem ("Palm Sunday"), the first Divine Liturgy was performed.
Since then, services have been held regularly, and the temple is open daily.
The Russian Orthodox Church glorified more than 1,300 saints in the 20th century alone, and this list continues to be replenished with new names of martyrs and confessors of the past century. In total, no less than three and a half thousand ascetics of faith and piety are numbered among the great host of Russian saints.
In the temple, parishioners and pilgrims will be able to pray at the icons depicting the Cathedral of All Saints who shone in the Russian land, as well as the Cathedrals of Moscow, Estonian, Belarusian, Volyn and Crimean saints, the venerable fathers of the Kiev Caves, saints Royal Martyrs, New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, who received a martyr's crown or were persecuted on the territory of Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Estonia ...
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The church has a Sunday School. Interviews are also held for adults in the area. A volunteer center for helping families with many children, lonely elderly people and everyone who needs the mercy of their neighbors has been organized.
Services are held regularly on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. On Wednesday evening, after Vespers, the Akathist is read to St. Nicholas, Archbishop of the World of Lycia, the Wonderworker, in whose honor the side chapel of the temple is consecrated.
Morning services start at 8:30 am, evening services start at 5:00 pm.
The sacrament of confession is performed during the evening service.
Cathedral of All Saints Who Resplendent in the Russian Land
It takes place on the 2nd Week after Pentecost, i.e. second Sunday after Trinity
history of the holiday
The holiday appeared in the middle of the 16th century, under Metropolitan Macarius. As a result of the reforms of Patriarch Nikon, he was left. It was restored on August 26, 1918 by the decision of the All-Russian Local Council of 1917-1918, and from 1946 the festive service began to be celebrated solemnly on the 2nd Week after Pentecost.
The saints of the Church are helpers and intercessors before God throughout our earthly life, therefore frequent appeal to them is a natural need for every Christian. Moreover, when addressing the Russian saints, we have even greater boldness, since we believe that "our holy relatives" never forget their descendants, who celebrate "their bright holiday with love."
"In the Russian saints, we honor not only the heavenly patrons of holy and sinful Russia: in them we seek revelations of our own spiritual path" and, carefully peering into their exploits, we try to "imitate their faith" so that the Lord would not leave our land with His grace and I would show His saints in the Russian Church until the end of time.
From the rise of Christianity to the hierarchship of Metropolitan Macarius of Moscow (+1563)
The history of holiness in Russia begins, no doubt, with the preaching of the holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called within the boundaries of our present Fatherland, in the future Azov-Black Sea Russia. The Apostle Andrew converted our direct ancestors, the Sarmatians and the Tauro-Scythians, to Christianity, laying the foundation for the Churches, which did not cease to exist until the Baptism of Russia. These Churches (Scythian, Kherson, Gothic, Sourozh and others), which were part of the Metropolis of Constantinople (and later the Patriarchate), also had Slavs in their enclosure. The largest of them was the Church of Kherson - the foremother of Russia.
Hieromartyr Clement, an apostle from the 70, a disciple of the apostle Peter, the third bishop of Rome, became the successor of the work of the Apostle Andrew in Chersonesos. Exiled there in 94 by Emperor Trajan for the conversion of many noble Romans to Christianity, Saint Clement "found about 2,000 Christians among many communities and churches of the Crimea as the spiritual legacy of the Apostle Andrew." In Chersonese Saint Clement died a martyr about the year 100 during the same Trajan's persecution.
Almost immediately after the Baptism of Russia, in 988, the newborn Church revealed to the entire Orthodox world its children, who became famous for their charitable life, as a kind of response to the preaching of the Gospel in Russia. The first saints canonized by the Russian Church were the sons of Prince Vladimir, the passion-bearers Boris and Gleb, who suffered a martyr's death from their brother Svyatopolk in 1015. Their popular veneration, as if "anticipating church canonization," began immediately after their murder. Already in 1020, their imperishable relics were found and transferred from Kyiv to Vyshgorod, where a temple was soon erected in their honor. After the construction of the temple, the Greek Metropolitan John I, who headed the Russian Church at that time, "with a council of clergy in the presence of the Grand Duke (the son of Equal-to-the-Apostles Vladimir - Yaroslav) and with the confluence of numerous people, solemnly consecrated it on July 24, on the day of the murder of Borisov, placed in it the relics of the newly-appeared miracle workers and decreed that this day should be celebrated every year in memory of them collectively. Around the same time, around 1020-1021, the same Metropolitan John I wrote a service to the martyrs Boris and Gleb, which became the first hymnographic creation of our domestic church literature.
