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To the Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Komyagino

The Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in the village of Komyagino was built in 1678, during the reign of Theodore Alekseevich, on the estate of the steward Nikita Ivanovich Akinfov (the village was then called Sergievo). This temple is one of the best monuments of ancient Russian architecture in the Moscow region.

A brick, pillarless, five-domed temple with a refectory, western porch, hipped bell tower and northern aisle of St. Macarius of Zheltovodsk and Unzhensk belongs to the type of townsman and patrimonial churches widespread in the 17th century.

Initially, there was a second chapel of Gregory of Nyssa in the north, and a covered porch in the south, which were dismantled in the middle of the 18th century. The quadrangle of the temple is completed with two tiers of kokoshniks.

Various brick frames of windows and portals occupy an important place in the decoration of the temple. The bell tower of the temple is of the “octagonal on quadrangular” type.

The entrance to the bell tower is made in the thickness of the walls. In the altar of the main temple, to the left of the altar, a carved white stone wall has been preserved with the names of the builders and benefactors of the temple, who are commemorated at every Divine Liturgy. The iconostasis of the main church was a wooden chapel, consisting of five tiers of icons written in the 17th century, and in the chapel of St. Macarius of Zheltovodsk - of three tiers, also with ancient icons.
The owner of the village, Nikita Ivanovich Akinfov, was a prominent figure of Peter the Great's time. For his resistance to the reforms of Peter I, he was exiled to the Kirillo-Beloozersky Monastery in 1721 and tonsured a monk with the name Ioanikiia. In 1728, the village was owned by the grandson of N.I. Akinfov Nikolay Akinfov. In 1729, the village was acquired by V.I. Lopukhin, and in 1749 the village was bought from him by Count A.P. Bestuzhev-Ryumin.
In 1680, priest Potap was listed at the temple; in 1704 - priest Ivan Gerasimov; in 1720 - priest Ivan Ivanov; in 1887 priest Vladimir Stefanovich Razumovsky served in the church; in 1825 - Sergei Feodorovich Kostin.
For almost three hundred years, this wonderful temple served the spiritual needs of people, but in 1929, the “new masters of life” closed the temple, barbarously plundered it, icons XVII centuries were put in the nearest ravine, ancient crosses - reliquaries, banners, of which there were many in the temple (according to the existing inventory of 1924), disappeared without a trace. The systematic plunder and destruction of the temple was carried out by local residents and members of the Red October collective farm: the iron roof and lathing from the roofs were removed, rods were sawed out from the fence, and bricks were taken from the walls for personal needs.

The temple was saved from complete destruction by state restoration in the 1950s under the leadership of V.D. David. The technical inspection report, preserved to this day, conveys a terrifying picture: cracks in the vaults, destroyed kokoshniks, dug up floors. In progress restoration work The cracks were repaired, the kokoshniks were restored, and the roof was covered with copper sheets. But the temple continued to be desecrated. There was a store, a warehouse, a dance floor, and just a latrine. In 1980, a second restoration was carried out under the leadership of B.L. Altshuller, a prominent architect and restorer. The stucco molding and carvings on the frames of the windows and portals were restored, and the domes were covered with a two-color wooden ploughshare. Until 1992, there was a ceramics workshop here.
In January 1992, after a many-year break, the first Divine Liturgy took place, and the revival of the temple began through the diligence of donors and the labors of parishioners. Parish life began to improve. The temple in the village of Komyagino is one of the ancient ones in Pushkinsky district, people come here from Moscow and Pushkino, Shchelkovo and Mytishchi, Korolev and Ivanteevka. Newlyweds especially love to consecrate their marriage here. A Sunday school for children is open at the temple.
Over the 15 years that have passed since its opening, the temple has acquired its former grandeur and beauty. The iconostasis, painting and interior create a special prayerful mood. On September 19, 2002, the temple was consecrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Yuvenaly.

Especially special days in the temple:
July 18 - Finding of the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh
August 7 - Memory of St. Macarius of Zheltovodsky
October 8 - Repose of St. Sergius of Radonezh

How to find the Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh

Address and phone number of the temple: Moscow region, Pushkinsky district, With. Komyagino.
How to get there public transport : From Art. "Pushkino" Yarosl. railway bus No. 47, from Ivanteevka Yarosl. railway bus No. 6
How to get there by car: From Moscow along Yaroslavskoye Highway. to the turn to Krasnoarmeysk, then to the turn to Ivanteevka through the village of Levkovo.
Schedule of services: Friday, Saturday: 8:00 Matins, Hours, Liturgy.
Sunday and holidays: 8:30 Hours, Liturgy.
The day before All-night vigil at 16:00 S. Komyagino.

