Church of All Saints na Kulichkakh (russian: Церковь Всех Святых на Кулишках) is one of the oldest churches in

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, located at 2

Slavyanskaya Square Slavyanskaya Square () is a square in central Moscow, also known in 1924-1991 as northern side of Nogina Square (Площадь Ногина); the southern side of former Nogina Square is now called Varvarka Gates Square (Площадь Варв ...

. A notable feature of the church is its leaning bell-tower. The first wooden church at this place was built by

Dmitry Donskoy Saint Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy ( rus, Дми́трий Ива́нович Донско́й, Dmítriy Ivanovich Donskóy, also known as Dimitrii or Demetrius), or Dmitry of the Don, sometimes referred to simply as Dmitry (12 October 1350 – 1 ...

most likely in 1380 after the

Battle of Kulikovo The Battle of Kulikovo (russian: Мамаево побоище, Донское побоище, Куликовская битва, битва на Куликовом поле) was fought between the armies of the Golden Horde, under the command ...

. In the 14th century, the place chosen for the church was far away from the border of Moscow and the word ''kulichki'' became a synonym for ''at the world's end'' or ''in the middle of nowhere'', but now it is at the historical center of Moscow. The church was completely rebuilt in stone in 1488 and again in the

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style in 1687-89. In 1930 the church was closed and used in 1930s by

NKVD The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. ...

as the place of mass executions. In 1975 the building was transferred to the

Museum of History of Moscow The Museum of Moscow (russian: Музей Москвы) is one of the oldest museums of the city of Moscow, Russia. Its collection was established on the initiative of Russian scientific community in 1896. The Moscow City Duma gave it a large coll ...

and in 1991 was returned the

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. In 1994 here was placed the cross in the memory of victims of repressions. In 1998 the

metochion A ''metochion'' or ''metochi'' ( gr, μετόχιον, metóchion or gr, μετόχι, metóchi; russian: подворье, podvorie) is an ecclesiastical embassy church within Eastern Orthodox tradition. It is usually from one autocephalous or ...

of the

Eastern Orthodox Church of Alexandria The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa ( grc, Πατριαρχεῖον Ἀλεξανδρείας καὶ πάσης Ἀφρικῆς, Patriarcheîon Alexandreías kaì pásēs Aphrikês, The Patriarchate of Alexandria and ...

was moved from Odessa to Moscow and was placed in the Church of All Saints.

External links

Official information

Official web-site of Church of All Saints, in Russian
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