The second saint, solemnly canonized by the Russian Church, was the Monk Theodosius of Kiev-Pechersk, who died in 1074. Already in 1091, his relics were found and transferred to the Assumption Church of the Caves Monastery - local veneration of the saint began. And in 1108, at the request of the Grand Duke Svyatopolk, his church-wide glorification was performed.
However, even before the church glorification of Saints Boris, Gleb and Theodosius in Russia, they especially honored the holy first martyrs of Russia Theodore the Varangian and his son John (+ 983), the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duchess Olga (+ 969) and, a little later, the holy baptist of Russia - the Grand Duke Vladimir (+ 1015).
Subsequently, already in the XI-XII centuries. The Russian Church revealed to the world so many saints that, perhaps, by the middle of the 12th century. could celebrate their common memory.
Veliky Novgorod, already since the establishment of the episcopal department there in 992, was known as the largest center of spiritual enlightenment in Russia. Moreover, the main concern of the Novgorod rulers (especially starting from the 15th century) was the collection of ancient manuscripts, mainly of a liturgical plan, as well as the creation of new hymnographic monuments, dedicated first to Novgorod saints, and later to many saints of the whole Russian land. Here we should especially single out Saint Euthymius (+ 1458), Saint Jonah (+ 1470) and Saint Gennady (+ 1505).
The first, in 1439, established a celebration for the Novgorod saints, and a little later he invited to Veliky Novgorod to compose services and lives of the newly canonized saint, the well-known spiritual writer of that time, the Athonite hieromonk Pachomius Serb (Logophet), who also worked there under Saint Jonah. And if the main concern of St. Euthymius was the glorification of the saints of Novgorod land, then his successor, St. Jonah, already glorified "Moscow, Kyiv and Eastern ascetics" and "under him, for the first time on Novgorod land, a temple was built in honor of St. Sergius, hegumen of Radonezh."
The first official church establishment of the day of memory of All Russian Saints is associated with the name of another Novgorod saint - Macarius, in 1542-1563. head of the Russian Orthodox Church.
From the hierarchship of Metropolitan Macarius of Moscow (+1563) to the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1917-1918.
In 1528-1529. the nephew of the Monk Joseph Volotsky, the monk Dosifey Toporkov, while working on the correction of the Sinai Patericon, lamented in his afterword that, although the Russian land has many holy men and wives worthy of no less reverence and glorification than the Eastern saints of the first centuries of Christianity, however, they "by our negligence it is despised and the scripture is not betrayed, even if we ourselves are light." Dositheus performed his work with the blessing of Archbishop Macarius of Novgorod, whose name is mainly associated with the elimination of that “neglect” towards the memory of Russian saints, which was felt by many children of the Russian Church in the late XV - early XVI centuries.
The main merit of Saint Macarius was his many years of painstaking and tireless work in collecting and systematizing the entire hagiographic, hymnographic and homiletic heritage of Orthodox Russia known by that time. For more than 12 years, from 1529 to 1541, Saint Macarius and his assistants worked on compiling a twelve-volume collection, which went down in history under the name of the Great Makariev Cheti Menaia. This collection includes the lives of many Russian saints who were revered in different parts of our state, but did not have a general church glorification. The publication of a new collection, compiled according to the calendar principle and containing the biographies of many Russian ascetics of piety, undoubtedly accelerated the process of preparing the first glorification in the history of the Russian Church for the universal veneration of a host of saints.
In 1547 and 1549, having already become the First Hierarch of the Russian Church, Saint Macarius convened Councils in Moscow, known as the Makarievsky Councils, at which only one question was decided: the glorification of Russian saints. Firstly, the issue of the principle of canonization for the future was resolved: the establishment of a memory of the generally venerated saints was henceforth subject to the conciliar judgment of the entire Church. But the main act of the Councils was the solemn glorification of 30 (or 31) 18 new general church and 9 locally venerated saints.
At the Council of 1547 were canonized:
1) Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia (+ 1461);
2) Saint John, Archbishop of Novgorod (+ 1186);
3) Reverend Macarius Kalyazinsky (+ 1483);
4) the Monk Pafnuty Borovsky (+ 1477);
5) the noble Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky (+ 1263);
6) Saint Nikon of Radonezh (+ 1426);
7) Saint Paul of Komel, Obnorsky (+ 1429);
8) Saint Michael of Clops (+ 1456);
9) Saint Savva Storozhevsky (+ 1406);
10-11) Saints Zosima (+ 1478) and Savvaty (+ 1435) of Solovetsky;
12) St. Dionysius of Glushitsky (+ 1437);
13) Saint Alexander of Svir (+ 1533).
