Orthodox parish of the Cathedral Church in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity (Vysokovo). Church of the Life-Giving Trinity (Vysokovo) Cathedral Church in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity

Throne

The main one is in honor of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity (Holy Trinity Day, 50th day after Easter).

shrines

Life-Giving Cross from the Solovetsky Monastery, presented to Prince Dimitry Pozharsky in 1606 for the liberation of Russia from the Polish invaders;
ancient icons of the Savior, the Mother of God and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

Story

Architect - Ivan Ivanovich Mezhetsky.

The church was consecrated in 1815.

The village of Vysokovo was founded in the 14th century on the lands of the local Pechersk Monastery, which played a significant role in the life of not only Nizhny Novgorod, but the whole of Ancient Russia. In the subsequent 15th and 16th centuries, when the Nizhny Novgorod land was constantly devastated by the exiles of the Mongol-Tatars and Nogais passing through it deep into Russia, the village was repeatedly burned. After the annexation of Kazan and Astrakhan to Russia, real conditions were created for the restoration of the economy of the region, but soon the Volga region was engulfed by the Cheremis wars, and then by the Time of Troubles, and the village of Vysokovo again found itself in a zone of active hostilities, bringing grief and ruin to the common people.

The accession in 1613 of Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov and some normalization of the situation in the country were received by the people of Nizhny Novgorod with great enthusiasm and joy. As early as 1619, Archimandrite Job of the Caves undertook energetic efforts to restore the economy of the village. In 1636, the monastery carpenter Shestak "with his comrades" on the site of an old, long-dilapidated church, cut down a new graveyard of two churches (a tented cold and a warm cage) ensemble.

During the construction of the stone buildings of the Pechersky Monastery in the 1640s under the guidance of the famous Russian architect Antipa Konstantinov, bricks were made under the supervision of the Balakhnin resident Ontsyfor Yemelyanov and near the village of Vysoky. So it was until 1672, when half of the village passed into the possession of the first Nizhny Novgorod Metropolitan Filaret (1672–1686), who set up his summer residence there. Since then, all Nizhny Novgorod lords spent a significant part of their time in Vysokovo, including Pitirim (1719–1738), Damaskin (1783–1794), Macarius (1879–1885) and others. The temple, when they were in Vysokov, became a cathedral. Each of the bishops sought to invest worthy gifts in the sacristy.

In 1801, a decree of the Synod came to Nizhny Novgorod on the construction of exclusively stone buildings instead of dilapidated or burnt churches, and always according to the designs of certified architects. Due to the fact that the temples of the village of Vysokov by that time had many damages, Bishop Veniamin ordered to build a new stone three-altar church there. He ordered the facade plans of the building to the provincial architect Ivan Ivanovich Mezhetsky.

As a prototype, he took the temple type “ship” known in Nizhny Novgorod since the middle of the 17th century - with a strictly axial location of the altar, prayer hall, refectory and high-altitude bell tower above the main western entrance. But the architecture of the temple was solved in a somewhat simplified way, although the classicism characteristic of the then dominant in the artistic life of Russia was introduced into the decoration of the facades: rustication and order elements.

In 1815 the temple was consecrated in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity by Bishop Moses of Nizhny Novgorod (1811–1825).

During the years of Soviet power, the temple in Vysokov practically did not close. Divine service, only briefly interrupted, resumed two and a half months after the closure of the temple, on the 40th day of the war, and has been ongoing ever since. In 1942, the city's Trinity Vysokovskaya Church was the only one operating not only in Gorky, but also in the surrounding three districts: the number of its parishioners exceeded 5,000 people and was steadily growing. During the Great Patriotic War, she provided great spiritual and material support to the Russian people in the fight against the enemy, contributed 6 million rubles for defense needs.

From 1943 to 1974, the church in the village of Vysokovo was a cathedral. In 1943, Bishop Sergius (Grishin), the first after the revival of the diocese, lived at the church, and from November 1944 Bishop Zinovy (Krasovsky) was the rector of the church.

For almost two centuries, the Vysokovsky Temple has remained not only a prominent historical monument, but also the center of the spiritual life of Nizhny Novgorod, one of the most beloved by Nizhny Novgorod residents.

Worship services are performed daily.