The village of Komyagino, Sergievo also, on the river. Skalbe was the ancestral estate of Ivan Akinfov. His son, steward Nikita Ivanovich Akinfov, in 1678 built the now existing stone church of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh with warm stone refectory, in which the chapels of St. Macarius of Zheltovodsky and Saint Gregory of Nazianzus.

The temple was consecrated in 1679.

Nikita Ivanovich had a son, Grigory, and a daughter, Anna, from his first marriage (she married Prince Grigory Dmitrievich Yusupov-Knyazhovo), and from his second marriage, with Aksinya Abramovna Lopukhina, a son, Kan-bar (Peter), was born. He was subsequently whipped and exiled to Siberia. He had a son, Nikolai.

In 1720 Nikita Ivanovich was under investigation in St. Petersburg, in the fortress. His estates were assigned to the sovereign.

In 1721, due to his great old age, he was sent to Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery for tonsure, and on estates it is left to make whoever he wants as heir. Nikita Ivanovich declared his grandson Nikolai Kanbarovich Akinfov as heir and on April 27 of the same year he entered the monastery, where he was soon tonsured with the monastic name Ioannikiy. Prince G.D. Yusupov claimed rights to half the village, as promised to N.I. Akinfov's daughters.

In 1725, the case was considered in the Senate. Three parts of the village were given to Anna Yusupova, the fourth was decided to remain in the possession of Irina Ivanovna Islenyeva, the widow of Fyodor Grigorievich (grandson of N.I. Akinfov).

In 1728, the case was reviewed following the request of Nikolai Akinfov and all of his grandfather’s villages were given to him. From Nikolai Petrovich (Kanbarovich) Akinfov, the village passed by deed of sale to Vasily Avraamovich Lopukhin (1711-1757), the son of the executed brother of Tsarina Evdokia Fedorovna, Abraham Fedorovich. V.A. Lopukhin was married to Countess Ekaterina Pavlovna, née Yaguzhinskaya (d. 1738). He was educated in the 1st cadet corps, at Empress Anna Ioannovna fought with the Turks under the banner of Count Minich, under Elizaveta Petrovna With the rank of major general, he participated in the war with the Swedes.

In 1751 he was awarded the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky and was soon promoted to general-in-chief. During the Seven Years' War he was in the army of Count Apraksin; at the Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf he commanded the left wing of the army, which was crushed by the superior forces of the Prussians. The wounded general tried to stop the faltering Russians; during the retreat he was captured by the enemies, which forced the grenadiers to attack and repel the Prussians. He died the same day. Many songs were composed about the death of General Lopukhin, which soldiers sang back in the War of 1812.

In 1749, the village was purchased by Count Alexei Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin (1695-1767). He received a good education in Copenhagen and Berlin; then, with permission, he entered the Hanoverian service, and from 1721 to 1740 he served as resident in Copenhagen. At this time, he provided important services to Empress Anna, stole a will from the Kiel archive Catherine I and gained the trust of Biron, who promoted him to the cabinet ministers in order to counteract Osterman.

The fall of Biron also overthrew Bestuzhev; on January 17, 1741, he was sentenced to quartering, but the execution was replaced by exile to the village.

At the end of the same year, Osterman's enemies, Count Golovkin and Prince Trubetskoy, summoned Bestuzhev to St. Petersburg. The accession of Elisaveta Petrovna gave him the position of vice-chancellor.

Elevated to the dignity of a count of the Roman Empire in 1745, Bestuzhev was a champion of the “system of Peter the Great,” that is, an alliance with Austria, which at that time was fighting against France and Prussia. The Franco-Prussian party, which was strong during the accession of Elizabeth, with the Marquis of Chetardie at its head, used every effort to overthrow Bestuzhev. But the intrigues of the enemies failed; After the expulsion of Chetardie from Russia in 1744, he was appointed chancellor and in 1746 concluded an alliance treaty with Austria.

The new regrouping of powers, thanks to which England became an ally of Prussia, and France of Austria, raised the prestige of Bestuzhev as a far-sighted politician. His relations with Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alekseevna, whom he intended to give participation in management in the event of her husband’s accession, gave Bestuzhev’s enemies a reason to accuse him of a state crime.

