Armenian and Russian cultures have long been closelyintertwined with each other. Probably, this was promoted to a greater degree by some kinship of religions. More than 200 years ago, the first Armenian churches appeared in Moscow, whose addresses changed all the time. Let us trace the history of their occurrence and flourishing.
Armenians profess Orthodoxy, referred to asArmenian Apostolic Church. Also, some Armenians belong to the Catholic Church. This state adopted Christianity as the state religion before all other countries, in ancient times. It is believed that the apostles Bartholomew and Thaddeus contributed to the emergence and spread of Christianity in this country.
The Armenian Apostolic Church refers to the miafizitstvu, confessing the single essence of the two incarnations of our God Jesus Christ. Let's talk first about the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Russian Orthodox Church profess one personOur God, Jesus Christ, and his two entities: divine and human. Armenian Christianity denies human nature. This is the most important difference.
They also differ from the Orthodox fasting, some ceremonies.
On top of that, Armenians have a three-cross sign of the cross, only they are baptized from left to right.
However, Armenian services often use Orthodox chants and canons.
The buildings of the Armenian shrines have traditionallyrectangular in shape, it is customary in Armenia to build single-domed temples. Only the cathedral in the Armenian temple complex in Moscow has 5 domes. This allowed him to perfectly fit into the architectural ensemble of our capital.
For the most part, the interior of an Armenian church or church is rather ascetic. Usually, this is the minimum number of icons, by the way, it is not customary to keep icons of the house among Armenians.
The altar, according to ancient traditions, is always facing east. It is usually made of marble and located on a certain hill, and steps lead to it.
The addresses of these churches are known to every “Russian” Armenian. Temples are very popular both with them and with tourists, the architecture is amazing.
These are Armenian churches in Moscow, whose addresses can be seen below.
This is the Armenian Apostolic Church in Moscow,the address of which is Sergey Makeev Street, 10, at the Armenian cemetery. It was founded in 1815 by the brothers Mina and Yakim Lazarev. In Soviet times, this temple was closed, it housed a coffin. And only in 1956 he was returned to believers.
In the outer part of the temple there is a place forcandles, all three niches in which believers leave candles. There is also a khachkar, to which commemoration wreaths are laid on mourning days. The entrance to the temple is decorated with two icons and images of saints.
Inside the Church of the Holy Resurrection there is no place for candles, but there are about 10 icons.
The temple is decorated with a beautiful dome, on the inside of which there are many images of saints and evangelists.
The construction of the Armenian temple complex ended in 2011 and lasted almost 13 years.
Now it is the spiritual center of the Armenian religion and culture in Russia. It includes:
All this takes about 11 thousand square meters. meters of land.
The Cathedral of the Novo-Nakhichevan and Russian Dioceses of the Armenian Apostolic Church is differently called the "Armenian Church in Moscow." The address is Mira Avenue and Trifonovskaya Street.
Sunday school of this complex is always in demand.
Many wonder where the Armenian church isin Moscow, the address of its location. The temple complex is known to everyone, so impressive is the scale of its buildings, it is the largest object of the Armenian religion outside of Armenia.
The cathedral, which is part of the complex, isthe highest Armenian temple in the world, its height is about 57 meters. Its facade is decorated with 27 crosses, according to the number of disciples of Jesus Christ, and bells, which were cast in Voronezh.
Numerous bas-reliefs are not embedded, but carved directly on the reddish facing of the temple.
All buildings of the Armenian temple complex differ in color. On the territory adjacent to it, in the courtyard, under the feet lies marble pavement.
Church Srbot Naatakats - New Armenian Churchin Moscow, whose address is not yet known. It is built on Poklonnaya Hill, in a place where war dead soldiers are honored in the Great Patriotic War, where they worship peace and love.
Church Srbot Naatakats in translation means the Church of the Holy Great Martyrs. It is assumed that it is built in honor of the fallen Armenian soldiers.
It is known that the main amount of money for the future church was obtained by donating ordinary citizens.
В 17 веке в Пресненском районе проживало a lot of Armenians. Therefore, in 1746, in the Presnensky cemetery, they built the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. She became the first famous Armenian church in Moscow.
However, in the 20s of the last century, this building was destroyed, the remains of the Lazarev relatives were transferred from the Presnensky cemetery to the Church of the Holy Resurrection.
Now on the site of the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin is part of the Moscow Zoo.
Krestovodvizhenskaya church is the Armenian church in Moscow, the address (how to get to that) is of no interest to anyone. It was demolished by the Soviet authorities in 1930, and a school was built in its place.
Holy Cross Church stood aroundTwo hundred years, two times rebuilt by different architects and had a rich history. Lazar Nazarovich Lazarev was involved in its foundation and erection, with a donation from his son Ivan and a church was erected in Armenian Lane. The loss of this shrine is sad.
Despite the fact that the majority of Armenians belong to the Armenian Apostolic Church, there are also those who remain in contact with the Pope - Catholics, or in other words, Armenian Jesuits.
The history of Catholicism in the territoryArmenia is quite old and extremely tangled, which began in the fifth century, during the Council of Chalcedon. But the fact remains that this branch of Christianity is extremely popular among Armenians.
In Russia, part of the visiting Armenians also havethe opportunity to practice Catholicism, however, there are not very many parishes for this. Meanwhile, according to recent estimates, the number of those who want to visit the Armenian Catholic Church is about 200 thousand people. This is all over Russia, but most of them are concentrated in the capital of our country.
The location of the Armenian Catholic Church in Moscow changed all the time. The fact is that so far Armenian Jesuits have no temple of their own.
Back in 2000, in Moscow, they organized a Catholic community, whose services were held in different places.
Since its inception, the community has met inCatholic Church of St. Louis of France, located at ul. Malaya Lubyanka 12. Sister Nune Poghosyan supervised the services, but after 2 years she was forced to leave and the meetings stopped for a while.
Since 2002, Armenian Catholics have been gathering in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is located in Moscow at ul. Small Georgian 27/13.
Catholic services are performed in this temple in a variety of languages, including services in Armenian customs.
Recall that in Moscow there are only two Catholic churches and one chapel of St. Olga.
During the Soviet era, many Orthodox and Catholic churches were forgotten, including the Armenian churches in Moscow, whose addresses no one will remember now, suffered.
But in recent decades in Russia is the revival of Christianity. The main thing in this is to create permanent conditions for parishioners to visit temples, churches and chapels.
Armenian Catholics in this regard account formuch harder. Even in the residence of the main Armenian Catholic priest - the city of Gyumri, there is still no normal temple, but a small chapel operates.
In Russia, the Armenians consider Moscow as the main spiritual center of Catholics. Here lives the largest Armenian community in Russia and here is the Russian residence of the Armenian Catholic bishop.
Now believers are fighting for the foundation and construction of an Armenian Catholic church.
