The capital is famous for its abundance of magnificent holy places.
Most of them are works of art and constitute the national wealth of our country. Many couples, after marriage, want to perform a wedding ceremony. Having chosen a temple, you should meet with the abbot, receive a blessing, and then select a date for the wedding sacrament. Weddings take place on certain days of the week: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. In addition, before the wedding, one should confess and also receive communion.
In order for a young couple to have a wedding sacrament, you need to have a marriage certificate, rings, wedding candles, an icon of the Savior, as well as an icon of the Mother of God of Kazan and a white towel.
Temple "Great Ascension" at Nikitsky Gate
Address: Bolshaya Nikitskaya, 36.
It was in this spacious church (not yet completed at that time) that Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin and Natalya Goncharova were married on February 18, 1831. Not only old intellectuals know about this, but also crazy street artists - they are the ones who decorated one of the nearby buildings with funny graffiti in which Pushkin and Goncharova take wedding selfies. Metropolitan Philaret, who, like Pushkin himself, was a Freemason, helped the great poet with the choice of a temple.
However, the history of the temple is connected not only with the name of Pushkin. According to one version, back in 1774, the secret wedding of Empress Catherine II herself and her favorite Grigory Potemkin took place there. Potemkin donated a decent amount of money to the temple for reconstruction, as well as wedding crowns with portraits of himself and the empress.
Here in 1921 Fyodor Chaliapin married his daughter Irina. The great singer not only led his daughter to the altar, but also read “The Apostle” himself during the sacrament.
Modern stars do not ignore the temple either. For example, in 2008, actor and showman Nikolai Fomenko chose him for a secret wedding with Natalya Kutobaeva.
- 1685 – the first stone church was built.
- 1848 - The temple takes on its current appearance.
- 1931 - closure of the temple, 1990 - return of the temple to the Church.
Temple "Great Ascension" at Nikitsky Gate
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Most often I have to unregister in the king's mansions. This is the most important hall of the palace. It is brightly decorated with red and gold painting.
Live music is played during check-in.
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The department's staff includes 8 employees. Most specialists have higher legal education. The position of director is occupied by Oksana Valerievna Petrosyan
The table for painting is quite small compared to other registry offices. But there is nothing superfluous on it, so it is quite convenient to sign.
Temple of Elijah the Prophet of the Ordinary in Obydensky Lane
Address – 2nd Obydensky lane, building 6 (Kropotkinskaya metro station).
One of the few churches that did not cease activity throughout the Soviet era. They tried to close it twice - in the 30s and 40s, but the first time the parishioners themselves managed to defend their native church, and the second time, due to military concerns, the authorities themselves forgot about the already prepared order. In April 1973, Alexander Solzhenitsyn married his second wife Natalya Svetlova here, and then baptized his two sons. A year after the wedding, the writer and his family were expelled from the country.
The temple attracts Muscovites with its late opening hours - it is open until 22.00 (usually Orthodox churches close around seven in the evening). The church shop at the entrance amazes with the variety and richness of goods, so if you need to choose a good gift for Orthodox family and friends, there is no better place. The temple contains important shrines, including those transported during the Soviet years from other, closed churches: the Icon of the Mother of God “Unexpected Joy” from the Kremlin, the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God of the 17th century from the Conception Monastery, the Savior Not Made by Hands, a piece of the belt of the Mother of God, particles of the relics of St. Seraphim Sarovsky.
- Built in 1702.
Temple of Elijah the Prophet of the Ordinary in Obydensky Lane
Open area of the palace
The photo shoot does not end indoors. You can take even more photographs outside than inside the palace.
In the park you can order a horse-drawn carriage. Or a train that also runs along Kolomenskoye. This may be needed to conduct a photo shoot in different parts of the park.
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Temple of Simeon the Stylite on Povarskaya
Address – Povarskaya street, building 5, building 1.
This small but ancient temple, built in the Russian pattern style, became the place where several legendary couples exchanged vows. In 1801, Count Sheremetyev and the serf actress Praskovya Zhemchugova secretly got married here, and in 1816, the writer Sergei Aksakov and Olga Zaplatina, the daughter of Suvorov’s general. Documents about Aksakov’s wedding are still kept in the church archives. And in 1866, the wedding of another famous person took place - Chief Prosecutor of the Synod Konstantin Pobedonostsev, with Elizaveta Engelhardt. Parishioners of the temple also included Sophia’s parents, Leo Tolstoy’s wife, Count A.P. Tolstoy and Gogol, who then lived in his house.
