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Patriarchal Residence in Chisty Lane

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with the striking of the large grandfather clock in the sacristy, which adjoined the cross church, the internal doors opened and, leaning lightly on a stick, His Holiness Patriarch Alexy came out, making a general half-bow, thus greeting us and leading us around. smiling with his wonderful eyes, he walked to his place in the corner, where there was his chair and an eagle under his feet... The service took place in an hour - an hour and fifteen minutes. The Patriarch, smiling graciously, always said to those present: “Come to the table,” and went into the inner chambers. Then we went to the dining room, through the sacristy and the Red Hall, in which I always liked the image of the Holy Great Martyr and Victorious George on a horse, slaying the serpent, executed on glass. In a beautiful gilded frame, placed in front of the window “in the light”, the image looked like a very colorful stained glass window...This image was also very loved by His Holiness the Patriarch, who carefully transported it from besieged Leningrad to Moscow. There was never tension or silence at the table
383:. According to the memoirs of Metropolitan Pitirim (Nechaev), “at first the temple was very simple: a lectern and only two icons. The iconostasis appeared only in 1957”. The main house was equipped with a meeting room of the Synod, called the “Red Hall,” workrooms for employees of the Moscow Patriarchate institutions, as well as the personal chambers of Patriarch Sergius. The Moscow diocesan administration, synodal departments and economic divisions of the Moscow Patriarchate were located in the one-story courtyard building located in the depths of the property. 372:
area of the mansion was increased by installing mezzanines - low rooms in the mezzanine above the ground floor premises. The mezzanine has four bright rooms with eleven windows facing the courtyard. In the stone basement there are rooms for people, a kitchen, a dining room and a cook's room. The house has stove heating, water supply and sewerage. Behind the main building there is a small garden and a utility yard with two stone barns and service buildings: stables, cellars, storerooms, gatehouses and janitors' quarters.
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downstairs excellent kitchen, garage and servants' quarters. In Moscow there was no need to organize crowded official dinners, and those guests who were going to a regular evening reception could not be difficult to accommodate in the available rooms, the location of which allowed those present to easily move from one room to another. The garden adjacent to the house was spacious enough to accommodate a tennis court.
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Since 1796, the estate belonged to the Ofrosimov family. Since 1805, the owner of the property, which included the territory of house No. 7, was Major General Pavel Ofrosimov. After his death, the estate belonged to his wife Nastasya Ofrosimova, the prototype of Maremyana Babrovna Nabatova (“News, or
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In 1983, the Moscow Patriarchate managed to obtain the right wing of the estate for use. On June 23, the consecration of a new administrative building took place in this building, which housed the administration of the affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate, the educational and pension committees of the
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Through a small room to the left, with a desk for the attendant, a mirror and two Venetian chairs, we walked into the hall where the Patriarch’s home church was built in honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. The scent of strong dewy incense prevailed here. Exactly at 10:30 in the morning,
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Under Patriarch Pimen, the sacristy was rebuilt into a living room, called the White Hall where patriarchal vestments were kept in closed cabinets. On the mezzanine, Patriarch Pimen placed a collection of orders and gifts from his predecessor. Patriarch Pimen lived in this building permanently; he
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The main building of the estate is a one-story wooden house on a stone foundation, with a mezzanine and mezzanines. On the ground floor there are thirteen bright rooms, four dark closets and a corridor. A wooden staircase leads to a mezzanine, which has a dark room and three light ones. The usable
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No, that won't do. Comrade Karpov was there and examined everything. The building is poorly equipped, damp, cold, and requires major repairs. And we would like to provide you with equipped and prepared premises immediately. Therefore, tomorrow the mansion at Chisty Lane, building five, will come
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A modest one-story villa in a quiet side street suited our requirements: five living rooms, most of them small in size but well furnished (partly with our own furniture), a dining room capable of seating 25 people, several tiny meeting rooms, and on the top floor our bedroom and dressing room,
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under your jurisdiction to house the Patriarchate... This is a Soviet building; before the war, the German ambassador to the USSR, Schulenburg, was only temporarily housed there. And besides, you will be provided with all the property located in it, and the territory adjacent to the house.
