This church Church of the Sanctifier St. Nicholas is in Izmaylovo Market in Moscow, a lovely old Russian Orthodox Church. The Church was consecrated in 2004 and has a status as a town church under the patronage of the Moscow Stauropegial Male Monastery of St. Daniel. It is the highest wooden church in Russia (46 meters high). During the sermon, it gathers merchants, craftsmen and the guests of the Kremlin in Izmailovo under its roof.
Thanks everybody, I love old wooden Russian Orthodox churches, they are so special to me and I enjoy seeking them out. Thanks again, everybody for taking a look and commenting. JD
A beautiful old church, Jon. Have you any idea when it was built? It appears to be amongst a group of other Churches in Izmailovo Park, but I could only find a distant picture of it taken from the other side of the river. On all the sites I looked at, I could not identify this church by name. The photos you provide are far superior to those on any of the sites! :)george
I’m not sure if this is really an old church, the built up Izmailovo Park like a tourist attraction to attract tourists, so I am not sure if those are actual buildings that were moved and rebuilt there. I know across from the park is an old complex that used to be a monastery, which has surviving architectural monuments from 17th Century — a five-dome cathedral and the Bridge Tower (1671) that once locked passage at the white-stone bridge connecting to the Izmailovo island. Notable structures of Izmailovo include two gates formerly used to enter the premises of the royal estate. The gates were built in 1682 by architect Terentiy Makarov. The Izmailovo gates with light tents on top became the prototype for later built entries to the Novodevichy, Donskoy and Visokopetrovsky monasteries. But whether or not the Kremlin walls and wooden buildings which have shops inside are actual buildings, I do not think so, but I could be wrong. But the island with the monastery next to Izmailovo Park were built in the 1600’s, Peter the Great sailed in the pond next to the monastery when he was young I have read.
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Thanks everybody, I love old wooden Russian Orthodox churches, they are so special to me and I enjoy seeking them out. Thanks again, everybody for taking a look and commenting.
JD
A beautiful old church, Jon. Have you any idea when it was built? It appears to be amongst a group of other Churches in Izmailovo Park, but I could only find a distant picture of it taken from the other side of the river. On all the sites I looked at, I could not identify this church by name. The photos you provide are far superior to those on any of the sites! :)george
I’m not sure if this is really an old church, the built up Izmailovo Park like a tourist attraction to attract tourists, so I am not sure if those are actual buildings that were moved and rebuilt there. I know across from the park is an old complex that used to be a monastery, which has surviving architectural monuments from 17th Century — a five-dome cathedral and the Bridge Tower (1671) that once locked passage at the white-stone bridge connecting to the Izmailovo island. Notable structures of Izmailovo include two gates formerly used to enter the premises of the royal estate. The gates were built in 1682 by architect Terentiy Makarov. The Izmailovo gates with light tents on top became the prototype for later built entries to the Novodevichy, Donskoy and Visokopetrovsky monasteries. But whether or not the Kremlin walls and wooden buildings which have shops inside are actual buildings, I do not think so, but I could be wrong. But the island with the monastery next to Izmailovo Park were built in the 1600’s, Peter the Great sailed in the pond next to the monastery when he was young I have read.
– Jon Ayres
Here are links to this church
http://kremlin-izmailovo.com/Church-Nicholas-En...
http://kremlin-izmailovo.com/Photo-Gallery-English
there is a picture of this church 6 photos down
I think it is pretty new, more as a tourist attraction than an actual church.
JD
– Jon Ayres