In 1759, Bestuzhev was sentenced to death penalty, but was pardoned and exiled to his Mozhaisk estate, p. Goretovo. Catherine II upon accession, she immediately returned him from exile, restored his honor with a special manifesto, promoted him to field marshal general and always showed great respect. But Bestuzhev no longer enjoyed influence and carried out last years out of work, amid family troubles caused by the “depraved and frantic life” of his son Andrei.

Count Bestuzhev-Ryumin was married to the daughter of the Russian resident in Hamburg, Anna Ivanovna (died December 15, 1761), except for his son Andrei (for dissolute behavior, at the request of his father, he was imprisoned in a monastery, died in 1768, without issue) and his son Peter, who died young, had no other children.

Alexey Petrovich died on April 10, 1767. Bestuzhev represents a gratifying phenomenon among diplomats of the 18th century, when venality was “introduced into law. He did not stain himself with any ... tangible evidence of the gracious disposition of foreign courts” and was a supporter of the alliance with Austria in sincere conviction that this union is necessary for Russia, and that, on the contrary, the strengthening of France and Prussia violates its state interests. Widely educated, interested in chemistry and medicine, he was at the same time a believer and in his exile he was consoled by the selection of “chosen ones from Holy Scripture sayings to console every innocent Christian who suffers."

In the middle of the 19th century. the village was owned by P.M. Meshchaninov. His father Markel Demidovich, an eminent citizen, farmed out the wine trade in Moscow; in 1781 he retired from merchants in military service. In 1792, he submitted a petition for elevation to the nobility (this right was given to him by the civil rank of court councilor, which corresponded to the military rank of lieutenant colonel according to the “Table of Ranks”), the grant of grant from Empress Catherine II was approved in 1801. Emperor Alexander I.

In 1890, the estate in Komyagino was owned by Semyon Vasilyevich Lepyoshkin (d. 1913), the son of Vasily Semyonovich and Varvara Yakovlevna Lepyoshkin, until the 1880s. who owned the Voznesensk manufactory. He was a highly educated man, studied abroad, completed his education in Dresden, held liberal views, sympathized with the revolutionaries and even helped them material support. A notable figure in the field of city government, he was a member of the Moscow City Duma for many years, edited its Izvestia, was one of the creators of the Handicraft Museum, and wrote an essay about the handicrafts of the North Caucasus.

Together with V.I. Orlov, he laid the foundations of zemstvo statistics. Semyon Vasilyevich was a member of the Moscow Law Society, on the council of the Commercial Academy of Sciences, in the Society for Benefiting Needy Students, was elected several times as a member of the Moscow City Duma, and was a comrade (deputy) of the city mayor.

In 1877, he bought a house on Filippovsky Lane with his own funds and set up a dormitory for students of Moscow University, providing its maintenance with appropriate capital. According to the charter, the hostel performed scientific, educational, educational and everyday functions.

At the beginning of 1881 its official opening took place. The hostel was designed for only 40 students, but it was a completely charitable institution, intended for poor students who lived here on full board.

S.V. Lepyoshkin died in 1913, bequeathing 200 thousand rubles to the university. "to be kept in strict accordance with the committee's charter free apartments for the poorest of the deserving students... and to provide them with nourishing and healthy food free of charge."

From the estate in Komyagin, only a few trees in the park have survived to this day. Temple St. Sergius Radonezhsky was closed in the late 1920s, after the death of the last rector, priest Vvedensky (his mother Alexandra Sergeevna worked as a teacher in the village, during the war of 1941-1945 she gave her house near the church under kindergarten, she lived in the kitchen).

In 1955-1961 and in 1980. The facades of the temple were restored.

In 1991 it was returned to believers.

Near Komyagin, in Verkhniy Gribov, the stone chapel of Elijah the Prophet, closed and rebuilt as a dacha in Soviet times, has been preserved.

Duma nobleman and steward of Peter the Great Nikita Ivanovich Akinfov built in 1678 in the Moscow region Komyagino stone Temple of Sergius of Radonezh. It has survived almost unchanged to this day and recently celebrated its 300th anniversary. Today, the Sergius Church in Komyagino is considered not only the most beautiful, but also the oldest in the Pushkinsky district of the Moscow region

The Temple of Sergius of Radonezh from Komyagino was built in only four years - from 1674 to 1678. It was consecrated in the name of St. Sergius of Radonezh, who, according to legend, once stayed in these places.

