Trinity Cathedral, Shchyolkovo: history and photo

The Trinity Cathedral is the main Orthodox shrine of the Schelkovo Deanery of the Moscow diocese. Many guests of the city, and even the city dwellers, the cathedral conquers with its unique architecture. Very rarely on Russian lands one can find an Orthodox Gothic style. Trinity Cathedral (Shchelkovo) has already become one of the architectural business cards of the city.

But not only the appearance and interior decoration is famous for this temple among Christians. In the cathedral at different times served Shchelkovo new martyrs, also in the temple there is a miraculous icon of Seraphim of Sarov.

History of the Trinity Cathedral

From the very moment of foundation Shchyolkovo was a developed, densely populated factory town. A commercial settlement with such an amount of Orthodox population needed a temple. At the service people traveled to the Nikolsky temple in the village of Zhegalov. The initiators of the construction of the cathedral in Shchelkovo were police sergeant Pavel Strizhev and the owner of the weaving factory Alexander Sinitsyn, who gave part of his land to the temple. The project of a large cathedral was designed not by the then unknown architect S.M. Goncharov. Already in 1915 the team completed the construction of the temple building and began interior finishing.

In 1925, due to certain circumstances (propaganda of atheism), the church was closed. The main structure of the shrine functioned as a theater due to excellent acoustics, and other buildings of the temple complex were given to warehouses. In the war years in the basement of the cathedral was a foundry, where they produced grenades. The temple forever lost its primary outlines: the dome was melted, the bell tower was dismantled and the whole basement floor was completely clogged with casting waste.

Already in 1980 the church wanted to blow up, but this intention was delayed because of the Olympics in Moscow. In 1990, all that remained of the cathedral was again given to the Orthodox community, and in 1991 the service was again conducted in the Trinity Church. Restored and completed the shrine gradually, in subsequent years.

Today the Trinity Cathedral (Shchelkovo) is the main church in the Schelkovo district of the Moscow diocese. It was lighted several times: on December 5, 2910, Metropolitan Yuvenaly and in 2011 on Ascension 12 new bells were illuminated.

How to get to the temple? Address, bus timetable Shchyolkovo - Trinity Cathedral

The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity is located in the Moscow region, the city of Shchyolkovo on Proletarian Avenue, 8. You can get to the temple complex by moving from Yaroslavsky Station to Pl. "Voronok", and then on the minibus No. 6, 7 you need to get to the station "Proletarsky Prospekt". Or from the metro station "Schelkovskaya" by bus No. 349, 335 or 361 to the station "Proletarsky Prospekt".

Shchelkovo New Martyrs

Metropolitan Yuvenaly in 2008 blessed the celebration of the day of memory of the Shchelkovo New Martyrs every year on the first Thursday of the Petrovsky post. The icon of the New Martyrs is in the main cathedral. It shows:

• PriestMartyr Basil Krylov - priest of the Trinity Cathedral from 1934.
• Alexander Krutitsky - comes from an old spiritual family, he is the first of the saints who was canonized on the Schelkovo land.
• Michael Nikologorsky served in the church from 1921 until the arrest of the NKVD.
• Vasily Sungurov and Sergiy Kudryavtsev served in the church until its closure, were true to their pastoral duty, for which they experienced many arrests, persecutions, and interrogations.

Clergy of the Holy Trinity Cathedral, priests

• The rector of the Holy Trinity Cathedral is Archpriest Andrei Pavlovich Kovalchuk, at the same time is the dean of the Schelkovo District.
• Priest Evgeny Andreevich Trushin is a member of the diocesan department for relations with the media, publishing work.
• Maxim Alifanov moved to Holy Trinity Cathedral in Shchelkovo from 2006, before that he served in Kamenets-Podolsky.
• Dimitry Tretyakov is a member of the missionary diocesan department.
• John Lapkin - cleric of the church, in the past served in the Assumption Cathedral of the Novodevichy Convent.
• Alexander Amelin is a clergyman of the Trinity Cathedral.
• Deacon Kirill Kovalchuk.
• Dimitry Medvedev is a deacon.

Shrines in the Trinity Cathedral

In the cathedral there is a valuable icon of the Reverend miracle worker Seraphim of Sarov. This is a very important icon in the Christian world, since not only Orthodox, but also Catholics honor the saint. Seraphim is often asked about harmony, tranquility and the cessation of spiritual suffering. Also, Seraphim of Sarov is honored for the strength of will and steadfastness of faith. To his icon are often those who lack their own will, suffering from addictions - alcoholic, nicotine, gluttony. Also, history knows many cases of miraculous healings before 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, the same day the men, baptized under the name of Seraphim, celebrate the day of the guardian angel.

The image of a saint in the Trinity Cathedral was from the time of the foundation of the shrine. After the closing of the temple, many valuables in the chapels were looted. But this icon was saved by one of the rural parishioners. The canvas was kept in his 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 the self-renewed icon in this temple occurred for the first time.

Wedding, baptism, trebs in the Trinity Cathedral

The area around the cathedral complex is very picturesque, and the church itself has a very skillfully painted dome, an iconostasis. Therefore, often pairs for the performance of the sacrament of the wedding choose Trinity Cathedral, Shchelkovo. Photos on the background of the temple are very beautiful, the architecture of the cathedral is unique in style. Children 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, Shchyolkovo: schedule of services, liturgy

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

On weekdays, non-public holidays, the morning liturgy starts at 08:30, the service lasts 2-2.5 hours, including reading the hours, confession, reading the Gospel, communion, preaching and sacramental prayer. Evening service starts at 17:00.

Like some large monasteries, Trinity Cathedral in Shchyolkovo, the schedule of divine services on holidays and Sundays is two-fold.
The early liturgy begins at 06:30, after the service the parishioners receive communion. Late morning liturgy begins at 09:00, the second service - often episcopal, led by the lord, archpriest or rector of the cathedral. The second Sunday service often has many children for the sacrament (since time is convenient).

The schedule of the service in the Trinity Cathedral (Shchelkovo) in the evening also varies on weekdays and holidays. Evening service on holidays or Sundays starts at 17:00, the evening service is read by the akathist. Lasts 2-2.5 hours, depending on whether the watches or polyols are read on the service. Before the large Orthodox holidays, the Divine Liturgy and the All-Night Vigil are held at 17:00 in the church.

Parish life of the main church of the city of Shchelkovo

The Trinity Cathedral (Shchelkovo) is the main Orthodox shrine of the region. Priests of the church not only conduct church services, but also conduct active charitable, educational and educational activities. Weekly activities with children, students, employees, according to the priests, contribute to the spread of good deeds, peace and harmony. Annually in the church there is a holiday of the Orthodox book, which is attended by many schoolchildren, intellectuals and just kind, intelligent people.

Also in the temple are events with an educational and entertaining bias: a holiday of Orthodox baking, a divine service with a children's choir, excursions around the Trinity Church, a Christmas tree festival, etc. Also in the cathedral are organized pilgrimage trips for adults, schoolchildren, students of theological seminaries to Orthodox shrines .