A wonderful example of Moscow architecture of the 2nd half. XVII century The church on the basement, built at the expense of Prince Ya.N. Odoevsky, consists of a single-domed quadrangle, surrounded on three sides by lowered porches, above each of the corners of which a chapel quadrangle is placed. The bell tower was built in the middle. XIX century The Predtechensky and Nikolsky chapels, and the two western chapels were abolished in the 18th century. Closed in the 1930s, by the 1990s. came into disrepair. In 2000 it was given to believers and restored.

The Kazan Church in the village of Markovo, Ramensky district is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance (Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR dated August 30, 1960 No. 1327, Appendix No. 1, Decree of the President of Russia dated February 20, 1995 No. 176).

At the beginning of the XVII century. Moscow district, in the camp of Zamoskovny Raments "in the open lands" there was the "Model Estate of Ondreev Markovskaya Wasteland", sold from the Local Prikaz in 1629 to Boris Dvoryaninov for his patrimony. Boris Dvoryaninov built a courtyard for himself on the Markovskaya wasteland, settled peasants, and here he built a new wooden church in the name of the Kazan Most Holy Theotokos with chapels.

In 1642, the Markovo village came into the possession of the boyar Fyodor Ivanovich Sheremetev and was approved for him in the same year by a refusal book, which says: “in the village, the Church of the Most Pure Mother of God of Kazan is wooden, and in the chapels of John the Baptist, the chapel of Boris and Gleb, the chapel St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the chapel of Macarius of Unzhensk the Wonderworker, and the church and images, and books, and vestments, and church vessels, and on the bell tower there are bells and every church building of the votchinnik Boris Dvoryaninov, and in the village there is a yard of priests, a yard of sextons, a yard of votchinnik Borisov, 8 courtyards human peasant empty; and Boris Dvoryaninov took the priest and the sexton and his people and peasants with him.”

In 1672, the village of Markov was owned by Prince Yakov Nikitich Odoevsky. In 1678, there were priests at the church: Artemon Mikhailov and Alexey Vasiliev, deacon Andrei Vasiliev; in the village there is a courtyard of patrimonial owners, a courtyard of clerks, 2 households of bobylskys and 4 courtyards of grooms, there are 14 people in them.”

In the patrol books of the Patriarchal Order of 1680 it is written: “On July 28, following the inspection of Prince Ivan Andreevich Shelespalsky and clerk Mikhail Artsybushev, in the estate of the boyar Prince Yakov Nikitich Odoevsky, in the village of Markovo there was a stone church in the name of the Most Holy Theotokos of Kazan; and according to the tale of that church by priest Alexei Vasilyev, that church of the Vokhov Tithe is a boyar building; Two priests live near that church, a deacon and the clerics, and the clerics scold them: the money is 17 rubles. 23 altyn 2 money, bread - rye 40 chiti, oats too, and they were given from the boyar’s salary for food for the cathedral, from his boyar land 10 chiti in the field, hay 20 kopecks.”

In 1704, the village of Markovo belonged to Prince Mikhail Yakovlevich Cherkassky, and the village was owned by agreement by his mother-in-law, the wife of Prince Ya. N. Odoevsky, the widow of the noblewoman Anna Mikhailovna; in the village the boyar's courtyard is empty, the clerk's courtyard, 4 courtyards of enslaved servants; in the village of Slobodka there are 19 peasant households. After Prince M. Ya. Cherkassky owned the village in 1715 - 26. his son Prince Alexei.

Kholmogorov V.I., Kholmogorov G.I. “Historical materials about churches and villages of the 16th - 18th centuries.” Issue 6, Vokhon tithe of the Moscow district. Moscow, University Printing House, Strastnoy Boulevard, 1868

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, finally, the work was completed, an elegant building appeared before everyone’s eyes, decorated with rich and unusually varied decor from figured bricks, carved white stone and green glazed 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, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John, the noble prince-martyrs Boris and Gleb, St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra of Lycia and St. Macarius of Unzhensky, the 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 storehouse. In 1962, the Kazan Church in the village of Markovo was given the status of an architectural monument of federal significance, but this did not affect the position of the Orthodox shrine in any way: Almost nothing has 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. The last time the temple was mentioned in local history literature was in 1975; since then, people 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 at the Trinity Cathedral in 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.

