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Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Moshok

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In the village, there was a wooden princely palace. The estate included, besides the Moshok parish, the Gonobilovsky, Zamarichsky, and Spas-Sarnikovsky parishes. The population of the estate consisted of 6000 men. The village of Moshok was the center of a wealthy estate, mainly inhabited by serfs serving the estate owners, with representatives of various professions. According to the scribal books of the Murom district from 1627-1630, the village of Moshok was an ancient estate of Prince Alexei Ivanovich Vorotynsky, the grandson of Prince Mikhail. In the village stood an old wooden church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was already dilapidated and stood without singing. It was built with the funds of the estate owners. The new two-story wooden church with seven altars was also dedicated to the Assumption, with chapels of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Prince Mikhail of Chernigov and his boyar Feodor, as well as Blessed Alexius, a man of God. On the upper floor, there were four chapels: of Great Martyr Catherine, St. Sergius of Radonezh, Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica, and St. John the Baptist. This church served as the household church of the Vorotynsky princes. Besides it, there was a parish church in Moshok in the name of the Apostle John the Theologian. According to the scribal books, the church in Moshok was the largest and richly decorated.

In 1802, a stone church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built with two warm chapels of the Kazan Mother of God and the Apostle John the Theologian. The walls in the cold part of the church were painted by a peasant from the village of Bogolyubovo by the blessing of His Grace Theophan, Bishop of Vladimir. To the left of the royal gates was an icon of the Kazan Mother of God, a gift from Prince Ivan Mikhailovich Vorotynsky, brought by him from Kazan. It was likely one of the first copies of the miraculous image revealed in Kazan in 1579. This icon was especially venerated by the parishioners, and processions were held around the village with it. Among the revered icons was also the icon of the Bogolyubskaya Mother of God, a copy of the original image. Its history is as follows: during a cholera epidemic in Moshok, the residents sent people to the village of Bogolyubovo to make a copy of the miraculous icon. After that, the disease receded. Since then, in July, a particularly solemn procession was held in the village with the Bogolyubskaya icon of the Mother of God, with the reading of the Akathist. The church also housed icons of the holy princes venerated in the Vladimir land, painted in the Greek style: George of Vsevolodovich, Andrew of Bogolyubsk, Gleb of Vladimir, Abraham of Bulgaria, and others. Two altar Gospels dated 1606 were kept. On one of them was an inscription: "Prince Alexei Ivanovich Vorotynsky of the Murom district of the Most Pure Mother of God in the village of Moshok." Among the liturgical books in the church were two handwritten mineas for March and July, a donation from Prince Ivan Mikhailovich, written, according to tradition, by his hand in the 16th century. On the minea was an inscription: "the monthly minea book blessed Prince Ivan Mikhailovich Vorotynsky in his estate in his cathedral church of the Assumption of the Most Pure Mother of God in the village of Moshok."

The church was closed in 1937, the bells were thrown down, and the icons were burned. It remained closed until 1950. From that time, an MTS was placed in the church. The altar part was a forge, and in other rooms were lathes and machine tools for repairing tractors. Since 1957, a garage was arranged in the church building. In 1960, the local authorities wanted to blow up the half-ruined and desecrated church. The villagers opposed this, and the Lord did not allow this terrible act.

As a monument of the early 19th century, the church was repaired in 1980: it was whitewashed outside, windows were inserted, and so on. In 1990, thanks to the efforts of the villagers and the priest of the village of Likino, Father Vasily Pleskun, the church was reopened. The first liturgy took place on Easter in 1991. Currently, regular services are held in the church.

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Церковь Успения Пресвятой Богородицы в Мошоке

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