Trinity Cathedral, Shchelkovo: history and photos

2024 Author: Miguel Ramacey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 06:11

Trinity Cathedral is the main Orthodox shrine of the Shchelkovsky deanery of the Moscow diocese. The cathedral captivates many guests of the city, and even the most townspeople, with its unique architecture. Very rarely in Russian lands you can find the Orthodox Gothic style. Trinity Cathedral (Schelkovo) has already become one of the city's architectural landmarks.

But this temple is famous among Christians not only for its appearance and interior decoration. The New Martyrs of Shchelkovo served in the cathedral at different times, and the miraculous icon of Seraphim of Sarov is also located in the temple.

History of the Trinity Cathedral

Schelkovo from the very moment of its foundation was a developed, densely populated factory town. A trading settlement with such a large Orthodox population needed a church. People traveled to the service to the St. Nicholas Church in the village of Zhegalova. The initiators of the construction of the cathedral in Shchelkovo were the police officer Pavel Strizhev and the owner of the weaving factory Alexander Sinitsyn, who gave part of his land for the temple. Projectof the large cathedral was designed by the architect S. M. Goncharov, who was not unknown at that time. Already in 1915, the team completed the construction of the temple building and began interior decoration.

In 1925, due to known circumstances (propaganda of atheism), the temple was closed. The main building of the shrine functioned as a theater thanks to excellent acoustics, and the other buildings of the temple complex were given over to warehouses. During the war years, there was a foundry in the basement of the cathedral, where grenades were produced. The temple forever lost its original shape: the dome was melted down, the bell tower was dismantled and the entire basement floor was completely clogged with casting waste.

Already in 1980, they wanted to blow up the temple, but this intention was delayed due to the Olympics in Moscow. In 1990, all that was left of the cathedral was again given to the Orthodox community, and in 1991, a service was again conducted in the Trinity Church. The shrine was restored and completed gradually, in subsequent years.

Today the Trinity Cathedral (Schelkovo) is the main temple in the Shchelkovsky district of the Moscow diocese. It was consecrated several times: on December 5, 2010 by Metropolitan Yuvenaly, and in 2011, 12 new bells were consecrated for Ascension.

How to get to the temple? Address, bus schedule Shchelkovo - Trinity Cathedral

The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity is located in the Moscow region, the city of Schelkovo, on Proletarsky Prospekt, 8. You can get to the temple complex by leaving the Yaroslavsky railway station to the square. "Voronok", and then by minibus number 6, 7 you need to get to the station "Proletarsky Prospekt". Or from the metro station"Shchelkovskaya" bus number 349, 335 or 361 to the station "Proletarsky Prospekt".

Shchelkovo New Martyrs

Metropolitan Yuvenaly in 2008 blessed the celebration of the day of remembrance of the Shchelkovsky New Martyrs every year on the first Thursday of Petrovsky Lent. The icon of the New Martyrs is located in the main cathedral. It shows:

• Priest Martyr Vasily Krylov has been a priest of the Trinity Cathedral since 1934.
• Alexander Krutitsky comes from an old spiritual family, he is the first of the saints who was canonized on Shchelkovo land.
• Mikhail Nikologorsky served in the temple from 1921 until the arrest of the NKVD.
• Vasily Sungurov and Sergiy Kudryavtsev served in the church until its closure, were faithful to their pastoral duty, for which they experienced many arrests, persecutions, and interrogations.

Clergy of the Trinity Cathedral, clergy

• The rector of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity - Archpriest Andrey Pavlovich Kovalchuk, is also the dean of the Shchelkovsky district.
• Priest Yevgeny Andreevich Trushin is a member of the Diocesan Department for Media Relations, Publishing.
• Maxim Alifanov has been a priest at the Trinity Cathedral of Shchelkovo since 2006, before that he served in the city of Kamyanets-Podolsk.
• Dimitri Tretyakov is a member of the diocesan missionary department.
• John Lapkin - cleric of the temple, in the past served in the Assumption Cathedral of the Novodevichy Convent.
• Alexander Amelin - cleric of the Trinity Cathedral.
• Deacon Kirill Kovalchuk.
• Dimitry Medvedev is a deacon.