Two church chapels were consecrated almost a hundred years later: one in the name of the saints, and the second in the name.

To this day, in the altar of the church, on one of the white stone blocks of the wall, the names of people who were in one way or another involved in the construction have been preserved. But who these people were, where they lived and how they built this amazing temple, alas, remains a mystery.

The temple was closed by the authorities in 1929. From the stories of local residents it follows that everything accumulated over centuries was simply taken outside and dumped in a nearby ravine, including ancient icons of the 17th century, banners, reliquaries... In a building in different years It housed either a village store, a club, or a warehouse.

The temple was gradually destroyed, but in 1955 some reasonable people The authorities decided to put it in order as an object of architectural heritage. Appearance The temple was restored over the course of six years under the leadership of the famous restorer Lev Arturovich David (1914-1994). The cracks were repaired, the kokoshniks were repaired, and the roof was covered with copper sheets. But then the temple continued to be used for other purposes and, naturally, continued to deteriorate.

In 1980, a second restoration was carried out under the guidance of another famous master, Boris Lvovich Altshuller (1926-1998). The ancient stucco molding of the portals and window casings was restored, and the domes were covered with a two-color wooden ploughshare.

Revival of the Sergius Church

The temple, like many of its brothers in Russia, was returned to believers in 1991. The ceramic workshop located here was evicted from it and put in order interior spaces. On the feast of the Nativity of Christ in 1992, the young priest Alexander Bekeschenko served the first Divine Liturgy in the restored temple.

However, in order to restore former greatness and beauty, it took another ten years. The temple appeared in the form in which we can see it today only on September 19, 2002. On this day, Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsky and Kolomna consecrated the temple.

Sasha Mitrakhovich 05.09.2018 07:17

The architecture of the Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Komyagino is quite remarkable. Initially the church stood on high foundation, made of huge stone boulders. One of them still “peeks out” from under the ground near the western wall of the temple. Over time, the structure slowly sank, and the foundation was almost completely level with the surface of the earth.

Sergievsky Temple is asymmetrical, pillarless, five-domed, high quadrangle topped with two tiers of kokoshniks. The apse is three-part. On the western side of the temple there is a bell tower, which is a traditional octagon on a quadrangle and topped with a high tent and stirrup with rows of rumors.

The northern aisle is consecrated in the name of. Another chapel - in the name - was dismantled in the middle of the 18th century, along with the covered porch adjacent to the church from the west. The northern porch has been preserved.

All facades of the temple are distinguished by a rather ornate decor, which is usually called “the style of Alexei Mikhailovich.” The windows and portals are decorated with carved half-columns and multi-profile cornices. The original masonry of the portals has been preserved in the narthex, partially restored during restoration work.

Sergius Church is a characteristic type of townsman and patrimonial churches common in Rus' in XVI-XVII centuries. By that time, Russian architects began to actively use the so-called cross vault, which rested not on powerful internal columns, but directly on the walls of the temple. It is precisely this vault that covers the main volume Sergievsky Church. All five domes stand on blind drums that do not communicate with the interior space.

By the time the construction was completed, the fashion for the hipped-roof type of church architecture was already fading, and in Komyagino only the bell tower has a hipped roof.

Sasha Mitrakhovich 06.09.2018 06:49

Inside the Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Komyagino It looks very small and intimate, but the prayerfulness of this compact room is felt by everyone who enters under its arches.

In the vestibule of the church there are two large semicircular windows. Previously, in their place there were exits to a covered porch. A powerful portal leads to the main chapel of the temple, consecrated in the name of the saint. During the restoration, the ancient red brick masonry in the form of figured columns and an arch above the entrance was carefully preserved and partially restored.

Smaller doors lead to the chapel of St. Macarius of Zheltovodsk and Unzhensk Wonderworker.

The refectory of the temple is also divided into two parts - large and smaller. Perhaps this conspicuous asymmetry was not felt before, but after the chapel in the name and the porch adjacent to it were dismantled, the space with north side decreased significantly.

The iconostasis of the main chapel is wooden, three-tiered. Previously, before October, it was five-tiered, with icons painted in the 17th century, and if you look closely, you can see on the wall brackets on which the two upper rows of icons, now missing, were attached.

A door was cut between the two chapels, its doors were painted by modern parishioners in the old Russian style.