Church Of The Icon Of The Mother Of God “Life-giving Source”

Church Of The Icon Of The Mother Of God is the earliest surviving building on the territory of Tsaritsyno. The first wooden church was built on this site as early as the 17th century, but it was in bad shape by the early 18th century.

In 1722 the owner of Chernaya Gryaz estate, Moldovan prince Dimitrie Cantemir built a new church with a stone lower part and a wooden top. The church was crowned with a one-headed dome. In 1759 Prince Matvey Cantemir Jr. asked the Moscow Metropolitan for permission to dismantle the old church and build a new one completely out of stone. The new church is made of brick in the style of Elizabethan Baroque. Ground floor and decorations were made of white stone. Bell tower adjoined the church on the west side. The consecration took place on June 23, 1765.

In 1938 the church was closed. Some icons were taken away by parishioners and clerics. Some of them were transferred to museums. However, most of the church objects and icons were destroyed. In the fall of 1990 the church was returned to the believers and services were restarted. Frescoes made in the end of the 19th-early 20th century and baroque stucco works of 18th/19th centuries survived to this day.
On May 6, 1998 the church was consecrated again by Patriarch Aleksy II.