Mon-Fri
8:30 - confession, hours, Divine Liturgy, funeral litany
17:00 - Vespers, Matins

Sat
8:30 - confession, hours, Divine Liturgy, memorial service
17:00 - all-night vigil

Sun
6:00 - confession, early liturgy, prayer service
9:00 am - confession, late liturgy, memorial service
17:00 - Vespers, Matins, Akathist to the Life-Giving Trinity

Prayers after Liturgy:
Sat, Sun - to the Savior, the Most Holy Theotokos, saints

Baptism(adults and children)
Fri, Sat, Sun 12:00

Tue 18:00 - 1 conversation
Fri 18:00 - 2 conversation

Obligatory catechetical talks before the sacraments of Baptism and Marriage
Tue 18:00 - 1 conversation
Fri 18:00 - 2 conversation

Sunday School(for children 6-14 years old)
Sun 8:30-15:00
Director - priest Dionysius Moiseev.
Deputy Director - Sofronova Lidia Vladimirovna, tel. +7 905 667–76–15.
Address: 603093 Nizhny Novgorod, st. Ovrazhnaya, 94.
Disciplines:
Fundamentals of Orthodox culture, the Law of God, the Church Slavonic language, church singing, the history of the Church, the lives of the saints, needlework, woodcarving.
For extracurricular work:
Participation of children in worship services, charity concerts, competitions, pilgrimage trips.

Personal conversations with a priest
Sun 13:00

Trinity Church in Vysokovo

Above the plateau, visible from all sides, where the Starkovka river flows into the Kovalikha, the temple of the village of Vysokovo dominates. Once the village was located far from Nizhny Novgorod, but today it turned out to be literally in the center of its new development.

The history of the village and its temple is inseparable, although it remains a little-known page of our ancient Nizhny Novgorod and reflects the most important milestones in the fate of the entire region...

The village of Vysokovo was founded in the 14th century on the lands of the local Caves Monastery, which played a significant role not only in the life of Nizhny Novgorod, but also in the whole of Ancient Russia. In the subsequent 15th and 16th centuries, when the Nizhny Novgorod land was constantly devastated by the exiles of the Mongol-Tatars and Nogais passing through it deep into Russia, the village was repeatedly burned. Especially memorable was the year 1521, when "on the 1st day of August, the kings and princes from Kazan brought Seit and Mochaley and fought near Nova Grad Nizhniy from Berezopolye to Klin, and took full and reaped you-flogged, and came under the city of the same month on the 28th day at the tenth hour of the day, bysha until evening and went away, and at the upper end they burned the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos and 240 courtyards along the Gremyachaya Stream and the Pechersk Monastery were burned.

In 1549, the archimandrite of the Pechersk Monastery complained to Tsar Ivan IV (the future Terrible) that they had "In Nizhny Nova, the village of Vysokovo and its villages are all empty from the Kazan wars: people are beaten, others are completely caught, there are no yards and arable land is not plowed."

After that, the Caves Monastery received from the king not only the right not to pay taxes for 10 years, but also rich contributions in money and land (the village of Yelnya, the Cheremis wasteland, etc.).

After the annexation of Kazan and Astrakhan to Russia, real conditions were created for the restoration of the economy of the region, but soon the Volga region was engulfed by the Cheremis wars, and then by the Troubles. The village of Vysokovo once again found itself in a zone of active hostilities, which, as usual, brought only grief and ruin to a simple plowman or artisan.

The accession of Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov in 1613 and some normalization of the situation in the country were received by the citizens of Nizhny Novgorod with great enthusiasm and joy. As early as 1619, Archimandrite Job of the Caves undertook energetic efforts to restore the economy of the village. In 1636, the monastery carpenter Shestak "with comrades" on the site of an old, long-dilapidated church, a new churchyard ensemble of two churches (a cold tent and a warm Kletsk church) was cut down. The icons for the newly built temples were painted by his own isograph - the black priest Misail.

Although 202 four arable lands were cultivated near Vysokov (a quarter = 1/2 acres = 1200 sq. sazhens = 5462 m 2), the land was cultivated mainly by hired seasonal workers, because in the village there lived in the old fashioned way fishermen, seine farmers and feeders, malt workers and masons, in general, masters who performed a variety of work for the monastery. It should be remembered that during the construction of the stone buildings of the Caves Monastery in the 1640s under the guidance of the famous Russian architect Antipa Konstantinov, bricks were made under the supervision of Ontsyfor Yemelyanov from Balakhna and near the village of Vysokoye! So it was until 1672, when half of the village passed into the possession of the first Metropolitan of Nizhny Novgorod Filaret (1672 - 1686), who set up his summer residence in it. Since then, all Nizhny Novgorod lords spent a significant part of their time in Vysokovo, including Pitirim (1719 - 1738), Damaskin (1783 - 1794), Macarius (1879 - 1885) and others. The temple in their life in Vysokov became "cathedral". Each of the bishops sought to invest worthy gifts in the sacristy.

