Temple of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Markovo. Temple of the Kazan Mother of God (Metochion of the Intercession Convent) in Markovo. Patronal holidays of the monastery
July 21, 2018, on the feast of the appearance of the icon Holy Mother of God in the city of Kazan (1579), His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' visited the courtyard of the Pokrovsky stauropegial convent - the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the village of Markovo, Ramensky district, Moscow region. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the revival of the temple.
Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church in the village Makarov was met by the Governor of the Moscow Region A.Yu. Vorobyov, head of the Ramensky municipal district of the Moscow region A.N. Kulakov, head rural settlement Kuznetsovskoye, Moscow region A.A. Kuzmin, abbess of the Pokrovsky stauropegial convent Abbess Feofaniya (Miskina) and nuns of the monastery.
In the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrated the Divine Liturgy.
Concelebrating with His Holiness were: Archbishop Feognost of Sergiev Posad, Chairman of the Synodal Department for Monasteries and Monasticism, Viceroy of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra; Archbishop Sergius of Solnechnogorsk, secretary of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' for Moscow, head of the Administrative Secretariat of the Moscow Patriarchate; Protopresbyter Vladimir Divakov, secretary of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' for Moscow; , Deputy Administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate; priest Alexander Volkov, head of the Press Service of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'; clergy of the Moscow diocese.
Present at the service were: Governor of the Moscow Region A.Yu. Vorobyov, deputy State Duma RF FS V.I. Resin, Chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation L.E. Slutsky, Director of the Department of Information and Press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation M.V. Zakharova, head of the Ramensky municipal district A.N. Kulakov, head of the rural settlement Kuznetsovskoye A.A. Kuzmin.
Among those praying at the Liturgy were the abbess of the Intercession Monastery, Abbess Feofaniya (Miskina), sisters of the monastery, pupils of the monastery orphanage for girls, and benefactors.
Liturgical chants were performed by the choir of the metochion of the Intercession Stavropegial Convent in Trinity-Lykovo and the choir of the metochion of the Intercession Monastery in the village of Markovo under the direction of E.A. Lobovikova.
The Patriarchal service was broadcast live on the Soyuz TV channel. For the convenience of believers, the service was broadcast on screens installed on the territory of the Kazan Church.
After the special litany, His Holiness offered a prayer for peace in Ukraine.
During the service, the Primate of the Russian Church ordained Deacon Dimitry Kelmanov, clergyman of the Church of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Veshnyaki, Moscow, to the rank of presbyter.
The sermon before communion was delivered by priest Sergius Sivokon, clergyman of the Church of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Trinity-Lykovo, Moscow - the metochion of the Intercession Stavropegic Monastery.
At the end Divine Liturgy His Holiness Patriarch Kirill headed procession around the temple.
On the square in front of the church, Abbess Feofaniya greeted His Holiness and presented His Holiness with an ancient copy of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.
The Primate of the Russian Church addressed the participants of the service with the Primate's word.
As a gift to the farmstead in the village. Markovo His Holiness conveyed the image of the holy Royal Passion-Bearers.
Then His Holiness Patriarch Kirill presented church awards.
In consideration of her work for the benefit of the Holy Church, Abbess Feofaniya (Miskina), abbess of the Intercession Stavropegic Convent at the Intercession Gate in Moscow, was awarded the Patriarchal Certificate.
In consideration of the assistance of the Russian Orthodox Church and in connection with the 70th anniversary of his birth, the President of Roy International Consultancy JSC Ipen Cherian was awarded the Order of the Russian Orthodox Church St. Sergius Radonezhsky, III degree. Presenting the order, His Holiness the Patriarch addressed those present and the recipient:
“I would like to say a few words about Cherian Eapen. He is baptized Zachary, that’s what we call him: brother Zachary. For most of his life he was successfully engaged in business - both in India, where he was born, and in the United States, and in Russia. But as an Orthodox man, a believer, he gave most of his income to the poor, and first of all, to orphans. He had very large programs to help those in need in California, in the southern Indian state of Kerala and here in Moscow. Very often, Brother Zakhary celebrated Easter and Christmas not at home, in a comfortable Moscow apartment, but at the Paveletsky station among homeless children. And he still directs most of his funds to help, first of all, street children.
