Trinity Church of Reutov: description and address of the temple, holidays and shrines, how to get there

For quite a long time there were no churches at all in Reutov. Therefore, the Orthodox community held services in ordinary apartments. The Kazan Church became the first official place for Reutov's parishioners. It took almost three years to build the temple. Funds for its construction were allocated by local philanthropists and concerned citizens. Soon after the consecration, services and other Christian events began to be actively held under the arches of the new temple.

Today the church has a small library and a Sunday school, which educates about one hundred children, ranging in age from seven to sixteen. The teachers are experienced teachers and priests.

Thanks to donations, the church began publishing the newspaper “Reutovsky Blagovest” (distributed free of charge). The community also publishes a magazine called “Reutov Orthodox.”

For those wishing to receive holy Baptism, public conversations are traditionally held in the church.

Shrines

The Church of the Life-Giving Trinity is a place where Christian traditions are honored and the relics of saints are venerated. It contains the relics of the holy new martyrs Alexander and Feodor, priests brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918.

Interior of Trinity Church

Important! While we honor the relics of the Holy Saints of God, we do not worship them. We worship God, and the relics are like vessels of the Holy Spirit, who works through them to this day.

General information

The building of the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Reutov is made in a style typical of temple architecture of the 18th–19th centuries. The religious building looks like a small single-domed church with arched vaults. The gilded dome rests on a massive drum with narrow windows.

The interiors of the temple are impressive, while remaining Christianly modest. The walls are whitewashed, the windows are framed with decorative wooden frames, and there are stained glass windows with interesting ornaments. In addition, the temple has a beautiful carved iconostasis and many rare church relics that are of great value to Orthodox Christians.

The main altar is dedicated to the icon of the Kazan Mother of God. The boundaries of the temple are dedicated to the Holy New Martyrs (right) and Prince Alexander Nevsky (left). In the stylobate part (basement) there is a church for performing the baptismal ceremony.

The church is located in a park area - a favorite place among parishioners for walks after services. The external territory is fenced with a wrought-iron fence with a gate. From the main entrance there is a beautiful view of the bell tower. Behind the temple rise modern residential high-rise buildings. Nearby there are icon and bread shops.

Activities of the parish

The church houses a Sunday school and there are theology courses. It also has instrumental and choral ensembles. Parishioners and clergy regularly take part in charity. Help is addressed to sick children in the Moscow region.

The rector of the temple actively supports the donor activities of parishioners. All the blood they collect is used to make transfusion drugs for children with cancer.

How to get there

The temple complex is located at the address: Reutov, st. Pobeda, 3.

The most convenient way to get to Reutov from Moscow is by metro; you can get out into the city at Novokosino station.
In the city itself, you can get to the Trinity Church by bus No. 28, you should get off at the “Fabrika” stop.
From Reutov railway station you can walk to the church in 15 minutes.
Guests of the city can stay at the Prospekt Mira hotel; the journey from it to the temple will take a few minutes.

Historical reference

For a long time there was not a single Orthodox church in Reutov. At the beginning of the last century, the city had only a prayer house, which was visited by St. Tikhon in 1919.

In the 1990s, an Orthodox community was formed in the city, but since there was no church in Reutov, services were held in a small apartment.

Only in 1996 did the long-awaited construction begin in the south of the city, and already in 1999 the newly built temple was consecrated. The project was carried out thanks to significant donations from parishioners, businessmen and various companies. In addition, the former mayor of the city took an active part.

In 1998, shortly before Easter, nine bells brought from the Yekaterinburg region appeared on the belfry. In April of the same year, a bell rang in Reutov for the first time in history.

The following year, the temple was consecrated by Metropolitan Krutitsky. Kolomensky Yuvenaly also took part in the lighting. Two more years later, the chapel was consecrated in honor of the Council of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.

In 2003, a new shrine appeared in the temple - the holy relics of the martyrs Alexander and Theodore. The Kazan Church also contains particles of the holy relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov and other Russian righteous people, including the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.

To this day, the church remains the leading Orthodox center of Reutov. Numerous parishioners flock here from all over the city and surrounding areas to support the well-being of the church. Among other things, the Kazan Church continues to be replenished with valuable relics to this day.

History of construction

In the nineties, after the collapse of the USSR, an Orthodox community was formed in Reutov. Divine services were held in an ordinary residential apartment. However, this did not last long, since the mayor of Reutova took up the issue. The mayor, with the assistance of city residents, businessmen and various enterprises, built the temple in literally three years.

The construction process lasted from 1996 to 1999. The consecration ceremony took place on October 3, 1999, under the leadership of Metropolitan Juvenaly.

Other churches in honor of the icon of the Kazan Mother of God:

On a note! The sacrament of baptism is performed in the basement, where the baptismal temple was built. There is a baptistery where adults can be baptized.

On the second floor of the city hospital they created an assigned church named after the holy martyr Konstantin Bogorodsky. The Metropolitan gave his blessing for this. The management of the establishment also expressed support for the idea. Patients have the opportunity to go to Liturgy every week. In addition, here you can undergo the Sacraments of Communion and Confession. The parish is active in social activities.