In 1801, the decree of the Synod came to Nizhny Novgorod on the construction of exclusively stone buildings instead of dilapidated or burnt churches, and always according to the designs of certified architects. Due to the fact that the temples of the village of Vysokov by that time had many damages, Bishop Veniamin pointed out inbuild a new stone three-altar church there. He ordered the facade plans of the building to the provincial architect Ivan Ivanovich Mezhetsky.

As a prototype, he took the temple type "ship" known in Nizhny Novgorod since the middle of the 17th century - with a strictly axial location of the altar, prayer hall, refectory and high-rise bell tower above the main western entrance. But the architecture of the temple was solved in a somewhat simplified way, although the decoration of the facades also introduced the rus-tovka and elements of the order, which were characteristic of the classicism then dominant in the artistic life of Russia.

In 1815 the temple was consecrated in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity Nizhny Novgorod Bishop Moses (1811-1825).

During the years of Soviet power, the temple in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity in Vysokovo practically did not close. Divine service, only briefly interrupted, resumed two and a half months after the closure of the temple, on the 40th day of the war, and has been ongoing ever since.

In 1942, the city's Trinity Vysokovskaya Church was the only one operating not only in Gorky, but also in the surrounding three districts: the number of its parishioners exceeded 5 thousand people.

During the Great Patriotic War, the Trinity Church provided great spiritual and material support to the Russian people in the fight against the enemy.

Vysokovskaya Church contributed 6 million rubles for defense purposes. She had the opportunity to do this, since she was the only one in three city districts and suburbs, and the number of her parishioners was steadily growing.

At Vysokovskaya Church in 1943 . lived the first after the revival of the diocese, Bishop Sergius (Grishin), and since November 1944. Bishop Zinoviy (Krasovsky) was the rector of the church.

Between 1943 and 1974 church in the village Vysokov was a cathedral.

For almost two centuries, the Vysokovsky Temple has remained not only a prominent historical monument, but also the center of the spiritual life of Nizhny Novgorod. The ancient Holy Trinity Church is one of the most beloved by Nizhny Novgorod residents.

According to the affairs committee
archives of the Nizhny Novgorod region

The majestic building of the Church of the Resurrection of the Word in the village of Shipulino is located in a picturesque place on the steep bank of the Zhelezovka River. The interior of the church amazes everyone who enters the temple. These are magnificent carved iconostases (five-tier central and three-tier in the aisles), and beautiful icons of academic writing, and magnificent murals, some of which reproduce the plots of the Vasnetsov painting of the Vladimir Cathedral in Kiev. The temple was not closed during the years of Soviet power, the Divine Liturgy was always served here.

The history of each temple is interesting, it is intertwined with the history of the temple where it is located. The history of the Resurrection Church with. Shipulino.

On the Nikolo-Zhelezovsky churchyard there were wooden churches from time immemorial. The churchyard got its name from the temple and the Zhelezovka River, near which it was located. Once it was a navigable river, barges were pulled along it. Now only a small stream remains. Near the temple, the village of Shipulino appeared, named after one of its first owners - the deacon of the Pushkar order Nikifor Shipulin, whose family it belonged to in the 17th century.

The first known mention of the temple dates back to 1545. Then, according to the Spiritual Charter, Matvey Ivanovich Levashov gave money along with other churches in the Klin district "to Nikola on Zhelezovka." In 1662, the Zhelezovsky priest Fedor served in the church, in 1678 - the Nikolsky priest Simeon.

In a document of 1705, two churches are mentioned: “A graveyard on the Zhelezovka River and on the enemy, and on the graveyard the Church of the Resurrection of Christ, another of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, wooden. By the churches, priest Alexei Fedorov.

A document of 1709 reports that both churches are “the building of parish people, with all church utensils, on church land” and mentions the second priest - Alexy Semenov.

