Schedule of services in the Alexander Nevsky Church in Balashikha. Balashikha, Alexander Nevsky Temple: history, address, opening hours. Ruin of a village church

Where Sovetskaya Street and Lenin Avenue now intersect, the village of Nikolaevka appeared in 1859 as a settlement for workers of the Gorensky paper spinning mill N.A. Volkov, and after Volkov’s death, the Gorenka estate and the factory located in it were owned by the Tretyakov merchants.

On the western side of the factory settlement there was a cemetery, where, at the expense of M.V. Tretyakova, daughter of the merchant of the first guild V.N. Tretyakov, was built in 1894 according to the design of the architect A.U. Belevich is a small temple in the Byzantine style.

The temple was built in memory of the miraculous rescue of the imperial family during a train crash at the Borki station near Kharkov and that is why it was consecrated in honor of the holy blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky, the heavenly patron of Emperor Alexander III.

The Alexander Nevsky Temple did not have its own clergy, since it was assigned to the parish of the Spassky Church in the village of Pehra-Yakovlevskoye (now the Spassky Church, after restoration, was consecrated as the Transfiguration Church).

In 1933, the Spassky Church was closed, and along with it, the ascribed Church of Alexander Nevsky was also closed. Subsequently, its building was used as a warehouse until its final demolition in 1955. On the site of the temple and the old cemetery, a park was laid out and the central city Lenin Avenue was laid.

At the end of the 90s. With the participation of local authorities and the clergy of the Moscow diocese, an initiative group was created with the goal of reviving the temple. In March 2000, the governor of the Moscow region B.V. Gromov gave his consent to the construction of the temple, after which, with the blessing of the head of the Moscow diocese, Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna, a new parish was officially established and a board of trustees was created.

On December 4, 2001, on the feast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the temple, the foundation stone for the temple was consecrated, and construction began.

On September 11, 2003, a minor consecration of the baptismal church took place in the name of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir. On February 12, 2004, on the day of the Three Saints, the main construction work was completed in the main Alexander Nevsky Church, the entire architectural ensemble of which was built based on the cross-domed churches of Ancient Rus' of the 14th-15th centuries. and many of its details show the Pskov-Novgorod style.

From that time on, divine services began to be held regularly at the parish. Since 2004, the square on which the temple was built began to bear the name of the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky, who became the heavenly patron of Balashikha.

On September 12, 2006, on the patronal feast day of the church, with the blessing of Metropolitan Juvenal, Archbishop Gregory of Mozhaisk performed the rite of the Great Consecration.

Today, the church holds daily morning and evening services, a Sunday school for children and adults, and creative clubs. For everyone, the clergy of the temple conduct classes on liturgics, dogmatics, the study of the Holy Scriptures and other church and theological subjects. A library, a pilgrimage service and a center for social assistance to the population are constantly operating at the temple.

The history of the Alexander Nevsky Temple, which was built in Balashikha in 1894, at first glance, is not as interesting as the history of ancient monasteries and churches in Russia. But this is a misleading impression. The hundred-year history of the temple, like a mirror, reflects all the glorious and tragic events of Russian history. Now the temple is located in the very center of the city of Balashikha. The square on which it is located is named after the heavenly patron of Balashikha - Alexander Nevsky.

History of the Temple

Where the city of Balashikha is now located, at the end of the 19th century there was only a factory settlement. Workers from the Gorensky factory, located nearby, lived here. Outside the village there was a cemetery and a church. It was built in 1894 with the money of a wealthy parishioner Tretyakova, who owned the neighboring Gorenki estate.

After the miraculous rescue of the royal family in a train crash, Tretyakova decided to immortalize this event. It was decided to build a church in honor of the holy prince Alexander Nevsky. The project was developed by architect A.U. Belevich. The temple was designed in the Byzantine style and served people until 1933.

After the revolution, the temple, like thousands of others throughout Russia, was looted, the bells were removed, and services stopped. There was a warehouse here until the 50s, and then it was completely wiped off the face of the earth. A highway was laid on the site of the old cemetery and church.

The history of the revival of the temple began at the very end of the 20th century. People gradually returned to faith; they needed visible signs of the end of the old era of godlessness. An initiative group of concerned city residents was created, which managed to register the parish of a church that had not yet been built. Of course, all this would have been much more difficult to do if not for the help of district leaders, metropolitan authorities and private patrons.

Before the start of new construction, an event occurred that city residents interpreted as a sign from above. Hurricane winds uprooted trees growing at the site of the proposed construction site. The site was thus completely cleared and ready for construction.

At the end of 2001, the ceremonial laying of the future temple took place. During construction, a temporary wooden church was built, in which services began immediately. In the summer of 2002, a cross was raised onto the temple under construction. At the same time as the temple, several more buildings were built, which were supposed to house a baptismal house, a Sunday school, and a belfry.