Finally, the main act of the Councils, in addition to the glorification of the Russian saints by name, was the establishment of a day of common memory of the "new Russian miracle workers", who, together with the saints of the Russian Church already revered before, made up a host of her lamps, "prayerfully guarding the height of her standing and the path of her great historical work" . The participants in the Council of 154723 formulated their decision in the following way: “We have set us now to celebrate as a new miracle worker in the Russian land, that the Lord God glorified them, His saints, with many and various miracles and banners, and do not beat them to this day in cathedral singing.”
The day of the feast was first established on July 17, as the closest day to the memory of the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir (July 15). However, later the date of the celebration of the memory of All Russian Saints changed several times. It was performed both on the first Sunday after Elijah's day, and on one of the weekly days before All Saints' Week.
Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church 1917-1918
The events of the restoration of the celebration of the Day of Remembrance of All Russian Saints historically coincided with the restoration of the Patriarchate in the Russian Church.
In the pre-conciliar period, the Holy Synod had no intention of resuming the celebration that appeared in the distant 16th century. On July 20, 1908, Nikolai Osipovich Gazukin, a peasant from the Sudogodsky district of the Vladimir province, sent a petition to the Holy Synod to establish an annual celebration of "To All the Saints of Russia, glorified from the beginning of Russia" with a request "to honor this day with a specially composed church service." The petition was soon rejected by a synodal decision on the grounds that the existing feast of All Saints also includes the memory of Russian saints.
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Nevertheless, at the Local Council of the Russian Church in 1917-1918. holiday has been restored. The merit of the restoration and subsequent veneration of the day of memory of All Russian Saints mainly belongs to the professor of Petrograd University Boris Alexandrovich Turaev and the hieromonk of the Vladimir Nativity Monastery Athanasius (Sakharov).
The first, on March 15, 1918, at a meeting of the Department of Divine Services, Sermons and the Church, presented a report to the Council, in which, in particular, he noted that "in our mournful time, when united Russia became torn apart, when our sinful generation trampled on the fruits of exploits saints who worked in the caves of Kyiv, and in Moscow, and in the Thebaid of the North, and in Western Russia on the creation of a single Orthodox Russian Church, it would seem timely to restore this forgotten holiday, but it reminds us and our rejected brothers from generation to generation of the United to the Orthodox Russian Church, and may it be a small tribute to our sinful generation and a small atonement for our sin."
On August 20, 1918, Turaev’s report approved by the department was considered by the Council, and finally, on August 26, on the name day of His Holiness Patriarch Tikhon, a historic resolution was adopted: “1. The celebration of the day of memory of All Russian Saints that existed in the Russian Church is being restored. 2. This celebration takes place on the first Sunday of Petrovsky Lent.
Unfortunately, due to the events of the revolution of 1917, the holiday restored by the Cathedral was again almost quickly forgotten, as had happened before. This time it was connected mainly with the persecutions raised against the Russian Church in the 20th century. In addition, on July 23, 1920, B.A. Turaev died, who very much wanted to continue to work on supplementing and correcting the hastily composed service, and Archimandrite Athanasius, in his humility, did not dare to undertake such responsible work alone.
However, the restored holiday was not allowed by the Providence of God to be forgotten again. And the persecutions that were raised against the Russian Church, in an amazing way, only helped to spread it everywhere.
From the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1917-1918. until now
In the fall of 1922, Bishop Athanasius (Sakharov), during his first arrest in the 17th cell of the Vladimir prison, met with his like-minded people - admirers of the newly restored holiday. Vladyka Athanasius himself named 11 people, they were: Archbishop Nikandr of Krutitsy (Phenomenov), later Metropolitan of Tashkent; Archbishop of Astrakhan Thaddeus (Uspensky), later of Tver; Bishop Vyaznikovsky Kornily (Sobolev), later Archbishop of Sverdlovsk; Bishop Vasily of Suzdal; hegumen of the Moscow Miracle Monastery, later Archimandrite Filaret; Moscow archpriests Sergiy Glagolevsky and Nikolai Schastnev; priest Sergiy Durylin; ruler of affairs of the Higher Church Administration Petr Viktorovich Guryev; Moscow missionary Sergei Vasilyevich Kasatkin and Archbishop Thaddeus' subdeacon Nikolai Aleksandrovich Davydov, later a priest in Tver. According to Vladyka Athanasius, this council of prisoners "after repeated lively conversations about this holiday, about the service, about the icon, about the temple in the name of this holiday, the beginning of a new revision, correction and addition of the service published in 1918" was laid, as well as "The idea was expressed of the desirability of supplementing the service so that it could be performed not only on the 2nd week after Pentecost, but at will and at other times and not necessarily on Sunday." And in the very near future, the service underwent a number of changes: some hymns were rearranged, new ones appeared, dedicated to saints not mentioned in the 1918 service.