In 1723, the priest Ivan Alekseev served in the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, and the priest Nikita Nikiforov served in the Church of the Resurrection of Christ. In 1774, Vasily Mikhailov and Gerasim Vasiliev, priests of two parishes of the Nikolaevsky churchyard on Zhelezovka, were mentioned.

In 1794, the construction of the brick church of the Resurrection of the Word * began.

* The full name of the main patronal feast is the Memory of the Renovation (Consecration) of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem. The event that is celebrated on this day took place on September 13, 335 after the Nativity of Christ. Then the Cathedral of the Eastern Clergy, in the presence of the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Emperor Constantine, consecrated the temple, which contained both the place of the crucifixion of the Savior, and the Holy Sepulcher, and the place where the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Empress Elena was found the Holy Cross of the Lord. The word "word" can be translated as "named". The name of the holiday indicates that this is not the Bright Resurrection of Christ and not Sunday, but a special holiday that is “reputed” or “called” the Resurrection, because it refers to the Church of the Resurrection of Christ. By tradition, divine service on the patronal feast in the Shipulino Church is performed by the Paschal rite. This holiday is called here "Autumn Easter".

The temple was built in 1800-1802 at the expense of the parishioners with the participation of the Vasilchikovs, the owners of the local estate. In the temple there is a banner of 1900 with the inscription: “One hundred years since the construction of the temple”, as well as a commemorative copper tablet from the beginning of the 19th century, on which you can read: “Bless the altar in the name of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos 1800 of the month of June on the 4th day. Sanctify the altar in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and the year 1804 of the month of June on the 6th day. Sanctify the altar of the renovation of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in 1810 in the month of June on the 8th day.

The three-part building in the style of mature classicism was partially rebuilt and expanded in 1903 according to the project of N.N. Blagoveshchensky. At the same time, its configuration acquired a cruciform character. Symmetrical aisles with faceted apses were added to the main part of the temple from the north and south, into which side altars were moved - to the right and left of the main one. The refectory was significantly extended to the west, and the first tier of the three-tiered bell tower entered its volume.

The restructuring of the temple was associated with the rapid growth of the working settlement that arose next to the Vysokovskaya spinning and weaving manufactory (and now the city of Vysokovsk). In order not to build a new temple, it was decided to expand the nearest church in Shipulino.

Before the revolution, there was a parish elementary school, a library and an almshouse for the elderly and sick at the church.

In the 50s of the XX century, due to the difficulty of heating the main part of the temple, a chapel was built in the refectory in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, in which, until recently, the Divine Liturgy was performed in the winter.

In 1877, the rector of the church was priest Andrey Samarin, since 1887 - priest Nikolai Mitropolsky, since 1915 - priest Alexy Drugov. His daughter Natalya married the psalmist Alexander Gusev, who was imprisoned several times by the authorities for his belief; in 1938 he died in the camps. O. Alexy Drugov in 1936 was imprisoned in the Butyrka prison, and then exiled to the Komi-Zyryansk Autonomous Region. In 1937 he died. In 1936, the headman of the temple, Matvey Timofeevich, was repressed. From 1910 to 1928, Archpriest Alexander Georgievich Lyubimov served in the church. There are memories of how Fr. Alexander participated in a dispute with the People's Commissar of Education Lunacharsky and emerged victorious from it. From the report of the Renovationist false Bishop Nikolai, it is known that Fr. Alexander reacted negatively to renovationism. In 1928 he was arrested and exiled to Veliky Ustyug for three years, then sent to Orel without the right to leave. His house in Shipulino was confiscated, leaving his mother and nine children on the street. Fr died. Alexander in 1937.

In 1927, Deacon Sergiy Gusev, the son of a mitered archpriest, was appointed to the parish. In September 1934, he was ordained a priest at the Shipulino Church. In 1937, he was accused of systematically visiting workers' dwellings in the city of Vysokovsk, where he allegedly conducted counter-revolutionary agitation. He was arrested on October 8, 1937 and shot on October 31 of the same year at the Butovo training ground. Rehabilitated in 1957. Father Sergius Gusev is numbered among the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia as schmch. Sergei Vysokovsky.

The Church of the Resurrection was famous for its bell ringing. Elderly people remember that the Shipulino bells could be heard even in Klin. In 1933, an order was received from the authorities, which said: “Church bells remind the residents of Vysokovsk about God, destroy the bells!” The last time they called was after the death of the rector of the temple, Fr. Nikolay Mitropolsky.