How to get to the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Reutov

Thanks to its favorable location, a view of the unusual architecture of the temple opens even when entering the city. Finding the temple is quite simple, since it is located in the very center of the city of Reutov, literally a couple of minutes walk from the railway station.

If you travel from Moscow by train, then from the Kursky station in the Gorkovsky direction to the Reutovo station (travel time is about 20 minutes).

Bus No. 17 runs from the Novogireevo metro station to the Reutovo railway station (stop on the side of Dzerzhinsky Street). From the Izmailovsky Park station take bus number 15. From the Novokosino station you can walk in 10–12 minutes (1,000 meters).

For those who prefer to travel in comfort, car sharing or taxi services are always available, which can be called by downloading a mobile application, for example: Yandex.Taxi, Uber, Gett, Taxi Maxim.

Kazan Church in Reutov on Google Maps panoramas

Source of the article: https://www.tourister.ru/world/europe/russia/city/reutov/temples/27478

Temple of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, Reutov

Contact Information

Status: active
Language of services: Church Slavonic
Schedule of services (general brief): in the temple are performed daily: - in the morning at 8.00 and in the evening at 17.00. — on Sundays and holidays two Divine Liturgies are celebrated: at 6.30 and at 9.30
Rector: Archpriest Maxim Vladimirovich Maximov, 1974
Patronal feasts: Kazan Icon of the Mother of God - July 21 [according to modern times] (Appearance of the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in the city of Kazan), November 4 [according to modern times] (deliverance of Moscow and all of Russia from the invasion of the Poles in 1612)
Alexander Nevsky - December 6 [according to modern times] (day of repose), September 12 [according to modern times] (transfer of relics)
All Saints - June 27 [according to current time]
New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church - February 7 [according to current times]

Brief historical background: In the 1990s. An Orthodox community was formed. At first, services were held in an apartment in a residential building, but the head of the city, A.N. Khodyrev, took over the work of the temple builder. The entire city took part in the construction. In less than three years, the temple was erected and decorated, and on October 3, 1999 it was consecrated with a great consecration. The main altar of the temple is dedicated to the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, the right side chapel is dedicated to the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, and the left side is dedicated to the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky. On the ground floor there is a baptismal church in honor of All Saints.
With the support of the management of the city hospital, a registered church was built in the name of the holy martyr Konstantin Bogorodsky.

In the center of Reutov, a chapel was built in the name of the Great Martyr George the Victorious - a place of prayerful remembrance of soldiers who laid down their lives on the battlefield for faith and the Fatherland.

In the Kazan Church, the honorable relics of the holy martyrs Alexander (Smirnov) and Theodore (Remizov) rest; under a canopy reminiscent of Diveyevo, there is an ark with a particle of the holy relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov; There are also crayfish with the holy relics of the saints of God.

Source of the article: https://reutov.cerkov.ru/

Temple of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Reutov

Today the church has a small library and a Sunday school, which educates about one hundred children, ranging in age from seven to sixteen. The teachers are experienced teachers and priests.

Thanks to donations, the church began publishing the newspaper “Reutovsky Blagovest” (distributed free of charge). The community also publishes a magazine called “Reutov Orthodox.”

For those wishing to receive holy Baptism, public conversations are traditionally held in the church.

Shrines and patronal feasts

Since 2003, the temple has acquired the relics of the holy martyrs Alexander and Theodore, who were brutally killed by a Bolshevik detachment during the years of persecution of the Orthodox Church.

The temple also contains shrines with particles of the relics of Seraphim of Sarov and the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.

The clergy of the temple are especially revered:

Memorial Day of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, July 21, new style;
day of repose of Alexander Nevsky, December 6;
All Saints' Day, June 3;
Day of Remembrance of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church, February 4.

Articles about icons of the Mother of God:

In 2005, on the patronal feast day of the Kazan Icon of the Theotokos, a religious procession was held to the place where the priests subsequently performed the ceremony to lay the foundation stone for a new church.

Current state and activities of the parish

The Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is operational today. It holds daily services. In addition, clergy provide spiritual assistance to the disabled and elderly. Thus, a prayer room was equipped at the Social Assistance Center. Liturgies, water-blessing prayers, memorial services and catechetical conversations are held at its base.

Divine service in the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

Through charity, the temple publishes a free newspaper, “Reutovsky Blagovest.” Periodically, on the twelfth holidays, a supplement to the city newspaper “Reut” is published under the title “Zerudnaya Intercessor.” Children and young people have the opportunity to study in Sunday school. A youth choir has been organized at the church and is being prepared for church singing at services. The children get acquainted with the Law of God, study solfeggio and the church rules of worship.

The morning service in the temple begins at 8:00. Parishioners can attend the evening service from 17:00. On holidays and Sundays, two Liturgies are celebrated - at 6:30 and at 9:30.

On a note! Depending on holidays, the schedule may change, so it is better to check the schedule of services in advance.