Finally, in the same place, in prison, on November 10, 1922, on the day of the repose of St. Demetrius of Rostov, the scribe of the lives of the saints, for the first time a feast was celebrated by All Russian Saints, not on Sunday and after the corrected service.
On March 1, 1923, in the 121st solitary cell of the Taganskaya prison, where Vladyka Athanasius was awaiting exile to the Zyryansk region, he consecrated a marching antimension in honor of All Russian Saints for his private church.
The above events further strengthened St. Athanasius in the idea that approved by the Council of 1917-1918. the service to All Russian Saints needs to be supplemented further, "and at the same time there appeared" the idea of the desirability and necessity of establishing one more day for the common celebration of all Russian saints, in excess of that established by the Council. "And indeed: the feast of All Russian Saints in its significance for the Russian The Church fully deserves that the service for him be as complete and festive as possible, which, according to the Church Charter, cannot be achieved if it is performed only once a year and only on Sunday - on the 2nd week after Pentecost. on this day, in many places in Russia, celebrations are celebrated in honor of local saints; the Russian monastery on Athos and its metochions celebrate this day, together with the whole of Athos, the celebration of All the Athos reverends; finally, on the same day, the memory of the saints of the Bulgarian Church and the Church of the Czech lands and Slovakia, which puts in a difficult position those Orthodox Russian people who, by God's Providence, live in these Slavic n countries and lead their church life in the bosom of the fraternal Local Churches. To combine the celebration of All Russian Saints with the above local celebrations, which cannot be transferred to another day, according to the Charter, is impossible. Therefore, "with urgent necessity, the question arises of establishing a second, non-transitory feast of All Russian Saints, when in all Russian churches" only one full festive service could be performed, not embarrassed by any other.
The time for the second celebration of All Russian Saints by St. Athanasius was proposed on July 29 - the next day after the memory of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir, the Baptist of Russia. In this case, "the feast of our Equal-to-the-Apostles will be, as it were, a fore-feast to the feast of All Saints who flourished in the land into which he sowed the saving seeds of the Orthodox faith." Saint Athanasius also suggested the next day after the feast to remember "a host of many names, although not yet glorified for church honoring, but great and marvelous ascetics of piety and righteous people, as well as the builders of Holy Russia and various figures of church and state", so that, thus, the second the celebration of All Russian Saints was solemnly celebrated throughout the Russian Church for three days.
Despite such grandiose plans of the hierarch-songwriter regarding the holiday he revered, until 1946 the Russian Church was not able not only to celebrate the triumph of its saints twice a year, but in general could not honor this memory everywhere. The printed Patriarchal Service of 1918 "went through the hands of the participants in the Council ... and did not become widespread," becoming a rarity in a short time, and "manuscript copies (from it) were in very few churches," and the rest did not have it at all. And only in 1946 the "Service to All the Saints Who Resplendent in the Russian Land" was published by the Moscow Patriarchate, after which the universal celebration of the memory of All Russian Saints began in our Church.
Nevertheless, after the release of the service of the holiday, work on its correction and addition did not end. The author of most of the hymns, Saint Athanasius, continued to work on the service until his blessed death, which followed in 1962.
Today the feast of All Saints, who shone forth in the land of Russia, is one of the most solemn days of all in the Russian Church. church year. However, it seems that the service of the holiday could still be supplemented. Saint Athanasius at one time proposed to enrich it with three specially composed canons: "1) for a prayer service on the theme: Holy Russia was built by a miracle of God and the exploits of the saints, 2) to the Mother of God for matins on the theme: The Protection of the Mother of God over the Russian land, and 3) a special canon for a memorial service for the ascetics of piety, performed on the very feast after Vespers, on the eve of their commemoration.
Summing up our work, I would like to quote the words of the Russian hagiologist of the 20th century. Georgy Fedotov: "All holiness in all its diverse manifestations in the history of all peoples expresses the following of Christ" history". The first and last impression that remains when studying this holiness is its bright regularity, the absence of radicalism, extreme and sharp deviations from the Christian ideal bequeathed by antiquity." In our opinion, the service to All the Saints who shone in the Russian land fully confirms this idea.