On September 1, 2003, just five years after the start of construction, a dome with a cross was raised onto the temple. And ten days later the baptismal temple was consecrated in honor of the holy Prince Vladimir.

On the same day, the old bell, miraculously preserved after the closure of the old temple, was also consecrated. The bell, weighing 1,150 kg, was kept in private hands for many years. How people managed to first take it away from a closed temple, then store it for several decades, and save it, literally exposing themselves to mortal danger, remains a mystery.

There are many stories of saving church valuables, but this is not a book or an icon that can be hidden without much difficulty, this is a huge bell weighing more than a ton! An amazing fact that once again confirms that people are capable of creating their own destiny and changing the course of history.

The consecration of the entire complex took place on September 12, 2004, the day of the patronal feast. A little later, on the initiative of the city mayor, the square on which the new temple was built officially began to be named after Alexander Nevsky.

The archbishop awarded all the builders, patrons of the arts, city and regional leaders, and private individuals who contributed to the revival of the temple with memorable gifts and conveyed deep gratitude from the patriarch.

The new temple architecturally resembles the Pskov-Novgorod style of the 14th-15th centuries. Cross-domed churches with facades in the shape of a currant leaf, a complex roof, a helmet-shaped dome - all this is reminiscent of the churches of Ancient Rus'.

Alexander Nevsky Temple today

The church operates a Sunday school for children and adults, a pilgrimage service, and a social assistance center.

• Services are held daily in the temple. On weekdays at 8.00 and 17.00, and on weekends at 6.30, 9.00 and 17.00.

Location on the map

How to get there

The official address of the temple: the city of Balashikha, Alexander Nevsky Square, building 1. This is the very center of the city.

• From Moscow you can get from the Izmailovsky Park metro station by bus No. 337, and from the Shchelkovskaya metro station by bus No. 338
• By car from Moscow you need to take the M7 highway to Balashikha and drive to the square along Zapadnaya Street and Lenin Avenue.

Article from the encyclopedia "Tree": website

The temple was built in the year according to the design of the architect A.U. Belevich in the Byzantine style at the expense of M.V. Tretyakova, daughter of the merchant of the first guild V.N. Tretyakov, in memory of the rescue of the emperor and the august family during a train crash at the station. "Borki" October 17, 1888. The mother of the temple builder owned the Gorenki estate in Balashikha. The Alexander Nevsky Church was attached to the Spassky Church in the village of Pehra-Yakovlevskoye, therefore, after its closure in the 1930s, services there ceased.

The church stood until the early 1960s, being used for storage space. During the years of Khrushchev's persecutions, it was demolished, and in the place where it stood, a central city avenue was laid.

The initiative group began efforts to revive the temple back in the 1990s: they installed a cross on the site of the temple and sang an akathist to the blessed Prince Alexander in front of it. And then something happened that parishioners consider a real miracle - a hurricane that swept over the capital and the surrounding Moscow region in the fall of 1998 freed up space for the construction of the temple: it uprooted large trees in the park, where the city authorities soon allocated a plot of land to the community.

In March of this year, Governor of the Moscow Region B.V. Gromov agreed to the construction of the temple, after which a new parish was officially established and a board of trustees was created.

On December 4 of the year, the foundation stone of the main temple was consecrated, and construction began. On August 24 of the year a cross was erected above the temple. Divine services were held in a temporary wooden church.

On March 7 of this year, the consecration of the foundation stone for the baptismal church in honor of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir took place. On September 1, 2003, the erection of a cross and a dome took place, which crowned the belfry over the baptismal church and the clergy house. With the installation of the cross on the belfry, the complex of church buildings received its final architectural completion.

On September 11, a minor consecration of the baptismal church was performed in honor of Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir. At the end of the rite of consecration, the first Divine Liturgy was celebrated. then a prayer service was held and the lighting of an ancient bell weighing one ton, one hundred and fifty kilograms, donated to the temple by the head of the Balashikha district V.G. Samodelov.

On February 12 of the year, work to recreate the temple was completed. The temple turned out to be bright and spacious, and the large church house with a bell tower, which was also built with the participation of the board of trustees, could accommodate a baptistery and a Sunday school. The square on which the temple was built is now called the square of the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky, who is the heavenly patron of Balashikha.

On September 12 of the year, the rite of great consecration of the temple was performed by Archbishop of Mozhaisk Gregory (Chirkov). Concelebrating with the Bishop were: the dean of the churches of the Balashikha district, Archpriest Nikolai Pogrebnyak, the deputy chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, the rector of the Alexander Nevsky Church, Archpriest Mikhail Makashov, and the clergy of the Moscow diocese.