Photo: Church of the Transfiguration 1762-1777 in the urban-type settlement Korenevo, Moscow region.

Photo: Cathedral of Our Lady Iveron.

Photo: Moscow. Easter. Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

This is official view of the Cathedral. But there is another, not found in the official press. On the basement level of the main Cathedral Russia is a commercial car wash:

Photo: inscription: 24 hours. Car wash without the queues.

Photo: st. Varvarka

Located at the intersection of Mal. Trekhsvyatitelskiy lane and Khitrovskiy lane, on Ivanovo hill – one of the 7 hills of Moscow. It is a monument of architecture, protected by the state.
In this temple was baptized the great Russian composer Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin.

Photo: Church of the Three Holy Hierarchs at Night.
Photo: the inscription on the white plate. Old Russian language.

The white plates with inscriptions on the graves XVII – beginning of XVIII century.

The wooden church on this place was built almost 650 years ago in the royal stables, and was named in the name of Flora and Laura – the holy martyrs, venerated in popular patrons horses. Around the church stretched grand gardens.

629 years ago (in 1380) through Kulishki on The Battle of Kulikovo has passed Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy with host from the 27 Russ cities and he is also coming back with a victory in the Kremlin.

In the 1670-1674 on place wood (built in 1367) was built a stone church.

In second half of XVIII-th century near to Three-Svjatitelsky church there lived counts Tolstoys, count Osterman, princes Volkonskys, Melgunovy, Lopuhiny. On their means in 1770th years the church was reconstructed.

During a Napoleon’s fire of 1812 in arrival has burnt down 10 court yard, the temple roof has suffered. The temple has been plundered. In 1815 parishioners had been collected means for restoration. For some years have restored a temple, and added a fence with stone columns.

In 1820, near the church opened Khitrov marketplace. In 1860h Market Square has turned into an exchange of unskilled labor. Many of the peasants, not having found work, settled in Hitrovke forever. In hitrovskih flophouse and hiding runaway convict criminals. In the second half of the nineteenth century Khitrovka became a bawdy place of Moscow, until the arrival of the NKVD (People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs).

In 1930 the church came to the territory of the NKVD, the church turned into a communal apartment. (is a shared apartment, two or more families share a bathroom and kitchen.)

In 1987, the building settled a cartoon studio «Pilot».

The temple was returned to Church in 1992.