Places of Worship in Moscow - Churches in Moscow, Synagogues in Moscow, St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Moscow (Paperback)

Chapters: Churches in Moscow, Synagogues in Moscow, St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Moscow, List of Christian Churches in Moscow, Kolomenskoye, Church of St. Nicholas in Khamovniki, Vlakhernskoye-Kuzminki, Menshikov Tower, Iberian Gate and Chapel, Church of the Deposition of the Robe, Moscow Choral Synagogue, Moscow Blagochinnostny Okrugs, Church of the Intercession at Fili, Church of St. John the Warrior, Church of the Savior on Bolvany, Synagogue Bolshaya Bronnaya Street 6, Church of the Twelve Apostles, Holocaust Memorial Synagogue, Nativity Church at Putinki, Sorok, Church of All Saints, Moscow, Marina Rosha Synagogue. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 64. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Moscow - Some early records are available through the Russia Company archives in Londons Guildhall, and from records sent to the Bishop of London. The first Anglican worship in Moscow may have been held in the Old English Yard, now on Varvarka Street, the center of the Russia Company in Moscow. The first English church building in Russia was probably built in Arkhangelsk in the 17th century, with its chaplain serving both Arkhangelsk and Moscow from 1705. In 1754, with most foreigners in Russia residing in the new capital, St. Petersburg, the Moscow congregation was served by the chaplain from St. Petersburg. Services were probably held in the Reformed Church in Moscows German Quarter. Sometime after the city burnt in 1812, services were held on Tverskaya Street in the palace of Princess Anne Aleksandrovna Golitsina. From 1817-18 services were held in the home of the British Ambassador, Earl Cathcart. British, German, and French protestants all attended the services about this time. In 1825, the Russia Company established an independent chaplaincy in Moscow, and T...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=18952347