Travel by public transport: from Moscow from Vykhino station by bus to Bronnitsy, from Bronnitsy by bus to Ramenskoye to the stop. Boyarkino, then walk 5 km. Another travel option: from Moscow from Kazansky station by train to Ramenskoye, from there by bus to Bronnitsy to the stop. Boyarkino, then walk 5 km. Or by train from the Kazansky station to the Fabrichnaya platform, from there by bus 25 or minibus 25 directly to the temple.

Travel by car: From Moscow along the Ryazan highway to Bronnitsy; then in Bronnitsy turn left onto the fifty-kilometer ring (A-107); along this road across the bridge over the Moscow River until the turn to Boyarkino; through Boyarkino to Markovo - 6 km.

Kazan Church in the village of Markovo was built in 1672-1680. in the estate of Prince Yakov Nikitich Odoevsky, a prominent and influential boyar who controlled the Streletsky Prikaz and the Grand Kazan Palace. Therefore, it is not surprising that the interior decoration of the temple was made by masters of the Royal Armory.

Based on the architecture of the church and historical data, it can be assumed that its author was Pavel Potekhin, a serf architect of the Odoevsky family (and later the Cherkasy family). Among the temples he built, there are temples in Arkhangelsk and Nikolo-Uryupin that are very similar in composition and architectural design.

The Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is built of brick, on a basement, with one dome on the main volume and with four chapels. Both the central part and the side chapels originally had “fiery” endings from tiers of kokoshniks; in the 19th century, the kokoshniks were cut off and replaced with an inexpressive hipped roof. In the 1990-2000s. During the restoration, the original appearance of the building was restored. The ceiling of the central part of the temple is also curious - it rests on walls and two round pillars and consists of a complex system of arches, vaults and half-vaults. The aisles are not located completely symmetrically: the two western ones are adjacent to the corners, the two eastern ones are adjacent to the walls of the main volume. According to their design, they copy the central part of the temple. The building is surrounded by a covered porch along the perimeter on three sides.

The external decor of the temple was very rich, in the style of Russian patterning: the architect used tiles, carved stone and patterned brick. The windows are decorated with lush platbands, the corners are framed with tiled inserts, and there is a frieze under the rows of kokoshniks. The light central drum is also decorated with tiles.

In the 19th century, the western porch was dismantled and a rather simple bell tower was added. The parish of the village, remote from the main roads, was very poor, and the church could barely be kept in decent shape. During Soviet times, the church was badly damaged - only the lower tiers of the temple itself and the bell tower remained. In the early 1990s. it was handed over to the community of believers, and later it was housed courtyard of the Moscow Pokrovsky women's stauropegial monastery at the Pokrovskaya outpost. An Orthodox shelter for girls was also established there. From that moment on, the church began to be restored much faster, and now on the banks of the Moscow River stands a red-brick church surrounded by a new fence and completely renovated.

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, finally, the work was completed, an elegant building appeared before everyone’s eyes, decorated with rich and unusually varied decor from figured bricks, carved white stone and green glazed 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, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John, the noble prince-martyrs Boris and Gleb, St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra of Lycia and St. Macarius of Unzhensky, the 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 storehouse. In 1962, the Kazan Church in the village of Markovo was given the status of an architectural monument of federal significance, but this did not affect the position of the Orthodox shrine in any way: Almost nothing has 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. The last time the temple was mentioned in local history literature was in 1975; since then, people 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 at the Trinity Cathedral in 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.

On July 21, 2018, on the feast of the appearance of the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in the city of Kazan (1579), His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' visited the courtyard of the Intercession Stavropegial 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 of the rural settlement of Kuznetsovskoye, Moscow region A.A. Kuzmin, abbess of the Intercession Stavropegic 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 Lavra of Sergius; 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; Archimandrite Savva (Tutunov), 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. Vorobiev, Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation 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, cleric of the Church of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Trinity-Lykovo, Moscow - the metochion of the Pokrovsky stauropegic monastery.

