Temple at Straw Hut: history and photo

The temple was founded in 1916 in the Neo-Russian style and was given the name in honor of Nicholas the Wonderworker. The creator of the project was the famous architect Fyodor Shekhtel. Originally it was planned to build it as an undoubted monument to the First World War. During the Soviet Union, the structure was demolished, and the restoration began only in 1997. Reconstruction was carried out on new drawings near the old place.

The emergence of the temple

In the first years of the XIX century, the Russian State University named after K.A. Timiryazev was called the Petrovsky Academy. This institution was guarded by a man whose house was a lodge with a thatched roof. Hence the name of the monastery. The place where the temple will be built in 1916 was a holiday village through which travelers traveled to the village called Petrovsko-Razumovskoye.

A small four-room straw house, like a hut, is not preserved, but in history he played the necessary role. According to Konstantin Melnikov, the famous architect who was born in this lodge, an impenetrable fence looped around it, inside the courtyard there was a barn, where firewood was stacked. Also on the territory of the house was a horse stall and a shallow well. Some additions to information about the lodge can be obtained from the story of VG Korolenko "Prokhor and students."

During the excitement of 1905 among the youth and students, the village of Petrovsko-Razumovskoye was placed under the guardianship of the city police, and the straw lodge became the dwelling place of the police officer. After the revolution, there was a police department here, and after the Second World War the building was dismantled. Today the modern house flaunts in its place.

Next to the academy was a garrison battalion, located here for summer time. After the announcement of the outbreak of the First World War, the army reinforcements were made in these places, which soon went to the front. Some time later, a proposal was made to found a summer temple here for donated money, which was collected about 3000 rubles. Contributions were made not only by the officers and commanders of the army, but also by the owners of the nearest holiday villages.

Construction of the Church of St. Nicholas at Straw Hut

The architect of the building Feodor Ivanovich Shekhtel, sending to the rector a card depicting this monastery, noted that he did not create a more beautiful creation in his life. On the building of the monastery, which housed about a hundred parishioners, it took about thirty days. The architect was able to recreate many of the traditional techniques and details of the temples of the hip-style. The differences were in the frame structure of the building and the bell tower, which was put together with the monastery. Wooden tent-shaped temples of the northern regions of Russia XVI-XVIII centuries served as models for the erection of this church.

Feropontov monastery served as an example for decoration and painting inside. Real icons of the 6th-7th centuries filled the interior of the church, and the most valuable of them became the main gate. Painting was done by Shekhtel's native children, recognized masters of painting. The architect lived near his creation, so he could often visit the monastery and assess its condition.

First activity

Bishop Demetrius was a man who illuminated the Temple at the Straw Hut on July 20, 1926. The ceremony was held in the presence of Elizabeth Feodorovna, the Moscow Governor-General, officers, commanders and local people. On the same day, a solemn speech was made about the immense significance of the new building, which was the first monument to the terrible events of the war.

After ten years of operation, many flaws in the general state of the church were revealed. Fedor Shekhtel addressed the construction committee and asked that the walls inside be covered with asbestos or Swedish cardboard. He recommended that electric heating be carried out to monitor the state of the underground. Unfortunately, his instructions were ignored.

As there was a monastery in the period of the USSR

Before the revolution, the church was used for the needs of the army, after 1917 it was opened to the parishioners. The number of people attending the church increased significantly when neighboring monasteries were closed. For a long time the temple served all comers. Few clergymen, living and working for the sake of the people and God, were later ranked as saints. Their names remember the history of the temple: Vasily Nadezhdin, Vladimir Ambartsumov, Mikhail Slavsky.

The first was appointed a priest (ordained married priest) of the Temple at Straw Lodge in 1921. Vasily Nadezhdin was entrusted with the duty of spiritual and moral education of the professors of the Academy. His merits include the creation of a church choir and the conduct of Saturday's preaching programs. In 1929, Nadezhdin was arrested by Soviet power, replaced by Ambartsumov. In 1932, the last abbot of the monastery was detained .

The temple at Straw Lodge was closed in 1935, and its belfry and tent were destroyed. However, some eyewitnesses claimed that services and baptisms continued for a certain period of time. Later the building was turned into a hostel, and in 1960 the former monastery, thoroughly destroyed, was demolished. His place was occupied by a residential high-rise building for militia.

New life of the monastery

In December 1995, the idea of reviving an inn under the direction of the rector of a neighboring church was submitted. A new place for the foundation was 33 hundred square meters of land located on the outskirts of the park "Dubki". The idea was supported by a large number of local citizens, the abbots and some businessmen.

On the samples of the surviving drawings, architect Bormotov developed a new construction plan. The work began in 1996, and the church was lit a year later. During the erection, many rules of scientific restoration were not observed. People responsible for the construction did not collect all necessary and documented approvals. George Polozov, the rector of the Church of the Sign in Khovrin, acknowledged his haste, but said that he would never have finished his work if he had done everything according to the rules of architectural craft.

The restoration of the Church of St. Nicholas at Straw Lodge was a big deal. Today there is a museum here, an openly Orthodox sisterhood, a Sunday school. The parishioners celebrate the pleasant and hospitable atmosphere of this place and the active position of the abbots and monks.

The Temple at Straw Hut: schedule of services

The monastery is located at: Moscow, Ivanovskaya street, house number 3. The nearest metro station is "Timiryazevskaya", which is 400 meters from the entrance to the Inn of the Temple of Nicholas at Straw Lodge. The schedule of work and services can be seen at the main entrance, besides all the information about this is available on the Global Network.