We really appreciate your work, we love you. Whenever a person does a lot of good, he encounters in his life the manifestation that people do not have enough good. This can be a strong challenge for people who give their all to others. I know that you have had similar challenges in your life. I wish you to go through them courageously, maintaining the faith that by working in the name of your neighbor, sharing your means and resources with him, you share them with the Lord and Savior Himself, Who will never leave you in your life. Axios!
In consideration of helping the monastery of the Pokrovsky stauropegic convent in Moscow in the village. Markovo Ramensky district of the Moscow region Patriarchal letters were also presented to: the head of the Ramensky municipal district of the Moscow region A.N. Kulakov; Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Regional Duma I.V. Chistyukhin; to the prosecutor Astrakhan region A.G. Lychagin; Deputy Head of the Ramensky District Administration V.K. Dolgushin; Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation N.V. Fedorova O.P. Savelov; to CEO OJSC Ramensky Electrotechnical Plant Energia A.G. Hakobyan.
In conclusion, the Primate of the Russian Church congratulated Mother Feofania, the recipients and all those gathered on the feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.
All participants in the service were presented with icons of the Mother of God “Kazan” with the Patriarchal blessing.
At the end of the Liturgy, a festive meal took place, after which His Holiness Patriarch Kirill visited the farmstead farmstead. His Holiness got acquainted with the work of the workshop producing dairy products, examined the cowshed, stables, apiary, ponds, dog kennel and poultry yard.
The Kazan Church in the village of Markovo near Moscow was built in 1672-1680.
During the period of the atheism, the temple was closed and destroyed, and a vegetable storehouse was located within its walls. In 1962, the church in the village of Markovo was given the status of an architectural monument of federal significance, but the destruction of the shrine continued. In the 1970s
“lovers of antiquity” barbarously tore out all the images from the dilapidated but still intact iconostases. Only the 17th-century iconostasis, miraculously preserved in one of the chapels, was transferred to the Andrei Rublev Center for Ancient Russian Culture and Art. The temple building continued to collapse.
In 1998, the abbess of the Intercession Stavropegial Women's Monastery in Moscow, Abbess Feofaniya (Miskina), while looking for a place in the near Moscow region for the monastery's courtyard, drew attention to an abandoned temple in ruins on the picturesque bank of the Moscow River. She turned to His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus' for his blessing to set up a subsidiary farm here. In June 1999, the Kazan Church in the village of Markovo was transferred to the Pokrovsky Stavropegial Convent for the opening of a monastery monastery here and the establishment of a metochion.
On November 13, 2004, His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II performed the great consecration of three chapels of the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the metochion of the Intercession Monastery.
Now about 15 nuns of the Intercession Monastery permanently live in the monastery courtyard, there is an extensive subsidiary farm - a field, a vegetable garden, a garden, a cowshed, a chicken coop, an apiary, and fish ponds.
Every day in the courtyard a general sisterly rule is performed: in the morning - the Midnight Office, akathists to the Savior, the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the Blessed Matrona; In the evening - evening prayers, a chapter from the Apostle and the Gospel, as well as a religious procession with the reading of the prayer “Virgin Mother of God, rejoice...” around the entire territory of the courtyard.
The Temple of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is regularly visited by entire families by residents of Bronnitsy, Zhukovsky, Ramensky and other nearby cities and other settlements.
Press service of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'
On July 21, 2018, parishioners of our church attended the Patriarchal service at the patronal feast day in the church Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the village of Markovo Ramensky district, in the courtyard of the Pokrovsky stauropegial convent.
In the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God His Holiness Patriarch Kirill performed the Divine Liturgy.
Concelebrating with His Holiness were: Archbishop Feognost of Sergiev Posad, Chairman Synodal Department for monasteries and monasticism, vicar of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra; Archbishop Sergius of Solnechnogorsk, head of the Administrative Secretariat of the Moscow Patriarchate; Protopresbyter Vladimir Divakov, secretary of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' for Moscow; Archimandrite Savva (Tutunov), Deputy Administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate; priest Alexander Volkov, clergy of the Moscow diocese. Among those praying at the Liturgy were Abbess of the Intercession Monastery Feofaniya(Miskina), sisters of the monastery, pupils of the monastery orphanage for girls, philanthropists.
