Church of Cosmas and Damian on Maroseyk

The Church of Cosmas and Damian is located in Moscow, Russia. The church is an Orthodox church, the Moscow city diocese. The main throne of the church is consecrated in honor of the icon of Christ the Savior.

The church was built under the project of M.F. Kazakov, in 1803, and the funds for the construction were allocated by M.R. Khlebnikov, who lived on the other side of the street on which the church is located.

The architecture of the church is quite unusual. There are four volumes in the form of a cylinder. The main part of the church, equal in height to its apse. From the west, a cubic refectory and a bell tower adjoin, and two-column porticoes are symmetrically placed on the sides of the chapels. The church is one of the most striking monuments of the era of mature classicism.

In Soviet times, the church was repeatedly closed and wanted to destroy. In the middle of the XX century in the church housed various clubs, workshops, warehouses and even beer.

The building was returned to the Orthodox Church in 1993. Over time, all the ceilings were dismantled, and the interior and design were restored, a new iconostasis was erected.