Shrinesin Trinity Cathedral

The cathedral keeps a valuable icon of St. Seraphim of Sarov. This is a very important icon in the Christian world, as the saint is revered not only by Orthodox, but also by Catholics. Seraphim is most often asked for harmony, peace and the cessation of spiritual suffering. Seraphim of Sarov is also honored for his willpower and fortitude of faith. Those who lack their own will often fall to his icon, suffering from addictions - alcohol, nicotine, gluttony. Also, history knows many cases of miraculous healings in front of the icon of the miracle worker, even from the most serious ailments. The Orthodox Church honors the memory of the miracle worker on January 15, on the same day, men baptized under the name Seraphim celebrate the day of the guardian angel.

The image of the saint has been in the Trinity Cathedral since the foundation of the shrine. After the temple was closed, many valuable things in the chapels were looted. But this icon was saved by one of the village parishioners. The canvas was kept by him in a dark place, it faded and darkened. But when, after the restoration of the temple, the icon was returned to the church, the image was renewed on its own. The miracle of a self-renewing icon in this temple happened for the first time.

Wedding, baptism, rites at the Trinity Cathedral

The area around the cathedral complex is very picturesque, and the church itself has a very skillfully painted dome, iconostasis. Therefore, couples often choose the Trinity Cathedral, Shchelkovo to perform the sacrament of the wedding. Photos against the background of the temple are very beautiful, the architecture of the cathedral is unique in style. Infants are baptized in groups. Preparation for the wedding ceremony is the same as in other Orthodox churches, according to Orthodox canons. The couple needs to fast, confess and take communion before the wedding.

Trinity Cathedral, Shchelkovo: schedule of services, liturgies

Residents of a big city often depend on transport inconveniences, lack of time. Now, even when visiting a church, you need to estimate the time of the service, the schedule of liturgies, etc. On the website of the cathedral or the Shchelkovo deanery, you can see a detailed list of schedules for daily early and evening services for the next month.

On weekdays, not holidays, the morning liturgy begins at 08:30, the service lasts 2-2.5 hours, includes reading of the hours, confession, reading of the Gospel, communion, sermon and communion prayer. Evening service starts at 17:00.

Like some large monasteries, the Trinity Cathedral in Shchelkovo has a schedule of services on holidays and Sundays in two stages. The early liturgy begins at 06:30, after the service the parishioners take communion. The late morning liturgy begins at 09:00, the second service is often a bishop's, it is led by the bishop, archpriest or rector of the cathedral. The second Sunday service is often attended by many children for communion (as the time is convenient).

The schedule of services in the Trinity Cathedral (Schelkovo) in the evening also differs on weekdays and holidays. Evening service on holidays or Sundays begins at 17:00, an akathist is read at the evening service. It lasts 2-2.5 hours, depending on whether the hours or polyeles are read in the service. Before the big onesOn Orthodox holidays, the Divine Liturgy and the All-Night Vigil are held in the church at 17:00.

The parish life of the main temple of the city of Shchelkovo

Trinity Cathedral (Schelkovo) is the main Orthodox shrine of the region. The priests of the temple not only conduct church services, but also conduct active charitable, educational and outreach activities. Weekly events with children, students, workers, according to priests, contribute to the spread of good deeds, peace and harmony. Every year, the church hosts a celebration of the Orthodox book, which is attended by many schoolchildren, intellectuals and just kind, smart people.

Also, educational and entertainment events are held in the temple: a feast of Orthodox baking, a divine service with a children's choir, excursions around the Trinity Church, a feast of the Christmas tree, etc. The cathedral also organizes pilgrimage trips for adults, schoolchildren, students seminaries to Orthodox shrines.