During the service, the Primate of the Russian Church ordained to the rank of presbyter deacon Dimitry Kelmanov, cleric of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Veshnyaki, Moscow, resident of our village. Ilyinsky, a former parishioner and singer of our church.
A few kilometers from the village. Markovo in Malakhovo village located Church of the Great Military Military Command
A Demetrius of Thessalonica, Of course, we couldn’t help but stop by to pray to the miraculous Bronnitsky Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God and worship other shrines of this wonderful temple.
We were greeted here warmly, as always, with tea, and catechist Mikhail gave us a tour.
Schedule of services
There are three churches in the Intercession Monastery: the Cathedral of the Resurrection of the Word, the two-story Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and small temple in honor of the holy saints Peter and Fevronia of Murom (it is part of a single complex with the monastery hotel).
On all days, except for some patronal feasts, services are held in the Resurrection Cathedral of the monastery.
In the Intercession Church, prayer services are served daily after the liturgy at the relics of Blessed Matrona (in weekdays The prayer begins at about 9:00, on Sundays - at about 10:30).
Weekdays
7:30 - Liturgy
16 : 45 – evening service(9th hour, Vespers and Matins with 1st hour)
Sundays
6 : 15 – early Liturgy
9 : 00 – late Liturgy
The day before at 16: 45 – all-night vigil(9th hour, Vespers and Matins with 1st hour)
On the weekdays of Great Lent, evening services begin at 16:00.
On Easter, the Nativity of Christ, the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the days of remembrance of the Blessed Matrona of Moscow, services are performed according to a special schedule, which you can check with the administrator on duty.
Patronal holidays of the monastery
Divine services on the day of the holiday and the evening before are performed in the church where the chapel consecrated in honor of the holiday is located. At the end of the Divine Liturgy, a religious procession is usually performed (dates are indicated according to the new style).
Resurrection Church:
September 26 – the central chapel in honor of the Resurrection of the Word (divine services are performed according to the Easter rite);
March 8, May 2, November 22 – right chapel in honor of Blessed Matrona of Moscow (night liturgy is usually celebrated in this chapel).
The following shrines are located in the Church of the Resurrection:
— an icon of the Kiev-Pechersk saints with particles of relics;
- right hand of the blessed Queen Theophania;
— icon St. Seraphim Sarov and Diveyevo saints with particles of relics (holy wives of Diveyevo - Alexandra, Martha, Elena, blessed ones - Paraskeva, Pelagia, Maria);
— Icon with a particle of the relics of St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow;
— an icon with a particle of the relics of St. John of Shanghai;
— 2 arks with different shrines.
Intercession Church (2nd floor):
Intercession Church (1st floor):
April 13, June 28 – central chapel in honor of St. Jonah, Metropolitan. Moscow and all Russia, miracle worker;
The following shrines are located in the Intercession Church:
The main shrine of the monastery is the honest relics of the blessed Matrona of Moscow.
Icon with a particle of relics Reverend Neil Stolobensky, in whose honor one of the thrones of the Intercession Church was consecrated.
Icon of the Mother of God “Seeking the Lost,” painted with the blessing of Blessed Matrona.
Icon of St. Nicholas Myra miracle worker with a particle of relics (on the 2nd floor).
Temple in honor of Saints Peter and Fevronia of Murom
Patronal holidays - July 8 and the Sunday before September 19 - the days of remembrance of the holy saints Peter and Fevronia.
The temple is part of a single complex with the monastery hotel; the Sacraments of Baptism and Wedding are performed here.
On March 8, 2013, His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' KIRILL solemnly laid a capsule in the foundation of the church-chapel in honor of the holy saints Peter and Fevronia of Murom, which historically existed behind the fence of the monastery and was destroyed during the years of hard times.