432:, elected Metropolitan Alexy (Simansky) as the new Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'. Soon he moved into a residence in Chisty Lane. In the left risalit, where the cell of Patriarch Sergius was previously located, the personal library of Patriarch Alexy I was placed. 1021:"Предстоятель Русской Церкви возглавил наречение архимандрита Питирима (Творогова) во епископа Душанбинского и Таджикистанского, архимандрита Константина (Островского) во епископа Зарайского и архимандрита Иннокентия (Ветрова) во епископа Мариинского и Юргинского" 478:
By that time, the house in Chisty Lane had not been renovated for about twenty years, and the new Patriarch Alexy II, having inspected it, ordered repair work, and during this period he himself lived in the Patriarchal residence in Peredelkino, but later on
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On May 15, 1944, at 6:50 a.m., that Patriarch Sergius suddenly died. At 8 o'clock on the same day, Metropolitan Nicholas (Yarushevich) of Krutitsy arrived here and performed the first litany at the bed of the deceased. From November 21 to 23, 1944, the
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After the death of Patriarch Alexy II, a commission was established to inventory the Patriarch's church property, which is stored in the sacristies of the patriarchal residences in Peredelkino and Chisty Lane near Moscow. Metropolitan
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In 1948, the Moscow Patriarchate, after repeated petitions to the authorities, obtained permission to move the Moscow diocesan administration to the Lopukhinsky building of the Novodevichy Convent. The editorial office of the
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department, Captain Vasily Ryasny, carried out a thorough search, and all the documentation discovered during it was taken away. After this, the main house of the estate was sealed and remained empty for two years.
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were placed next to the tree. The Christmas tree was usually decorated by nuns who are assistants to the primate. Over the course of several years, the residence managed to accumulate a whole collection of
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The household on the site of modern house No. 5 in Chisty Lane was founded in the 18th century by captain Artemy Alekseevich Obukhov, after whose last name the lane was named Obukhovsky or Obukhov.
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rarely went to his dacha in Peredelkino near Moscow, which appeared under his predecessor Alexy I; since Patriarch Pimen was limited in travel, he was called the “recluse of Chisty Lane”.
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In 1878, the façade was redesigned and acquired its current appearance, and redevelopment was carried out inside the building. In 1897, a new fence with an entrance gate was built.
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decorations purchased by Alexy II. The Christmas tree in Chisty Lane was considered “intimate”; was staged for the inner circle of the Patriarch and specially invited guests.
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On September 5, 1943, the buildings of the former estate were transferred to the Moscow Patriarchate along with furniture, decorations and household utensils.
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Under Patriarch Kirill, the Patriarchal residence in Chisty Lane was for some time the place where clergy elected by the Holy Synod were named
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of 1919–1920, settled in the house. His activities contributed to the establishment of diplomatic relations between Germany and the USSR.
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for the placement of the Patriarchate and the residence of the Patriarch. Stalin responded to this by offering a mansion in Chisty Lane:
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was held in this building, consisting of 50 bishops, the main purpose of which was to prepare the upcoming Local Council.
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The Patriarchal residence in Chisty Lane of that time was described by the future regent of the Patriarchal Choir of the
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did not live here, but only worked and received visitors and held meetings. By his own admission, made in 2005, "
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working in the residence. The ballot box was brought here from the nearest - 312th - polling station of the
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was appointed ambassador to Moscow, who in his memoirs described the ambassador's residence in Chisty Lane:
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and was rebuilt according to the design of the architect Fyodor Sokolov. All manor buildings were built of
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In 1922, Obukhov Lane was renamed Chisty, and house No. 5 was transferred to the jurisdiction of the
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In the right risalit of the main house of the estate, a Cross Church was built in the name of the
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moved to the premises at the Assumption Refectory Church of the Novodevichy Convent.
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Since the Patriarchal residence in Chisty Lane is too small for large delegations,
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In 1918, the estate was requisitioned and various institutions were located there.
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removed the seals from the workrooms in the patriarchal residence in Chisty Lane.
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receives them in the Patriarchal chambers of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
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In June 1941 the German diplomatic mission was expelled following the start of
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Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Moscow
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The estate, like the entire Obukhov Lane, burned out in the
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Under Patriarch Alexy II, a tradition arose of erecting a
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of the Ofrosimov family, located at Chisty Lane 5, in the
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On November 5 of the same year, Renovationist Archbishop
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in 15 years I only spent the night in Chisty Lane once
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Eclectic
Neo-Manueline
Chisty Lane
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates
55°42′39″N 37°37′40″E / 55.71083°N 37.62778°E / 55.71083; 37.62778
Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'
Russian Orthodox Church
Russian
city estate
Khamovniki District
Central Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'
heads of the German diplomatic mission to the USSR
Fyodor Rostopchin
Woe from Wit
Alexander Griboyedov
Leo Tolstoy
1812 Great Fire of Moscow
wood
People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs
Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Paris Peace Conference
Herbert von Dirksen
Operation Barbarossa
NKVD
task force

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