Gridino (russian: Гри́дино) is a

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Yegoryevsky District Yegoryevsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia: * Yegoryevsky District, Altai Krai, an administrative and municipal district of Altai Krai * Yegoryevsky District, Moscow Oblast, an administrative and ...

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, located on the

Shuvoyka River The Shuvoyka (russian: Шувойка), also known as Shuvoya (Шувоя) is a river in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Guslitsa (Nerskaya's tributary). It is long.Guslitsa River The Guslitsa (russian: Гу́слица), also known as Guslyanka (Гусля́нка) is a river in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Nerskaya ( Moskva tributary). It is long, and has a drainage basin of .

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), in the historical area of

Guslitsa Guslitsa, Guslica, or Guslicy (russian: Гу́слица, Гу́слицы) is a region situated in the eastern part of Moscow Oblast. Guslitsa is famous for it was almost entirely inhabited by the Old Believers, mainly popovtsy (Belokrinitska ...

. Informally, the village is also known as Gridino-Shuvoye (). Municipally, the village is a part of Shuvoyskoye Rural Settlement (the administrative center of which is the settlement of

Shuvoye Shuvoye (russian: Шуво́е) is a settlement in Yegoryevsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Shuvoyka River (Guslitsa's tributary). Shuvoye is the administrative center of Shuvoyskoye Rural Settlement. Postal code: 140342. ...

). Postal code: 140301. Dialing code: +7 49640. The village was first mentioned in 1673.

Our Lady of Kazan Church

The first wooden temple in honor of Our Lady of Kazan was built in the village in 1673. In 1864, after it burned down, a new wooden temple was constructed in its place. The new temple was in service until 1959, when it was disassembled and its logs used to build a kindergarten in the nearby village of Selivanikha. On the opening day, however, the kindergarten building completely burned down. New stone

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was consecrated in place of the old wooden one on September 18, 1999.

Spring and Our Lady of Kazan Icon Chapel near the Shuvoyka

A well, consisting of three small springs, is located on the left bank of the

Shuvoyka River The Shuvoyka (russian: Шувойка), also known as Shuvoya (Шувоя) is a river in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Guslitsa (Nerskaya's tributary). It is long.Polish invasion in the beginning of the 17th century. According to legends, when some of the Poles and their followers stood at the place of the current Yegoryevsk, where

False Dmitry II False Dmitry II ( rus, Лжедмитрий II, Lzhedmitrii II; died ), historically known as Pseudo-Demetrius II and also called "тушинский вор" ("rebel/criminal of Tushino"), was the second of three pretenders to the Russian throne w ...

was later defeated by Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, on the bank of the Shuvoyka River the Russian troops fought one of the Polish detachments. Both sides have suffered severe losses, and the blood that was shed led to the appearance of the icon of Our Lady of Kazan and the three springs. Later on, in 1673, a small wooden chapel was built on the high bank of the river in 1673; it was later re-built after the fire of 1864 and completely dismantled for construction materials during the anti-religious campaign in 1966. For over three centuries, the place had remained popular among the pilgrims. In the early 1970s, there was an unsuccessful attempt to carry out reclamation work. Currently, a small chapel and a sign explaining the appearance of the Our Lady of Kazan Icon are located near the springs.

References

*Official website of the Moscow Eparchy of

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Gridino-Shuvoe. Our Lady of Kazan Church
*Иеромонах Серафим (Николин)

Website of the town of

Yegoryevsk Yegoryevsk (russian: Его́рьевск) is a town and the administrative center of Yegoryevsk Urban Settlement in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Guslitsa River southeast of Moscow. Toponymy Yegoryevsk was named ho ...

. {{Authority control Rural localities in Moscow Oblast