Patronal holiday- Holy Trinity.
Temple rector- Archpriest Alexander Gruzinov, 1959.
Ascribed temples
Temple of the Blgv. led book Dimitri Donskoy p. Sofrino-1
At the temple There is a Sunday school and a library.

Short story.

The Trinity Church was built in the traditions of the early Peter the Great Baroque in 1735 by Prince Alexander Borisovich Kurakin on a promise to his father. At that time in Eldigino there was a wooden church in honor of Christmas Holy Mother of God, with chapels in the name of the holy prophet Elijah and the Venerable Macarius of Zheltovodsk, “and at the patrimony’s court the church of St. Vmch. Anastasia the Pattern Maker." The church became dilapidated, and Prince Boris Ivanovich built a new wooden one with the same name. In 1727, Prince Kurakin died in Paris and in his spiritual will he donated money in the amount of 20 thousand rubles to the temple.

Having fulfilled his father's will, the heir to the estate, son Alexander, erected a magnificent stone temple in the name of Life-Giving Trinity with chapels in the name of the holy prophet Elijah and the great martyr Anastasia. In the same 1735, the temple was consecrated.

In 1842, the owner of the estate, Lyubimov, added a bell tower to the temple.

Services in the temple were performed continuously until 1937, then the temple was closed and used as a warehouse.

Since its closure, the temple has not been restored, so it has survived to this day in a dilapidated state.

In 1992, the church was handed over to believers. Most of the temple has been renovated. Divine services are held in the temple constantly.

The village of Eldigino is 500 years old. A friendly, active parish has developed here, which will soon celebrate the church’s 280th anniversary! The name of the village is associated with the surname of the Eldegins, famous metropolitan subjects who served the metropolitan house from generation to generation. The deed of sale for 1525 indicates that the Eldegins sold half of this village to Metropolitan Daniel. Their surname is of Vyatka origin from “eldyzhit”, which means “to argue”.

This ancient village is located on both banks of the Vyaz River. Over 1000 residents live here. The attraction of these places is the estate of the princes Kurakins, which was later sold to the industrialist Armand. What remains of it is a dying 18th century linden park with ponds and ruins Church of the Holy Trinity, built in the traditions of the early Peter the Great Baroque in 1735: Its walls were painted in the spirit of the academic direction of Russian religious painting. Services in the temple were held until 1937, then the temple was closed and used as a warehouse.

Since 1992, the doors of the temple were reopened to parishioners. All destroyed, without roof and floor, without doors and windows, without porches and bells, haggard and dark - this is how it appeared before Father Alexander Gruzinov, a “hereditary parishioner” of this church. His grandmother went here, his father was baptized here, his grandfather went to the front from these places, and among the dead his name is engraved on the local obelisk. Once shining and majestic, now completely devastated, the temple looked at the priest with its black eye sockets.

The First Trinity was greeted under umbrellas and, since there was no roof, the rain generously poured down on all the parishioners. But they sang Easter near the hot “stove stove”. A temple full of people. Father was very worried: there was no floor! People are standing on the remains of basement vaults, like on islands, holding candles - unusually solemnly, in the light of candles, everything around has been transformed, as if there was no devastation and we are in the 18th century...

Gradually, through the efforts of the rector, parishioners, sponsors and builders, the temple rose from the ruins. For such a village, the church is huge, but the parish is small, there are not enough funds. After all, the temple still requires repairs, and constant maintenance restoration is needed.

Despite the difficulties, services are held regularly. There is a Sunday school “Favor” with a missionary department, a social service and a youth club, along with an adult choir, a children’s choir has appeared, a garden has been planted, and summer family camps are being organized. A children's environmental squad was formed on the basis of the Sunday school, which declared war on garbage throughout the entire settlement. The idea of ​​the eco-team was also picked up by the Eldiginskaya Secondary School, which is in close cooperation with the Sunday School. So, since 2006, integrated lessons in history and literature with in-depth study of Orthodox culture have become possible.

There is a department for helping the poor at the temple. On the Feast of the Nativity of Christ - and this is already a tradition - the Sunday school and the choir organize a Christmas tree with gifts for children, and during caroling, which is organized by the youth of the choir, one of the days is dedicated to visiting the sick and the elderly, who are also given gifts.