All Saints in Novokosino is part of a program to build 200 new buildings in Moscow Orthodox churches. The Decree of the Government of Moscow in relation to him was adopted back in July 2001 at the numerous requests of the residents of the district, whose population is about 100 thousand inhabitants.
temple project
All Saints, who shone in the Russian land, became the first church in the capital city with such a dedication. He personifies the gratitude of the Russians to their ancestors, who enlightened Russia with their exploits, making it truly great. Memory and veneration is the little that we can do not for them, but for ourselves and our descendants.
Today, there are about three and a half thousand names of Russian saints in Christmas time, and the list continues to grow. More and more new names of the patron saints of Russia are being revealed. Among them is a host of new martyrs who suffered during the years of the theomachic Soviet power. Among them are not only those who in their earthly lives performed spiritual feats on the territory of modern Russia, but also those who became famous for their strength of spirit and professed Christ on the territory of the former Soviet republics- Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, many of the Baltic countries - Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia.
However, construction was delayed for a long time due to lack of funding, despite all the efforts of the Orthodox community, created in the same 2001. The delay also consisted in the fact that it was planned to create not just a small, but a whole temple complex with a baptismal church and a parable house. The project also provides for a house for protection.
A very picturesque site on the shore of the reservoir was allocated for the construction of the majestic temple in honor of the Russian Saints, while construction work began only in 2008. By that time, the project of architects V.S. Blazhevich and D.A. Rimshi and collected some funds, which were enough for the first stage of construction.
We started with the construction of the baptismal church and the foundation of the main temple. And in early June 2009, a consecrated capsule with a commemorative letter was laid at the foundation of the main church of All Russian Saints, containing, according to the old church tradition, information about the date of foundation, the Patriarch and the ruler (President), under which the construction of the temple began.
Finally, in 2012, the main construction and installation work was completed and finishing work began, for which the priesthood and parishioners are again collecting donations. The temple turned out to be very beautiful and even quite unconventional for our days. Standing on the shore of a small lake, asymmetrical in layout, tented, in the neo-Russian style, with a side aisle and belfry, it really adorns the local landscape. During the construction, the needs of people with handicapped by installing ramps and lowering curbs. Divine services began back in 2011, after which believers immediately flocked here.
Let's hope that donors and patrons will not bypass their attention and generosity, and soon Muscovites will see the new complex in all its splendor.
For the majority of parishioners, the Church of All Saints in Novokosino is a pleasant reward for their faith and efforts. After all, it was only thanks to their joint efforts that it was erected on this earth. Therefore, the creation of the temple is the story of a thousand righteous people who wished to perform a miracle with my own hands. It is their faith and kindness that this story is dedicated to.
New Hope
In the east of Moscow there is a small picturesque area called Novokosino. Most of its inhabitants are believers. Therefore, for a long time they were saddened by the fact that they could see the church service only after having overcome many kilometers to another part of the city.
Soon the Moscow diocese learned about the current problem of Novokosino. The temple is necessary for people, which means that the church must do something about it. And on June 22, 1999, Archpriest John Chizhenok received special assignment from the holy patriarch Alexy. He was supposed to build a temple in Novokosino.
Overcoming difficulties
The trouble is that in those years the church experienced a large shortage of funds. Therefore, despite the fact that the authorities gave permission for the construction, the construction process itself stalled. Then the clergy asked for help from the inhabitants of Novokosino. The temple was in desperate need of any help that caring people could offer.
Shortly thereafter, the first sponsors appeared. And construction work began to slowly but surely gain momentum. However, it soon turned out that the clergy had obvious ill-wishers. Someone constantly put spokes in their wheels, because of which the construction of the temple stopped every now and then.
And yet the faith of the Russian people is unshakable. Therefore, on July 3, 2009, all construction work in the shrine was completed. It was a real triumph for Novokosino - the temple finally started working, and the parishioners were able to attend their first service.
Church of All Saints today
The shrine was named in honor of all the saints who glorified the Russian race with their exploits. And everyone who visits it remembers their accomplishments and tries to follow the righteous path in the future. In addition, you can come here any day. After all, the temple in Novokosino receives believers every day: starting from 8 in the morning and ending at 20.00.
As for the rector, now he is Archpriest Mikhail Zazvonov. In addition to him, seven more clergymen keep order in the temple. Therefore, an atmosphere of calm and comfort always reigns here. In addition, a Sunday school operates on the territory of the temple, in which everyone can learn the basics of the Orthodox faith.
And all this became possible only thanks to the joint efforts of the Moscow diocese and the inhabitants of Novokosino. Which once again proves how strong and unshakable the faith of an Orthodox person can be.