At the end of the Divine Liturgy, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill led a religious 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:

“Your Eminences and Eminences! Venerable mother!

I would like to sincerely thank you for the kind words that you said, for the image that you presented, and express my sincere joy that the Lord has vouchsafed me today, on the feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, the day of the discovery of Her image in the city of Kazan, to visit this is a holy place.

I have heard a lot about the work that was done here, about the wonderful restoration of the ancient temple of the 17th century. Not many churches of that time have survived: most of the churches in our region were built, as you know, from wood, and therefore the fires, political and military disasters that visited this land caused them irreparable damage. As for this temple, it was built at the end of the 17th century, when Russia had already become a powerful state, and testified to everyone who looked at it about the marvelous tradition of Russian temple building.

The years of hard times came, and this temple, as mother had just said, was turned into ruins. And one cannot help but wonder: what should happen in people’s minds, in their hearts, what should their worldview be, what should be their attitude towards beauty, how they perceive the aesthetics of the world around them, in order to desecrate and almost destroy this magnificent temple, this people's shrine? But this is precisely the hard time our people went through...

We have just celebrated the 100th anniversary of the tragic death of the passion-bearing Tsar Nicholas and all members of his family. I had the opportunity to pray with many people in Yekaterinburg. We remembered our history, this nightmare, this oblivion, this petrified insensibility, which was expressed in terrible tragic acts - in the mass murder of people, in the destruction of shrines, in the destruction of all the foundations of people's life, in an attempt to make such a sharp turn in history that the all the memory of the old life is in fragments. What kind of insanity was this? After all, in other places there were revolutionary upheavals, elites changed, and in some places churches suffered, but nowhere was there such a total denial of the past as took place in our country.

By the grace of God, our people have emerged from a time of oblivion and petrified insensibility, and today churches that were destroyed and desecrated are being restored. Also, this temple of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the village of Markovo, on the banks of the Moscow River, is a clear testimony of what has happened in recent years with our Church, with the country, with our people, who have regained or, perhaps, are still gaining understanding what happened in the past century, and realize how dangerous it is to destroy the memory of the past, the destruction of history and traditions, sacred symbols of spiritual and national life.

Today, solemnly performing the Divine Service at the restored church in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, on the day of its celebration, I rejoice at everything that I see around, which was created, first of all, by the efforts of you, mother, and all the sisters. A wonderful farmstead with a well-organized economy and an organized life for the sisters opens its doors wide to everyone who wants to come here to pray and touch this holy place. I would like to thank you for the enormous work that has been accomplished here, and express confidence that our people, having gone through such a difficult path in life and having received such tragic lessons, but not yet fully returning today to the path to Christ, will pass the rest of the rest with dignity a path not yet traveled. But this part of the path will be difficult, because the closer we are to the goal, the more forces the enemy of the human race throws at us to prevent us from restoring not only churches and monasteries, but also human souls, and educating subsequent generations in the great traditions of piety and love for the Fatherland. But we believe that through the prayers of the new martyrs and confessors of Russia, both the Church and our people will have enough strength to fully revive and make our life even more beautiful than it was before, before the executioners raised their sword not only over the head of the martyr Tsar, but over our entire history, over our entire spiritual tradition, to a large extent over our entire culture. And may the Lord help us all.

Today we prayed for our Fatherland, for the authorities, for the army, so that in this difficult time the Lord would make those in power wise and strengthen those who are responsible for protecting our Fatherland. We believe that the Lord will be with us, unless we turn away from Him once again. We also believe that little by little, the spiritual tradition of our people will be fully revived and our Fatherland will flourish. These are not just dreams - this is what our prayers are about, and prayer is a dream that is brought to the Throne of God with faith and hope. And the Lord, in response to this faith and hope, makes the dream come true. This is what we believe, this is what we hope, this is what we pray for, this is what we work for. Amen".

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 Letter.

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 of St. Sergius of Radonezh, 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; Prosecutor of the 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; General Director of 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 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'