Saved in Eldigino Agriculture- JSC “Zelenogradskoye” has its own farm, dairy factory, potato and corn fields. In the village there is a school, a kindergarten, a cultural center, a cheburek shop, a cafe, a hotel, and 5 shops. In general, all conditions for normal living. The village is located very close to Moscow, about 60 km along the Yaroslavl highway. The parish is very friendly. But what can I tell you, come and visit - you will see everything for yourself! Many pedestrians and cycling routes, since very picturesque landscapes open from Pestovskaya harbor.

You can get to the village from Moscow by public transport from Yaroslavsky railway station to Pravda station, then by bus No. 25 or No. 32. By car you can drive along the Yaroslavskoye Highway to the Pravda sign and cross the railway crossing to Eldigino. Or along the Yaroslavskoe highway to the sign “Zelenogradskaya” through the railway crossing to Eldigino.

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The Trinity Church was built in the traditions of the early Peter the Great Baroque in 1735 by Prince Alexander Borisovich Kurakin on a promise to his father. At that time, in Eldigino there was a wooden church in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with chapels in the name of the holy prophet Elijah and the Monk Macarius of Zheltovodsk, “and at the patrimony’s court the church of St. Vmch. Anastasia the Pattern Maker." The church became dilapidated, and Prince Boris Ivanovich built a new wooden one with the same name. In 1727, Prince Kurakin died in Paris and in his spiritual will he donated money in the amount of 20 thousand rubles to the temple.

Having fulfilled his father's will, the heir to the estate, son Alexander, erected a magnificent stone church in the name of the Life-Giving Trinity with chapels in the name of the holy prophet Elijah and the great martyr Anastasia. In the same 1735, the temple was consecrated.

In 1842, the owner of the estate, Lyubimov, added a bell tower to the temple.

Services in the temple were performed continuously until 1937, then the temple was closed and used as a warehouse.

Since its closure, the temple has not been restored, so it has survived to this day in a dilapidated state.

In 1992, the church was handed over to believers. Most of the temple has been renovated. Divine services are held in the temple constantly. There is a Sunday school and a library.

Abbot- Archpriest Alexander Gruzinov.

Source - http://www.mepar.ru/eparhy/temples/?temple=630

The Eldigino estate is located north of Pushkino, there are two main routes through the village. Zelenogradsky or Aleshino, which is next to the “small concrete ring” A107. This little-known corner of the Moscow region until recently has an interesting past. The name of the village Eldigino (Eldegino) is of Vyatka origin. “Eldyzhiit” meant to get involved in a quarrel or dispute. Perhaps it was precisely because of the land feud that these places received such a harsh name for Russian ears. In 1630, the village was listed under the steward, Prince Yuri Andreevich Sitsky. By this time, there already existed a wooden church in honor of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary.

In 1662, the estate was acquired by Prince Grigory Semyonovich Kurakin, after which it belonged to this noble family for more than one hundred and fifty years. “The Kurakin princes are undoubtedly one of the most brilliant and cultural aristocratic families of Russia, dating back, according to legend, to the Lithuanian prince Gedemin and the Kiev prince Vladimir the Saint. Many of its representatives were European educated and went down in history thanks to their brilliant diplomatic talents” - Maria gives this description to the Kurakins Nashchokina. In 1694, Boris Ivanovich Kurakin (1677-1729), a major diplomat who played a significant role in the formation of the estate ensemble, took over the inheritance rights. Despite being very busy in the civil service, participating in Peter’s battles, and diplomatic travels around Europe, the prince tried not to deprive him of attention to his estate near Moscow, which at that time consisted of a mansion, a Dutch garden and a dam with ponds. The burnt Nativity Church was bequeathed to be restored by a descendant - son Alexander Borisovich, an embassy adviser, and later a plenipotentiary minister at the French court. Being in the service at the French court, it can be assumed that A.B. Kurakin ordered the design of a temple near Moscow to someone from the workshop of court architects. “The centric core, completed by an octagon, is surrounded by a lowered octagonal bypass. Another feature is noticeable in Eldigin: the octagon here is formally and proportionally close to the baroque drums characteristic of the architecture of Rome at that time,” writes Vladimir Sedov.

