Barashyovsky Lane 8/2, Bld 4  

55.759327, 37.649803 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Ceramic icons on the fence
Number of crosses in the hands of saints
9

Историческая справка Рисунок к КП 705

It is generally believed that the quarter "Barashi" was named after the tsar's tentmakers who were living there in the 16th century. They were also obliged to carry and pitch the tents during the sovereign's campaigns.

The first stone church at that place appeared in 1647. Unfortunately, the original temple did not survive, but the present church was erected in 1701 on the basis of its old chapel built in 1668. This chapel was named after St Longinus, a Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus with his lance during the crucifixion. This lance became a Christian relic and is known as the Spear of Destiny. Longinus himself was revered as a great martyr and also as a patron of Moscow tsars. On the day of St Longinus (October 16) Moscow tsars attended the service in Barashi.

The image of St Longinus can be found among the other ceramic icons on the fence of the Church of the Presentation of the Holy Mother into the Temple. These icons were created only in the 2010s by Sergei Shikhachevsky, an artist and a parishioner of the Barashi Church. Such ceramic multi-color reliefs were traditional for the Moscow temple architecture in the 17th century.

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