Khimki deanery was formed in June 2003 and includes 13 parishes. In this article you can find a brief history and description of the most significant Orthodox cathedrals and churches in Khimki.
Peter and Paul Church
Erected in the period from 1822 to 1829 on the site of a dilapidated wooden church at the expense of the landowners Apukhtins. The one-domed temple is a brick building with a rotunda and a bell tower, made in the Empire style.
In Soviet times, the church was closed and property confiscated. Divine services in the temple were resumed in 1992. The walls were painted in accordance with the era of construction.
A Sunday school for children and adults is open at the church. There is a library of Orthodox literature. A charity canteen has been organized, which feeds up to 50 people daily.
Address: Leninsky Prospekt, 31.
Church of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
A small wooden church was built in the Levoberezhny microdistrict of Khimki in 2007. But a small temple is not able to accommodate all the believing parishioners. Therefore, at present, a project has been developed for a new stone church in the name of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.
Construction work is underway. The foundation of an icon shop has been laid, and a Sunday school is being built. Unfortunately, due to insufficient funding, the construction of the stone church in Khimki is proceeding slowly.
Address: st. Library, d. 1.
Church of Galina of Corinth
A small five-domed wooden temple was built in 2008 at the personal expense of Galina Strelchenko. The church is made in the style of Russian tent architecture, with a separate bell tower.
The parishioners of this small church in Khimki are residents of nearby villages, as well as medical staff and patients of city hospital No. 119. The church is under the patronage of the monastic community of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.
Address: st. Ivanovskaya, 1.
Epiphany Church
Erected on the initiative of believing residents in 2004. Built in the Byzantine style and designed for 1000 people. The five-domed two-storey church building was built in the same volume as the five-tiered bell tower.
At the church daily divine services are held, spiritual and educational work is being carried out, a help point for those in need has been created. On the territory there is a chapel in the name of the icon of the Virgin "Joy of All Who Sorrow" and a church shop.
Address: st. Lavochkina, d. 6.
Trinity Church
Was erected in 1910 in neo-Russianstyle, which combines elements of Byzantine architecture and ancient Russian architecture. Operated until 1936, after which it was closed and ruined.
In Soviet times, there were warehouses, a cinema and sculpture workshops. In 1990, the Trinity Church (Khimki) was returned to parishioners. The restoration of the external appearance of the shrine began. Based on old photographs, it was possible to completely recreate the domes and the belfry.
By 2013, the temple acquired its historical appearance. Now the church lives an active spiritual and social life. There is a Sunday school, a youth movement has been founded, a social service is operating, and biblical theological courses have been organized.
Address: st. Pervomaiskaya, 9.
