There are more than 300 churches from different Christian denominations in Moscow. In a multi-ethnic city with more than 100 nationalities and scores of different religious denominations, the majority belongs to the Russian Orthodox Church; others belong to various Eastern and Western denominations. Non-orthodox churches include the Seventh-day Adventist church, the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary and the Anglican St. Andrew's Church. There have been indications of other Christian denominations in Moscow since the 14th century, when the first non-orthodox parishes were created (such as Protestant Churches).[1]
Until 1917, more than 1,000 churches existed in Moscow; however, this changed after the Russian Orthodox Church, with 320 parishes and houses.[1][2]
On 29 July 2011, the Moscow Patriarchate and the acting mayor of Moscow, Vladimir Resin, agreed upon the project "Program 200".[4] Their aim is to reconstruct 200 churches that were destroyed during the Soviet Era. The first church from that project, the Church-Chapel of the Blessed Saint Dmitry Donskoy, was consecrated on 13 June 2012 in the Northwestern Okrug.[5]
The list below is geographically subdivided into ten administrative okrugs: Centre, North, Northeast, East, Southeast, South, Southwest, West, Northwest and Zelenograd. Within each of these ten tables, the boldfaced entries are alphabetically sorted by the patron saint or the church's consecrated feast day. The column "Year of completion" lists date of the church's completion or the consecration of the respective active building, without consideration of any subsequent renovations, expansions or additional construction (e.g., former wooden churches on the same location). If the build year is unknown, an approximate date is listed. The column "District" indicates the Moscow district where the church is located. The precise geographic coordinate is included under the district; these coordinates link to a map of the city and the location of the selected church.
The list is restricted to isolated consecrated churches and cathedrals. Desecrated, former churches are not listed here, nor are churches which do not occupy their own building or a part of it (e.g., house churches within secular buildings). Chapels and other sacred buildings without regular church services are not listed (including pure baptisterys and memorial chapels).
List of churches by districts
Centre
North
Northeast
East
Southeast
South
Southwest
West
Northwest
Zelenograd
Notes
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^ Also called "Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat" (Собор Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы на Рву)
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^ Also "Menshikov Tower" (Меншикова башня)
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^ after a faithful reconstruction; originally 1916, destroyed 1935, the rest removed in the 1960s
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^ a b c d Provisional church, to make way for a new construction
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^ Only the church bells preserved; services take place there
References
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General
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Database of the Moscow Churches (Russian)
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ronde.ruDirectory at (Russian)
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openmoscow.ruList of Churches in Moscow at (Russian)
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Orthodox Churches of the Moscow Eparchy (Russian)
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Specific
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^ a b Simone Hillmann. "Religionen in Moskau" [Religion in Russia] (PDF) (in German). Moskultinfo. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
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^ a b Aljona Legostajewa. "Das multikonfessionelle Moskau" [The Multi-Confessional Moscow] (in German). Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
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^ http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/1588030.html
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^ http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/2281946.html
Further reading
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Vladimirova, E. (2010). Khramy Moskvy: Entsiklopediya shedevrov pravoslaviya (in Russian). Moscow: Eksmo.
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Vostryzhev, M.I.; Zhokorev, S.J. (2009). Moskva: Vse kulturnye i istoricheskiye pamyatniki (in Russian). Moscow: Algoritm.
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Glasnost in Jeopardy: Human Rights in the U.S.S.R.. Helsinki Watch. March 1991.
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