The Temple of the Iverian Icon of the Mother of God on the Vspol
Description:
The Church of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God on Vspolye is an Orthodox church of the Moskvoretsk deanery of the Moscow diocese.
The main throne was consecrated in honor of the Iberian icon of the Most Holy Theotokos chapel in honor of St. George the Victorious, in honor of John the Warrior. The temple is an architectural monument of the end of the XVIII century, the authorship of the project is attributed to I. V. Egotov.
The first stone church of St. St. George at this place ("on Vspolya", or "in Ordyntsy") was built no later than 1673 at the expense of the merchant ("guest") I. S. Potapov. The existing church was built in 1791-1802 at the expense of the merchant I. I. Savin. The temple was consistently renewed during the XIX century without significant changes in the architectural appearance.
The authorship of I. V. Egotov is not documented, but very likely taking into account dry, simplified classical forms of construction. [2] The general type of temple – a cylinder covered by the hemisphere of a single dome – is typical of Moscow classicism of the late XVIII century. The wide refectory includes three internal volumes – a square central and two lateral, oval-shaped chapels of the martyrs George the Victorious and John the Warrior. The bell tower is placed directly above the entrance portal, narrowing the space of the central volume of the refectory.
In 1930 the temple was closed. There was a club of a car repair plant and a gallery of modern art. In the Soviet years, under the dome, internal partitions were arranged on three floors, the bell tower was demolished (it was built only after the return of the church building in 1994). Ionic capitals and bases of the portico columns at the main entrance were completely lost.
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