The bells were smashed right on the bell tower and thrown down, destroying the roof. The appeal of the authorities: "The bells are melted down for tractors" - sounded throughout the country. Only the “language” of the largest bell has survived to this day. Until now, it impresses with its size. Purchasing new bells for the parish is still only a dream!

From 1939 to 1945 Archpriest John Kovalsky served in the church.

Divine services in the temple were not interrupted during the Great Patriotic War. Having captured Vysokovsk, the Germans shot the medical staff of the hospital, the wounded and sick, and burned the prisoners of war in the city club. On the bell tower of the church, the Nazis wanted to place a gun. Father John, risking his life, was not afraid to go to the German headquarters and persuaded the officers to abandon their decision.

In 1956, priest Vladimir Korolyov, a former officer of the Soviet army and a participant in the Great Patriotic War, was villainously murdered in the gatehouse of the temple. During the three years of his service in Shipulino, he managed to do a lot for the improvement of the temple and its territory. Fr. Vladimir arranged water heating in the church, since after the revolution the calorific heating fell into disrepair, and the church was heated by two Swedish stoves. The apple trees he planted bear fruit to this day.

In 1958, Fr. Vasily Barmushkin. His wife, mother Matrona, was his faithful assistant. She regented on kliros. Their two daughters, Antonina and Valentina, married priests: Fr. Dimitry Brysaev, who served in the village for 55 years. Cherkizovo near Kolomna, and about. Alexander, who served in Kolomna. Having passed the Stalinist camps and served during the Khrushchev persecution of the Church, Fr. Vasily remained in the memory of the parishioners as a cheerful and diligent pastor. In total, he served in the parish for 17 years until his death.

In 1960, a young girl, Maria Prokhorova, appeared at the parish and began to perform the duties of a psalm reader. And for more than 50 years, Maria Kuzminichna has not left the “post” entrusted to her, faithfully serving in the parish. All these years she has been serving as a usher, psalmist, regent and household assistant. It is difficult to find a more responsible person than Maria Kuzminichna.

For 25 years, from 1975 to 2000, the rector of the church was Archpriest Pavel Pokladov. Father Pavel put a lot of effort into the restoration of the temple. Under him, the murals in the summer part of the temple were restored and the main five-tiered iconostasis was renovated. Now it is hard to believe that even 25 years ago the main iconostasis was dark due to soot, and the magnificent frescoes have been lost in some places. Father Paul made a strong impression on people by the seriousness and strength of his faith. It happened that after a conversation with the priest, after very simple words of his, people were baptized, before that they were very far from faith.

From 2000 to the present, the rector of the temple is the priest Dimitry Kostin. He began his ministry in Shipulino in 1998 as a second priest. Through his efforts, the Resurrection spiritual and educational center was created in Vysokovsk. In November 2000, divine services were held in honor of the holy passion-bearer Tsarevich Alexy in the house church opened at the center. The center holds Sunday school classes for children and adults, organizes holidays, and has a library.

Adults and children participate in pilgrimage trips to holy places, which are organized on average once a month. Many are attracted by the opportunity to pray at the site of the feat of Russian saints, to pray at the site of the feat of Russian saints, to bow to the holy relics and miraculous icons, to see the beautiful churches and monasteries of the Russian land, to get acquainted with its history.

Father Demetrius also talks about Orthodoxy with high school students in the city's general education schools.

Together with Priest Mikhail Balandin, Priest Dimitry Kostin spiritually ministers to the Vysokov City Hospital, where since 2005 there has been a hospital church in the name of St. Luke of Simferopol.

But the Resurrection Church remains the center of Orthodoxy in Vysokovsk and the surrounding villages. Over the past 10 years, the temple has changed a lot: crosses shone with gold, the roof was replaced on the church and the gatehouse, the dome and spire above the bell tower were covered with copper. The temple is plastered, painted and painted on the outside. A blind area was made around it and drainage was laid. Gas heating has changed a lot in the economic life of the parish. Old windows were replaced with new, plastic ones. Dampness disappeared, the temple became much warmer. In 2011, it became possible to conduct heating in the "summer" part of the church, and divine services in winter are held on the main altar for the first time in many years.

An invaluable contribution to the beautification of the temple was made by the local artist A.I. Kharlamov. For 15 years of painstaking work, he restored many icons, saving them from destruction, re-painted almost all the frescoes. The temple became bright and even more magnificent.

