Metochion of Kiev Pechersk Lavra

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METOCHION OF KIEV PECHERSK LAVRA, located at 27 Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment, an architectural monument. It was built in 1895-1900 and decorated in the Russian style (architect V. A. Kosyakov; see The Kosyakov family) for the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. Before 1766, the metochion of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius was situated on this location, and until 1856, the metochion of the Archbishop of Pskov. The Holy Assumption Church with five domes and three side-altars could accommodate 2,000 people. Inside, it was decorated with icons painted in the Novodevichy Convent, on the outside it was decorated with mosaics from the workshop of V. A. Frolov. The plinth of the church was faced with grey granite; the upper part was faced with sandstone from Radom. The residential wing was attached to the church. After October 1917, the metochion church was converted to a parish, and in 1935, it was closed with the quarters being used as a store. In 1956-57, it was transformed into a skating rink with artificial ice. In 1991, possession of the metochion was transferred to the Optina Monastery. Divine services resumed in 1993, and restoration of the church started. There is a library and a bookstore in the metochion.

References: Косяков В. А. Постройка храма и переустройство прочих зданий подворья Киево-Печерской лавры в С.-Петербурге. СПб., 1900; Антонов В. В., Кобак А. В. Святыни Санкт-Петербурга: Ист.-церков. энцикл. СПб., 1996. Т. 3. С. 147-148; Успенское Подворье ставропигиального монастыря Введенская Оптина пустынь. СПб.; Козельск, 1998.

V. V. Antonov. Frolov Vladimir Alexandrovich
Kosyakov Vladimir Antonovich
Leitenanta Schmidta Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 27
Косяков В. А. Постройка храма и переустройство прочих зданий подворья Киево-Печерской лавры в С.-Петербурге. СПб., 1900
Антонов В. В., Кобак А. В. Святыни Санкт-Петербурга: Ист.-церков. энцикл.: В 3 т. СПб., 1994-1996
Успенское Подворье ставропигиального монастыря Введенская Оптина пустынь. СПб.; Козельск, 1998 Novodevichy Convent