The Trinity Church, which has survived to this day, was built in 1735 by Prince Alexander Borisovich Kurakin according to a promise given to his father Boris Ivanovich Kurakin. Prince B.I. Kurakin was an outstanding diplomat and writer of his time; he owned the village since 1684. He inherited the village from his grandfather, Prince Grigory Semenovich Kurakin. At that time, in the village of Eldigin, there was a wooden church in the name of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, old and dilapidated, with chapels of St. Prophet Elijah and St. Macarius of Zheltovodsky. After the death of his grandfather, Prince Boris Ivanovich puts the estate in proper order, and in the place of the dilapidated church he builds a new wooden one, maintaining the same name. At the request of the prince in the same year, the synodal government order listed permission for Kurakin to build a new church. For this, Boris Ivanovich allocated 30 acres of land and hay fields from his estate. In 1727, the prince dies and in his will transfers money in the amount of 20 thousand rubles. After the death of his father, his son Alexander builds a new stone church in the name of the Life-Giving Trinity with chapels of St. Prophet Elijah and St. Great Martyr Anastasia. In the same 1735 the temple was consecrated. In 1802, the village was owned by nobleman Nikolai Mikhailovich Gusyatnikov. In 1842, the new owner of the estate, actual state councilor S.I. Lyubimov (he was married to Tatyana Gusyatnikov’s daughter) added a bell tower to the temple, and in 1877 the estate was sold to honorary citizen Evgeniy Ivanovich Armand. In 1883 the walls are painted in the spirit of the academic direction of Russian religious painting.

Services in the temple were performed continuously until 1937, then the temple was closed and used as a warehouse. Since 1992, the doors of the temple have been reopened to parishioners, but services are held temporarily in the left aisle, since currently the temple in the name of the Holy Trinity is in a dilapidated state and restoration work is underway.

Since 1992, Father Alexander Gruzinov came to the destroyed church (his grandmother went here, his father was baptized here, his grandfather went to the front from here, his name is engraved on the local obelisk among the dead). Already in 1994, a parish newspaper called “Parish News” was published, and a Sunday school was opened. The temple was restored from ruins. Since 1995, at the request of the command of the military town of Sofrino-1, the priest began to care for the people living there. With the blessing of Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsky and Kolomna, construction began on an ascribed church in the name of the blessed Prince Dmitry Donskoy.

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The temple in Eldigin (Eldygin) has been known since the 16th century and was made of wood. In the first half of the 18th century, in the village there was a wooden church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary with chapels in the name of the Holy Prophet Elijah and St. Macarius of Zheltovodsk "and at the votchinnik courtyard the church of St. Anastasia the Pattern Maker." , built by Prince B.I. Kurakin, a prominent figure of the Petrine era. The existing church in the name of the Holy Trinity was built according to his will by the count's son, chief of horsemen and senator Prince A.B. Kurakin. The temple was a personal one. Construction began in 1730, the church was consecrated in 1735. The side altars were consecrated in the name of the Holy Prophet Elijah and SMC. Anastasia the Pattern Maker. In 1842, a two-tier bell tower was added to it, at the expense of the actual state councilor N.S. Lyubimov. The interior was decorated with a carved iconostasis; wall paintings appeared later. In 1937, the temple was closed and looted. By the time the church was transferred to the community of believers in 1992, all interior decoration was lost. The church is an interesting example of the so-called. "Anninsky" Baroque. It is a tiered centric temple, completed with an octagonal figure with a dome. The massive figure of eight rests inside on four pillars. The austere external decoration is typical of its time. The attached bell tower is stylistically neutral and does not play a significant role in the temple ensemble. Trinity Church in the village of Eldigino, Pushkin district is an object cultural heritage regional significance (originally a historical and cultural monument of local significance (Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR dated August 30, 1960 No. 1327, Appendix No. 2).

Source: Archpriest Oleg Penezhko "Temples of Pushkino and the surrounding area, Korolev, Ivanteevka." Vladimir, 2003. Catalog "Architectural Monuments of the Moscow Region", vol. 2. Moscow, 1975.

The brick Church of the Holy Trinity was built in 1730-1735. at the estate of the Chief of the Horse and Senator Prince A.B. Kurakin. A four-pillar temple of the “octagonal figure on a petal base” type, planar decoration in the Baroque traditions of Anna’s time. The stylistically neutral two-tier bell tower was built in 1842 at the expense of the actual state councilor N.S. Lyubimov. Not used for religious purposes from 1937 to 1991. The Church of the Holy Trinity in the village of Eldigino, Pushkinsky district, is an object of cultural heritage of regional significance (Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR dated August 30, 1960 No. 1327, Appendix No. 2)

In the village of Eldigin in the 16th century. In the Moscow district there was a church in the name of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary; when and on what occasion it was abolished is unknown. Church land that belonged to the Church of the Intercession was given as quitrent and in the parish books of the Patriarchal government order for 1638 it was written: “from the church land of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos in the village of Mitropolya, village of Eldegin, to the steward Prince Yuri Andreevich Sitsky, quitrent 18 altyn, and for 1635- 37 18 per year."

