Church of St. John the Warrior (Moscow)

Russia / Moscow / Moscow / ulitsa Bolshaya Yakimanka, 46-48
 Baroque (architecture), interesting place, Russian Orthodox Church, object of cultural heritage of federal importance (Russia), 1710s construction, Orthodox church
Church of St. John the Warrior on Yakimanka Street is a Russian Orthodox Church in 46, Bolshaya Yakimanka, in Yakimanka District of Moscow was constructed during 1704-1717, during the reign of Peter the Great. Ivan ZarudnyIt was the architect of this church.

The boundary was constructed during 1754-1758. Decoration by Gavriil Domozhirov and Vasili Bazhenov during 1779-1791 was lost in 1860s. The iconostasis taken from the demolished Three Saints church at Red Gates was refitted here in 1928. The main building is a traditional muscovite octagon on a square. There are two coaxial octagons, each crowned with a half-dome.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St._John_the_Warrior
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Coordinates:   55°43'58"N   37°36'40"E
This article was last modified 14 years ago