The Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist in Presnia, Moscow The congregation of the Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist in Presnia was founded in 1685 with the blessing of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Joachim. Initially there was a wooden church here, and in 1734 a stone building was erected, which has survived to this day. A bell tower was built in 1806-1810. At the end of the 19th century, works were carried out in the temple to update the iconostasis and paintings; The decoration was created taking into account the traditions of the church painting of that time. The temple is one of the churches in Moscow where the services did not stop even during the Soviet period. Today it remains a functioning parish church and houses ancient icons of spiritual and artistic value. Temples: - Icon of the Savior from the main iconostasis, created by royal isographers at the end of the 17th century. - Icon of the Mother of God "Rodnanskaya" from the main iconostasis, created at the end of the 17th century. - Temple icon of the birth of St. John the Baptist, painted by Apim Ivanov in 1686. - Icon of the martyr Saint John the Warrior from the end of the 17th century. - Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of all who mourn", first third of the 18th century. - Icon of the Mother of God "Burning Bush" of the 18th century. - Icon of the Mother of God "Your mercy was the holy meal" from the end of the 17th century. The icon of the Trinity of the Old Testament, allegedly created by Kostroma icon painters in the late 17th - early 18th century. - Icons of St. Maxim the Greek, St. Faisius and Lichakovsky, St. Ambrose of Optina, Saint John of Kronstadt, St. Xenia of St. Petersburg, St. Tikhon and St. Ignatius of Bryanov.

The Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist in Presnia, Moscow The congregation of the Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist in Presnia was founded in 1685 with the blessing of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Joachim. Initially there was a wooden church here, and in 1734 a stone building was erected, which has survived to this day. A bell tower was built in 1806-1810. At the end of the 19th century, works were carried out in the temple to update the iconostasis and paintings; The decoration was created taking into account the traditions of the church painting of that time. The temple is one of the churches in Moscow where the services did not stop even during the Soviet period. Today it remains a functioning parish church and houses ancient icons of spiritual and artistic value. Temples: - Icon of the Savior from the main iconostasis, created by royal isographers at the end of the 17th century. - Icon of the Mother of God "Rodnanskaya" from the main iconostasis, created at the end of the 17th century. - Temple icon of the birth of St. John the Baptist, painted by Apim Ivanov in 1686. - Icon of the martyr Saint John the Warrior from the end of the 17th century. - Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of all who mourn", first third of the 18th century. - Icon of the Mother of God "Burning Bush" of the 18th century. - Icon of the Mother of God "Your mercy was the holy meal" from the end of the 17th century. The icon of the Trinity of the Old Testament, allegedly created by Kostroma icon painters in the late 17th - early 18th century. - Icons of St. Maxim the Greek, St. Faisius and Lichakovsky, St. Ambrose of Optina, Saint John of Kronstadt, St. Xenia of St. Petersburg, St. Tikhon and St. Ignatius of Bryanov.