The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Old Panei (), is a
Russian Orthodox
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dedicated to the twin
Saints Cosmas and Damian
Cosmas and Damian ( – or AD) were two Arabs, Arab physicians and early Christian martyrs. They practised their profession in the seaport of Yumurtalık, Aegeae, then in the Roman province of Cilicia (Roman province), Cilicia.
Cosmas and ...
, Christian martyrs of the 4th century.
It is located in the
Kitay-gorod
Kitay-gorod (, ), also referred to as the Great Possad () in the 16th and 17th centuries, is a cultural and historical area within the central part of Moscow in Russia, defined by the remnants of now almost entirely razed fortifications, narro ...
, in
Moscow
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,
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. In the 16th-17th century. Since 1508 it was a location of the
Polish diplomatic mission in Russia, since that time this place called Pany or Stary Pany.
File:Kosma Damian Kitay gorod2.JPG, St Cosmas and St Damian Church.
File:Kosma Damian Kitay gorod3.JPG, St Cosmas and St Damian Church.
File:Kosma Damian Kitay gorod4.JPG, St Cosmas and St Damian Church.
See also
*
Saints Cosmas and Damian
Cosmas and Damian ( – or AD) were two Arabs, Arab physicians and early Christian martyrs. They practised their profession in the seaport of Yumurtalık, Aegeae, then in the Roman province of Cilicia (Roman province), Cilicia.
Cosmas and ...
References
* Palamarchuk, Petr. ''Moscow in borders of Garden ring''. Moscow, 2004, ( (т.2))()
External links
St Cosmas And St Damian Churchs on ''pravoslavie.ru''St Cosmas And St Damian Church in Old Panei on ''hramy.ru''St Cosmas And St Damian Church in Old Panei
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Cosmas
Cosmas or Kosmas is a Greek language, Greek name (), from Ancient Greek Κοσμᾶς (Kosmâs), associated with the noun κόσμος (kósmos), meaning "Cosmos, universe", and the verb κοσμέω (to order, govern, adorn) linked to propr ...
Cosmas
Cosmas or Kosmas is a Greek language, Greek name (), from Ancient Greek Κοσμᾶς (Kosmâs), associated with the noun κόσμος (kósmos), meaning "Cosmos, universe", and the verb κοσμέω (to order, govern, adorn) linked to propr ...
Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Moscow