In Eldigino, a wooden church was built in the name of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the first information about it is in the census books for 1646: “behind the widow princess wife of Yuri Andreevich Sitskov, the estate of the village of Eldigino, and in the village the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is wooden, near the church in the courtyard priest Ilya."

In 1662, “he beat the great sovereign Alexander Metropolitan with his forehead about the church land of the Intercession, which was listed on the quitrent of Prince Yuri Sitsky, so that this church land in the parish quitrent books of the state order should be cleared and no longer be written for the fact that the church of January was erected on that land Day 22, according to the discharge, I was told to clean up the litter and not write in the future.” In the receipt book of the state order of “residential churches” it is written: “in 1662, according to an extract from the clerk Perfiliy Ivanov, the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the estate of Alexander Metropolitan in the village of Eldegin was included in the receipt book from empty church lands into a residential area for rent; for the quitrent, a tribute of 17 altyns and on January 24, that money was paid by Alexander Mitropolitov’s man.”

The wife of Prince Yu. A. Sitsky, the widow Princess Fitinya Vladimirovna, after the elder of the Ascension nunnery in the nuns Fedosya, bought the patrimony of her husband - the village of Eldigino, according to the spiritual will of 1655, refused to the Empress Princess and Grand Duchess Evdokia Alekseevna, and in 1662 it was given Prince Grigory Semenovich Kurakin and after him in the same year it was approved by a refusal book, which mentions “in the village the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, and the chapels: St. Prophet Elijah and Rev. Macarius of Zheltovodsk and Unzhensky, and at the patrimonial courtyard the Church of St. much Anastasia the Pattern Maker; at the churches in the courtyard there is priest Fyodor, sexton Grigory Andreev.”

After the death of Prince G.S. Kurakin, the village of Eldigin was owned in 1694 by his grandson, Prince B.I. Kurakin. The Synodal government order carried out the matter of building a church again in the village of Eldigin. The case began at the request of Prince B.I. Kurakin. In a petition submitted to the state order on May 3, 1705, he wrote: “in the Moscow district, in my patrimony in the village of Eldigin, there was a wooden church in the name of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and in past years that church of God burned down; Yes, in the same village there is a wooden church in the name of Anastasia the Pattern Maker even now; sir, I promised the wooden church of St. much Anastasia the Pattern Maker, having dismantled, cut down and old logs without belting, build a church in the name of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the former church site of the Nativity, and on that church site of the martyr Anastasia build again a church in the same name, a stone throne and so that the decree was commanded: an old wooden one Church of St. much Anastasia, having dismantled, build on the former Nativity site in the name of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary and in that church put a new robe on the throne and issue a new antimension and consecrate that church, also about the construction of a new stone church of the VMC. To give Anastasia a blessed letter”... Resolution by the Reverend. Stephen, Metropolitan of Ryazan and Murom: “to give a blessed charter to build a church”, marked: “given”. After the death of Prince B.I. Kurakin, the village of Eldigino belonged to his son Alexander. The Synodal State Order carried out the matter of building a stone church in the village of Eldigin at the request of Prince A. B. Kurakin, submitted to the State Order on June 16, 1730.

In the petition, Prince A. Kurakin wrote: “my patrimony is in the Moscow district, in the Bokhov camp, the village of Eldigino, and in that village the wooden church in the name of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is dilapidated; and my promise in that village of Eldigin to build a real stone church of the Life-Giving Trinity, and two chapels: St. Elijah the prophet and St. VMC. Anastasia the Pattern Maker and so that by decree it was commanded to give me a decree on the construction of a stone church from the chapel in the village of Eldigin.” The same year, on July 1, a decree was issued from the Synodal Treasury Order to Prince A.B. Kurakin, ordering: “in the village of Eldigin, to build again a stone church in the name of the Life-Giving Trinity, and in the chapels of St. Prophet Elijah, yes VMC. Anastasia; duties are 10 altyns, the most necessary 1½ cheti have been taken.”

