Sergiyev Posad

Mikheev Church

ooh Cooperative, 2, the city of Khotkovo, Sergiev-Posadsky district, Moscow region.

Description:

The St. Michael’s Church was built in 1734. It is located above the coffin of St. Sergius of Radonezh Micah. The church is located in the northeast part of the Refectory Church. It was consecrated in honor of the appearance of the Mother of God Sergius of Radonezh, whose witness was his disciple.

The church building is made in Baroque style. It's small in size. It is completed by a Dutch roof and a small cupola with a cross. The walls inside the church have an oil painting, the time of which is attributed to the nineteenth century. In the same period there was an ornament on its walls.

In the temple there is a small iconostasis, which was previously in the house church of the priest Levshin Plato. This carved iconostasis was created in the eighteenth century. The most important shrine of this temple is the relics of St. Micah. Thousands of people come to this place every year to worship them. There are a lot of people here in May.

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