The Primate of the Russian Church, performed the rite of consecration of the great church of St. Athanasius and Cyril of Alexandria on Sivtsev Ravine in Moscow

March 4, 2017, on Saturday of the first week of Lent, the day of memory of Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, the miracle worker, (celebration postponed from Thursday February 17, SS / March 2, NS) and Great Martyr Theodore of Tyrone, Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill performed the rite of the great Blessing of the revived church of St. Athanasius and Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria that Ravine Sivtseff, Moscow and the Divine Liturgy in the newly consecrated church. Great rank were consecrated three altars: the high altar - in honor of Our Saviour the Image; south - in honor svtt. Athanasius and Cyril of Alexandria; North - in honor of St. Nicholas of Myra. His Holiness was joined by: Metropolitan Arseny of Istra , the first Vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia in Moscow; Archbishop Sergiy of Solnechnogorsk , head of the Administrative Secretariat of the Moscow Patriarchate; Bishop Theophylact Dmitrov , vicar of St. Andrew's Monastery Stavropegic ; Bishop Tikhon Egoryevsky , chairman of the Patriarchal Council for Culture , the governor Sretensky Monastery Stavropegic ; Divakov Archpriest Vladimir , secretary of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia in Moscow; Archpriest Mikhail Oskolkov, rector of St. Athanasius and Cyril of Alexandria; metropolitan clergy. Liturgical chants sang church of St. Athanasius and Cyril of Alexandria choir on Sivtsev Ravine (regent NI Vlasova). Patriarchal service was broadcast live on the TV channel "Union" . After the augmented litany of the Russian Orthodox Church prayed for peace in Ukraine. During the Liturgy, His Holiness ordained deacon Sergius Parfenov, cleric of St. Nicholas of Myra in Tolmachi of Moscow, to the rank of priest. Preaching before Communion the priest said Vladimir Sokolov, a cleric of the Nine Martyrs Cyzicus, rector of the Nativity Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius in St. Nicholas in Moscow. Upon completion of the Liturgy of the newly consecrated church rector Archpriest Mikhail Oskolkov on behalf of the clergy and parishioners welcomed His Holiness and His Holiness gave a list of the temple icon of St. Athanasius and Cyril. Patriarch Kirill said in a sermon . At the end of the Primate of the Russian Church said: "I would like to thank you, Michael's father, for your kind words and for the gift that you presented me, and all the congregation of the holy temple for those great works that you have suffered, since the 1990s to the present day, priugotovlyaya this the temple of the great consecration. It is important that the works that people do in the name of the Lord unites them. Experience shows that people are very united construction and restoration of churches, when everyone makes some small contribution, their money, time and effort. Then the temple becomes a part of life, it is something very close, relatives, and people associate with it their future life. Today we are building new churches, not only in order to make them more because they are not enough for such a huge city like Moscow, but also because the construction of the temples is a great general-doing. Translated into Greek general doing - is the liturgy. This is the name and the service that we have just done, is doing general: we all prayed together to the Lord, with the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. Our whole life should be a liturgy, shared with making the glory of God and for their own salvation. " In gratitude for the work of the Holy Lord gave Archpriest Mikhail Oskolkov anniversary cross, made on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the birth of His Holiness. The gift of the newly consecrated church Primate of the Russian Church transferred the Triumph of Orthodoxy icon. Tonight, on the eve of the 1st Week of Lent, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill conducted All-Night Vigil in Zaikonospassky Stauropegial monastery in Moscow. *** Temple St Athanasius and Cyril on Sivtsev Ravine was built no later than the middle of the XV century. The first documentary mention is found in the Book of the patriarchal order of 1631. Wooden three-altar church in the early XVII century, was rebuilt in stone and dvuhprestolnoy. The main altar was consecrated in honor of Our Saviour the Image, and the side chapel in honor of St. Nicholas. But in the years 1748-1749 on the petition of one of the parishioners was arranged chapel svtt. Athanasius and Cyril, and the Church has once again become three-altar. During the war of 1812 was a significant event. The temple was placed miraculous Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God "Hodegetria", brought from the besieged Smolensk. Later, a procession she was transferred to the Assumption Cathedral of the Kremlin. In 1813 he was re-consecrated chapel of St. Nicholas, the only survivor of the destruction of the temple. In the years 1815-1817 was rebuilt stone church. Since 1836, for twenty years, the temple entirely rebuilt and consecrated in 1856. On reconstruction and construction works were carried out with the blessing and direct participation of St. Filaret, Metropolitan of Moscow. At the end of 1870 work on the improvement of the temple was resumed. It was then that he acquired the present form. In 1932, the church svtt. Athanasius and Cyril was closed, its building was used for different household needs. In the 1970s, it began a partial restoration. In the early 1990s it was decided to return to the temple of the church building. November 5, 1992 were committed by a small consecrated chapel of St. Athanasius and Cyril, and the first Divine Liturgy.