On February 27, 2014, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' KIRILL, the church in honor of Sts. Peter and Fevronia was consecrated by Archbishop Feognost of Sergiev Posad.
The church's baptismal area is equipped with a baptistery for adult baptism. Many people who first came to the Intercession Monastery to Matronushka subsequently decide to be baptized and profess Orthodoxy.
The sacrament of marriage is one of 7 church sacraments. Many couples decide to link their destinies under the Cover of the Queen of Heaven. After the Wedding, all newlyweds must venerate the relics of Blessed Matronushka and ask for her blessing on their family life.
Metochion of the Intercession Monastery
Over the years since the beginning of the revival of the Intercession Monastery, the monastery has acquired three metochions: in the village of Markovo, Ramensky district, Moscow region, and 2 in Moscow: the Church of the Holy Righteous Blessed Matrona of Moscow on the Warsaw Highway and the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Trinity-Lykovo. You can visit temples by booking a tour, venerate the shrines and get to know the life of the monasteries better.
Temple of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God - courtyard in the village of Markovo
With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus', in June 1999, the ancient 17th-century church in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary, almost destroyed during the hard years, was transferred as a metochion to the reviving Intercession Monastery. With God's help, by 2004 the temple was restored, a nursing building was built, utility rooms, subsidiary farming has been established. Now the courtyard is thriving, services are regularly held in the church, which are attended by residents of many surrounding villages and summer residents, who are becoming more and more numerous thanks to the developed infrastructure of the area (a road has been built to the courtyard). The Sacraments of Baptism and Wedding are performed in the church. The main shrine is the icon of the holy righteous and blessed Matrona of Moscow with a particle of her relics.
Unfortunately, due to the congestion of roads near Moscow, it is quite difficult to conduct an excursion to the monastery (a one-way journey sometimes takes up to 4 hours in traffic jams), so we invite our guests to visit two other monastery monasteries located in Moscow.
Temple of the Holy Righteous Blessed Matrona of Moscow
The Temple of the Holy Righteous Blessed Matrona of Moscow is the first temple erected in Moscow in honor of the great wonderworker. It was built at the intersection of Warsaw Highway and MKAD (32nd kilometer). The great consecration of the temple was performed on February 27, 2010 by Archbishop Arseny of Istra, first vicar of His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'.
On May 1, 2010, the temple was visited by His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' KIRILL. Having examined all the buildings, the temple itself and the place where the Sacrament of Baptism is performed, the High Hierarch noted the need to build similar churches within walking distance in all major cities Russia. The building is small, built in a tent style, in the basement there is a baptistery for the baptism of adults with full immersion. Many people passing by come here to pray to Blessed Matronushka for a safe journey, family matters, and ask for consolation in their sorrows.
Some even receive Holy Baptism, get married, and then baptize their children. This small island of prayer among the seething traffic gives joy and peace of mind. The nuns of the Intercession Convent permanently live in the courtyard.
In the temple there is an icon of the holy righteous blessed Matrona of Moscow with a particle of her relics.
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Trinity-Lykovo
With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' KIRILL, in April 2013, the Moscow parish of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Trinity-Lykovo (Strogino district) was transferred to the Intercession Monastery for the establishment of a monastic compound. There are two churches on the territory of the parish: the current Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and ancient cathedral Life-Giving Trinity, which is currently under restoration.
On May 4, 2013, on Holy Saturday, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' visited the Church of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Trinity - Lykovo.
In his speech, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill said that this temple received the status of a metochion of the Intercession Monastery, so that, according to His Holiness, the spiritual life of the parishioners “would be carried out here through the prayers of the holy righteous Matrona of Moscow, the great wonderworker.” Now the sisters of the monastery permanently live in the courtyard, divine services are regularly performed, as well as the Sacraments of Baptism and Wedding. A cozy monastery refectory is open for parishioners, and a children's playground has been equipped. Many residents of the Strogino region come here with their families to relax not only spiritually, but also physically. Thanks to the proximity of the park, it is easy to breathe here, and the territory and the Church of the Assumption are open daily from 08.00 to 19.00.
It is possible to organize a tour of the farmstead.