Another bright wedding happened in the temple after the revolution - in 1918 she married Yu.M. Neelova Elena Sergeevna Nyurenberg, future third wife of Mikhail Bulgakov. During the Soviet years, the church was closed, but it was featured in one of the episodes of the film “Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession.” And already in 2005, the ancient walls welcomed another famous couple - Nikolai Karachentsev and his wife Lyudmila Porgina. The couple got married on their 30th wedding anniversary, after the accident the actor got into.
- Built in 1679
- 1938 – closing
- 1965-1966 – restoration
- 1991 – return of the temple to the Church.
Temple of Simeon the Stylite on Povarskaya
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Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on Chisty Vrazhek
Address – 1st Truzhenikov Lane, 8/1, Kyiv metro station
Now let’s move slightly beyond the Garden Ring, to the outskirts of the Kyiv metro station. At the beginning of the twentieth century, this place was considered almost a suburb, which is why Anton Pavlovich Chekhov chose it for a secret wedding.
Chekhov really didn’t want a magnificent ceremony, so even the bride, actress Olga Knipper, found out about the wedding literally a couple of days before. And the writer decided to outwit his relatives and friends. He sent everyone an invitation to a dinner party. While the guests were sitting at the table and waiting for the hosts, wondering about the purpose of the dinner, the newlyweds quickly got married and immediately left for Nizhny Novgorod. Only four witnesses and church watchmen were present at the Sacrament. Already from the trip, Anton Pavlovich sent a telegram to his family with good news.
- Year of foundation: 1658.
- 1930 – closing
- 1993 – return of the Church.
Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on Chisty Vrazhek
How to spend your wedding day?
Those getting married on the eve of the wedding come to the temple and pray at the service. Perhaps that same evening on the eve of the wedding they prepare for confession and confess.
On the wedding day, the couple comes to the beginning of the reading of the Divine Hours (a moment in the morning service), pray during the Liturgy, and partake of the Holy Mysteries of Christ.
The Sacrament of Wedding itself takes place after the Liturgy. And then the spouses and their guests go to where they will celebrate the event and share joy with each other. At the feast, according to tradition, the newlyweds do not drink alcohol.
Temple of the Icon of the Mother of God “The Sign” in Perovo
Address: Moscow, Lazo street, building 5, Perovo metro station, Enthusiastov Highway.
Here, according to legend, Tsarina Elizaveta Petrovna secretly married her favorite, Count Alexei Razumovsky. However, there is no exact confirmation of this information. It is only known that in 1744 the estate on the territory of which the church was located was granted to Razumovsky, and he spent enough money on its decoration. Elizabeth also presented the church with luxurious utensils and even embroidered vestments for the Perov clergy herself. They say that the couple was blessed for marriage by the empress’s personal confessor, Fyodor Dubyansky. Different sources call the date of the wedding either 1742 or 1744. In any case, I want to believe in the beautiful legend, and architecturally the church is an interesting example of the “Golitsyn Baroque”
- The year of completion of construction is 1705.
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Museum-Reserve "Kolomenskoye"
Mansions of the Tsar in Kolomenskoye. Photo provided.
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View of the Church of the Ascension of the Lord. Photo: Shutterstock
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In “Kolomenskoye” you can choose from several platforms for registration “the best one”. Weddings take place in the Palace Pavilion of 1825 (the only part of the palace of Emperor Alexander I preserved on the territory of the museum-reserve), in the palace of Alexei Mikhailovich (three options - in the Tsar's mansion, the Tsarina's mansion and the theater mansion) or in a tent, which was pitched especially for wedding ceremonies next to the palace. All locations are designed for 25-30 guests (with the exception of the Theater Hall for 60 people).
The basic package of services includes room rental and floral decoration (flower arch and small bouquets). Additionally paid: entrance tickets to the museum for each guest, permission for photo and video filming, musical accompaniment (string trio) and an excursion and artistic program, including entertainment services (an ancient rite of a Russian wedding, an attraction-master class “Horseshoe for Happiness”, horseback riding, steam locomotive or electric car riding, etc.).
They paint at Kolomenskoye every day from Tuesday to Saturday (from May to September - in a wedding tent). The duration of the celebration is about an hour (the ceremony takes 15-20 minutes, a walk around the palace and a photo shoot takes 40 minutes). submitted to the Wedding Palace in Kolomenskoye (Andropova Ave., 39, building 69)
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