Elokhov Cathedral is the Epiphany Cathedral in Elokhov, located at Moscow, Basmanny District, Spartakovskaya Street, 15. This church is under the jurisdiction of the city's diocese. Up until 1991, he had the status of Patriarchal. The cathedral includes two chapels. The north is consecrated in honor of St. Nicholas, and the southern one is dedicated to the Annunciation, the Orthodox holiday.
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History of the Epiphany Cathedral
The history of the Elohov cathedral has its roots since 1469, when the holy fool Basil the Blessed was born in the village of Yelokh. The village itself received its name from the word "alder". Olochovets flowed along the territory of Elokh. There is it today, but it flows through the pipe. At the end of the XV century, a small temple of wood was built in Yelokh with the participation of the holy fool Basil the Blessed. The information about him was not enough. Historians know that at the beginning of the 18th century a stone church appeared on the place of the wooden church, to which seven years later the refectory was completed with a couple of now existing chapels and a bell tower.
In 1837, the stone church was almost dismantled, but already in 1845, according to the project of the architect E. Tyurin, a five-dome cathedral was erected in its place. His consecration in 1853 was carried out by Metropolitan Filaret Drozdov of Moscow and Kolomna. In those days Elohovo temple was considered a Moscow parish, but the townspeople allocated it to a separate cathedral because of the grandeur and beauty of architectural forms. In 1889 the architect P. Zykov built the refectory of the Elohov Cathedral, and the architect I. Kuznetsov restored fragments of painting on the domes.
Since its erection the cathedral has not ceased its work. And this is despite the fact that more than once the Soviet government decided to close it. For the first time the temple managed to "win back" officials, and the second closure was prevented by the Great Patriotic War that had begun.
The status of the cathedral was given to the church in 1938, and from 1945 to 1991 he was Patriarchal. In 1991, the Epiphany Cathedral was returned to the Assumption Cathedral in the Kremlin.
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Interesting facts about the Epiphany Cathedral
The cathedral is famous not only for the beauty and ancient luxury of its architectural forms, to the creation of which the famous architects and talented painters put their hand. Here in 1799 Alexander Pushkin entered the cross. His godfather was a relative of Nadezhda Osipovna, mother of Alexander Sergeevich, Artemy Buturlin. In honor of this event today in the cathedral you can see a memorial plaque. It was possible to decorate the cathedral domes with memorable silver coins, which were issued in 2004 by the Central Bank of Russia.
But the main shrines of Elokhov Cathedral in Moscow are miraculous icons. In 1930, a Kazan Icon of the Mother of God was brought here from Drohomilovsky Cathedral, considered to be a particularly revered shrine. Here are the relics of the Moscow miracle worker, St. Alexis. The shrine was delivered to the cathedral in 1947 from the Alexeevsky Chudov Monastery. Above the relics in 1948, a carved canopy was made of wood, the sketch of which was designed by M. Gubonin.
Since 2013, the rector of the Elohiv Cathedral is Protopriest Alexander Ageikin, who previously served as a clergyman in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
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You can get to Yelokhov cathedral either by private car or by metro to Baumanskaya station (hereinafter trolleybus No.22, 25 or by bus No. 40, 152). The doors of the cathedral for visitors are open from 08.00 to 18.00 daily (the opening hours of the Elohov cathedral on holidays may vary).
Being in the capital of Russia, it is necessary to visit the Cathedral Square to see the temples located on it, and other beautiful places .