Notes

1. Rubtsov D.A. Klin district according to documents of the XV-XVIII centuries. - Klin, 2009. - S. 51.

Orthodox wedge. - Klin, "Christian Life", 2012. - C. 137-141, 341.

Church of the Life-Giving Trinity, Nizhny NovgorodParish pageRussian Orthodox Church, Nizhny Novgorod Metropolis, Nizhny Novgorod Diocese, Nizhny Novgorod Deanery District

Cathedral Status: Cathedral
Status: active
Are there ramps: yes
Worship language: Church Slavonic
Schedule of worship services (general brief): Divine services are performed daily.
Rector: Shalatonov Sergiy Ivanovich Archpriest
Patronal feasts:

Life-Giving Trinity - May 27

BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY: The temple of the parish is stone with three altars. The main one - in honor of the Holy Trinity; the second - in honor of the Intercession of the Mother of God (October 14); the third - in honor of St. Arch. Michael. The temple was built and originally consecrated in 1815.

Architect - Ivan Ivanovich Mezhetsky.

The church was consecrated in 1815.

The village of Vysokovo was located outside Nizhny Novgorod and was the patrimony of the Nizhny Novgorod Caves Monastery.

In the 15th and 16th centuries, the village was repeatedly destroyed by enemies, and the archimandrite of the Pechersk Monastery even complained to Ivan the Terrible that the village of Vysokovo was in ruins.

After the accession of Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov and the stabilization of the situation in the country, the village of Vysokovskoye begins to rebuild. The village was inhabited by fishermen, nevodchiki and feeders, malt workers and masons, that is, craftsmen who performed a variety of work for the Pechersk Monastery.

At this time, a new wooden church is being built. In 1672, half of the village of Vysokovo passed into the possession of the Nizhny Novgorod Metropolitan Filaret (1672 - 1686), who set up his summer residence in it.

All Nizhny Novgorod lords spent a significant part of their time in Vysokov, including Pitirim (1719 - 1738) Damaskin (1783 - 1794) Macarius (1879 - 1885)

In 1801, with the blessing of Bishop Veniamin (1798 - 1811), a new stone three-altar church was built in Vysokov in place of the wooden one, the architect of which was Ivan Ivanovich Mezhetsky.

The church was built according to the "ship" type - with a strictly axial location of the altar of the prayer hall of the refectory and a high-rise bell tower above the main western entrance.

The church in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity in the village of Vysokov was consecrated in 1815 by Bishop Moses of Nizhny Novgorod (1811 - 1825).

In the 20th century, the Vysokovsky temple was active along with the Old Pechersk and Karpov churches.

The village of Vysokovo appeared in the 14th century on the lands of the local Caves Monastery. In 1636, a new ensemble of two churches was cut down on the site of the old church. A stone church with a bell tower appeared here already in 1815. Plans-Facades of the Trinity Cathedral Church were made by the local architect I. Mezhetsky. The second opening of the temple took place during the war - it was restored in 1942-1943. At present, there is the famous Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, which is about five hundred years old, made by the monks in Solovki and brought from Purekh.

The parish conducts social service charity Interaction with law enforcement agencies, medical institutions (lectures, conversations, communion of the sick) with orphanages and boarding schools, nursing homes and homes for the disabled (concerts competitions)

Temple history

Trinity Church in Vysokovo

The accession of Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov in 1613 and some normalization of the situation in the country were received by the citizens of Nizhny Novgorod with great enthusiasm and joy. As early as 1619, Archimandrite Job of the Caves undertook energetic efforts to restore the economy of the village. In 1636, the monastery carpenter Shestak "with comrades" on the site of an old, long-dilapidated church, a new churchyard ensemble of two churches (a cold tent and a warm Kletsk church) was cut down. The icons for the newly built churches were painted by his own isographer, the black priest Misail.

Although 202 four arable lands were cultivated near Vysokov (a quarter = 1/2 acres = 1200 sq. sazhens = 5462 m2), the land was cultivated mainly by hired seasonal workers, because in the village there lived in the old fashioned way fishermen, seine farmers and feeders, malt workers and ka -moneymen, in general, craftsmen who performed a variety of work for the monastery. It should be remembered that during the construction of the stone buildings of the Caves Monastery in the 1640s under the guidance of the famous Russian architect Antipa Konstantinov, bricks were made under the supervision of Ontsyfor Yemelyanov from Balakhna and near the village of Vysokoye! So it was until 1672, when half of the village passed into the possession of the first Metropolitan of Nizhny Novgorod Filaret (1672 - 1686), who set up his summer residence in it. Since then, all Nizhny Novgorod lords spent a significant part of their time in Vysokovo, including Pitirim (1719 - 1738), Damaskin (1783 - 1794), Macarius (1879 - 1885) and others. The temple in their life in Vysokov became "cathedral". Each of the bishops sought to invest worthy gifts in the sacristy.