He, Prince Kurakin, entered the Synodal State Order on August 29, 1735 with a petition: “in his estate, in the village of Eldigin, near the wooden Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, stone church Life-Giving Trinity with chapels of St. Prophet Elijah and St. VMC. Anastasia and in readiness for consecration and that the decree commanded the consecration of the above-described real church with the chapel of St. much Give a decree to Anastasia and issue the consecrated antimensions.” In the book of outgoing papers of the Synodal Treasury Order for 1738 it is written: “On the 7th day of March, the decree on the consecration of the church of the Great Assumption Cathedral to Archpriest Nikifor Ivanov, according to the petition of the actual Privy Councilor of Prince Alexander Borisovich Kurakin, his servant Ivan Solovyov, was ordered: in the Moscow district, in the village of Eldigin, at the present Trinity Church, a chapel of St. the Prophet Elijah to consecrate his archpriest on the consecrated antimension issued from the Synodal House.”

In the village of Eldigin, according to the census books, there were: in 1646, a boyar courtyard, a cattle courtyard, 7 courtyards of courtyard people, 18 people in them, 19 peasant households, 49 people in them; in 1678 - the courtyard of Prince G.S. Kurakin, the courtyards of clerks and the cattle barn, there were 5 people in them. business, 11 peasant households, with 33 people, and 20 bobyl households, with 39 people; in 1704 - the courtyards of patrimonial owners, clerks, a stable, and in that village there is a settlement, there are 5 courtyards in it, enslaved people live in them: a cook, a blacksmith, a gardener and a forester, 20 peasant households.

After Prince A.B. Kurakin, this estate was owned in 1754 by his wife, the widow Princess Alexandra Ivanovna, with her son Boris, and passed from the latter in 1765-88. to his son Prince Alexei Kurakin, in division with his brothers Stepan and Alexander.

Kholmogorov V.I., Kholmogorov G.I. “Historical materials about churches and villages of the 16th - 18th centuries.” Issue 5, Radonezh tithe of the Moscow district. Publication of the Imperial Society of Russian History and Antiquities at Moscow University. Moscow, in the University Printing House (M. Katkov), on Strastnoy Boulevard, 1886.

Since 1877, Eldigino has been in the possession of the Armand manufacturers.

E.I. Armand is a major Russian capitalist who received the title of “Honorary Citizen” from the Tsar Russian Empire"This Russified Frenchman became the owner of a vast territory from the modern village of Pravdinsky to the city of Dmitrov.

The head of the trading house "E. Armand with his sons" was Evgeniy Evgenievich Armand. Inessa Steffen married one of his children, Alexander Evgenievich, when she was 19 years old. The wedding took place in St. Nicholas Church in the village of Pushkino in 1893. This microdistrict now bears the name Armand.

Inessa's father was the once famous French opera singer Theodore Steffen - he performed under the pseudonym Pesce Erbanville. He and actress Nathalie Wilde, half-French and half-English, had three daughters. Inessa-Elizabeth, the eldest, was born on May 8, 1874 (there is evidence that Natalie was not yet married to Steffen by this time). A few years later, Steffen died, leaving his widow without funds. Natalie left the stage and supported her family by giving singing lessons. But there was not enough money, and the older daughters - Inessa and Rene - were sent to their aunt. To Moscow. My aunt was a governess in the richest family of Russified French Armands - she taught music and French. The Armand family, famous Moscow industrialists and manufacturers, owned a large weaving factory in Pushkin, estates and apartment buildings. The head of the family, Evgeny Evgenievich Armand, a hereditary honorary citizen, belonged to the highest industrial aristocracy of Russia. He had three sons - Alexander, Vladimir and Boris. The Steffen girls were warmly welcomed into the Armand family. Rene and Inessa spoke three languages ​​fluently - French, English and Russian, knew a little German, and played excellent music. They had an excellent education - it was not for nothing that they were raised by an aunt who was a teacher. At the age of 17, Inessa passed the exam for the title of home teacher. In addition, both sisters were extremely pretty and possessed French charm and charm, rare among Russian girls.

The Armand brothers could not resist. Alexander became interested in Inessa, and the younger Boris became interested in Rene. Of course, the Steffen sisters were a completely unsuitable match for the young men from the Armand family: of unclear origin, a foreigner, without a dowry, of a different religion... But the parents of the young men did not object: the Armands were known for their liberal views and fell in love with Rene and Inessa as if they were their own daughters. The wedding of Alexander Evgenievich Armand and Inessa-Elizaveta Stefan (as her last name was written in Russian documents) took place in Pushkin on October 3, 1893. Inessa was 19 years old, her husband was two years older. lovely, full of life the young Frenchwoman and the gentle, charming, noble Alexander made a wonderful couple.