The Kazan Church in Markovo was built in the last third of the 17th century. At that time, the village belonged to Prince Yakov Odoevsky, who was one of the most influential people in the state. The Tsar's Armory Chamber made a significant contribution to the construction of the temple: its craftsmen created interior decoration churches.
Perhaps the building was erected by the serf architect Pavel Potekhin: this is evidenced by architectural style temple, although there are no direct indications of authorship.
The church was built of brick. Both its central part and all four aisles were decorated with kokoshniks. In the 19th century, an ordinary one was installed instead hipped roof, as a result of which the building lost some of its originality.
The central part of the temple - or rather, the ceiling located there - is quite unusually arranged. It is formed by arches, vaults and half-vaults. The four church aisles are not entirely symmetrical to each other, and this slight asymmetry fits harmoniously into the overall architectural design. A covered porch adjoins the temple on three sides.
Initially, the church was distinguished by its exceptional richness of external decoration. The building was decorated with tiles, carved stone, and molded bricks. There was a frieze under the kokoshniks.
In the 19th century, the church was slightly rebuilt: a bell tower appeared next to it, and the back porch disappeared. During the period of Soviet power, the temple was severely destroyed: only the lower tiers remained.
In the 90s of the 20th century, the church was handed over to believers, and later became the courtyard of a convent. The building has been completely restored.
The history of the Kazan Church in the village of Markovo begins in the 17th century, when Markovo and its neighboring Malakhovo were acquired by the Astrakhan governor, Prince Yakov Nikitich Odoevsky.
The church took eight years to build - from 1672 to 1680. When the work was finally completed, an elegant building appeared before everyone's eyes, decorated in a rich and unusual way. various decor made of figured brick, carved white stone and green irrigated tiles. The red brick walls successfully set off the white cornices and window frames, as well as multi-tiered kokoshniks. The temple builder decided to consecrate the main altar in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. On the western and eastern sides the temple had four chapels: in the name of the holy Prophet the Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John, the noble prince-martyrs Boris and Gleb, St. Nicholas, Archbishop Myra of Lycia and St. Macarius Unzhensky, miracle worker. Each of the aisles was crowned with a small onion dome. Inside there were wooden iconostases decorated with gilded openwork wooden carvings. A feature of the temple’s architecture was the architect’s use of the principle of floating symmetry, which allowed the church building to look equally harmonious both up close and from afar.
On October 29, 1901, in the Kazan church in the village of Markova, Bronnitsy district, Moscow province, the chapel was re-consecrated in the name of the Baptist and Baptist John, updated by the care of the rector, priest I. Kazantsev and the church warden, a resident of the village of Rybaki, Grigory Kondratyev, with the help of some parishioners.
In the middle of the 19th century, the western porch of the temple was dismantled, in its place a bell tower was erected. In the 60s of the same century, the two western aisles were abolished and combined with the eastern ones.
During the period of atheism, the temple was closed and destroyed. Within the walls of the pearl of Russian church construction there is a vegetable storage facility. In 1962, the Kazan Church in the village of Markovo was given the status of an architectural monument of federal significance, but in Orthodox shrine this had no effect: almost nothing survived from the once rich church decoration. In the seventies, “lovers of antiquity” barbarously tore out all the images from dilapidated but still intact iconostases. Only the 17th-century iconostasis, miraculously preserved in one of the chapels, was transferred to the Andrei Rublev Center for Ancient Russian Culture and Art. Last time the temple was mentioned in local history literature in 1975, since then they have tried not to remember its existence and deplorable condition.
In June 1999, the Kazan Church in the village of Markovo was transferred to the Pokrovsky Stavropegial Convent for the opening of a monastery monastery here and the establishment of a metochion.
On June 25, 2000, after the Liturgy celebrated in the Trinity Cathedral of the city of Ramenskoye, His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II, together with Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsky and Kolomna, visited here for the first time. On this visit, His Holiness consecrated five crosses of the Kazan Church, which were then installed on the domes.
On November 13, 2004, His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II performed the Great Consecration of three chapels of the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God at the courtyard of the Pokrovskoko convent in the village. Markovo.