In 1801, the decree of the Synod came to Nizhny Novgorod on the construction of exclusively stone buildings instead of dilapidated or burnt churches, and always according to the designs of certified architects. Due to the fact that the temples of the village of Vysokov by that time had many damages, Bishop Veniamin ordered to build a new stone church with three altars there. He ordered the facade plans of the building to the provincial architect Ivan Ivanovich Mezhetsky.

As a prototype, he took the temple type "ship" known in Nizhny Novgorod since the middle of the 17th century - with a strictly axial location of the altar, prayer hall, refectory and high-altitude bell tower above the main western entrance. But the architecture of the temple was solved in a somewhat simplified way, although the decoration of the facades also introduced the rus-tovka and elements of the order, which were characteristic of the classicism then dominant in the artistic life of Russia.

In 1815 the temple was consecrated in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity Nizhny Novgorod Bishop Moses (1811-1825).

In 1942, the city's Trinity Vysokovskaya Church was the only one operating not only in Gorky, but also in the surrounding three districts: the number of its parishioners exceeded 5 thousand people.

During the Great Patriotic War, the Trinity Church provided great spiritual and material support to the Russian people in the fight against the enemy.

At Vysokovskaya church in. lived the first after the revival of the diocese, Bishop Sergius (Grishin), and since November.

Temple in the name of the Most Holy Life-Giving Trinity

Bishop Zinoviy (Krasovsky) was the rector of the church.

Between 1943 and 1974 church in the village Vysokov was a cathedral.

According to the affairs committee
archives of the Nizhny Novgorod region

WEDDING IN OUR TEMPLE

The Sacrament of Marriage is performed:

Sacrament of Marriage not committed:

Tuesday
Thursday
Saturday

On the eve of the twelfth, temple and great holidays,

During the Great, Petrov, Christmas and Assumption fasts,

During Cheese Week (Maslenitsa - a week before Lent),

Starting from a meat-fare week, and a cheese-fare week,

During Holy Week (the week after Easter),

On the days and on the eve of the Beheading of John the Baptist and the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord (September 10, 11, 26 and 27).

Before the acceptance of the sacraments of Baptism and Weddings, regular obligatory, general education and preparatory talks.

Conversations are held: Tuesday - at 18.00 and 19.30, Saturday - at 11.00 and 12.30 (the interval between conversations is a week)

For all questions, contact the church shop of the Temple.

Worship Schedule

Daily at 8:00 am - Matins and Liturgy.
On the eve of Sundays and holidays at 16.00 - all-night vigil.

Throne

- main - in honor of the Holy Trinity;
- in honor of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos.

Patronal feast

shrines

- The Life-Giving Cross from the Solovetsky Monastery;
- ancient icons of the Savior, the Mother of God and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

Story

Architect - Ivan Ivanovich Mezhetsky.
The church was consecrated in 1815.
The village of Vysokovo was located outside Nizhny Novgorod and was the patrimony of the Nizhny Novgorod Caves Monastery.

At this time, a new wooden church is being built. In 1672, half of the village of Vysokovo passed into the possession of the Nizhny Novgorod Metropolitan Philaret (1672 - 1686), who set up his summer residence in it.

All Nizhny Novgorod lords spent a significant part of their time in Vysokov, including Pitirim (1719 - 1738), Damaskin (1783 - 1794), Macarius (1879 - 1885)

In 1801, with the blessing of Bishop Veniamin (1798 - 1811), a new stone three-altar church was built in Vysokov in place of the wooden one, the architect of which was Ivan Ivanovich Mezhetsky.

The church was built according to the "ship" type - with a strictly axial location of the altar, prayer hall, refectory and high-rise bell tower above the main western entrance.
The church in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity in the village of Vysokov was consecrated in 1815 by Bishop Moses of Nizhny Novgorod (1811-1825).

In the 20th century, the Vysokovsky temple was active, along with the Old Pechersk and Karpov churches.