Around Kotelnicheskaya Naberezhnaya

Intercession Church on Lyschikova Hill

Intercession Church on Lyschikova Hill (February 2014)

Near the end of Ulitsa Nikoloyamskaya, close to where it crosses the Garden Ring Road of Ulitsa Zemlyanoy Val, is Lyschikov Pereulok, which is named after the Lyschikovaya Hill here. Previously the Prokrovsky Monastery was situated here, but this was closed in the late 16th century, leaving its Intercession Church as a parish church, until it was destroyed by fire in 1688. The church was rebuilt in the Moscow baroque style by 1696 and it is this version which survives today, although it has been restored several times and has had some additions built on over the centuries. The church was not closed during the Soviet times and many relics from other churches were transferred here.


Location 10 Lyschikov Pereulok
Metro Taganskaya
Website http://pokrova.ucoz.ru/