Moscow will build a temple in a futuristic style with a glass wall

The Moscow authorities have approved a project to build a church in the name of the holy martyr Ignatius the God-bearer on Vereiskaya Street. The futuristic church will have an east wall made of glass, through which a view of the Setun River valley will open up - and an altar will adjoin the glass wall.

Valery Lizunov and Angela Moiseeva from the Archpoint bureau and Said Dzhabrailov from the AREAL Architects bureau were the authors of the project of the unusual temple. According to the architects, their work was inspired by the minimalist Church of the Transfiguration of the 14th century, standing on Ilyinka in Veliky Novgorod. A joint project of the three authors, distinguished by simplicity of forms and the absence of decorative elements and interior decoration, which are usual for most Russian churches, recently won the international competition Faith & Form Awards. The head of the ROC Expert Council on Church Art, Architecture and Restoration, Archpriest Leonid Kalinin, in his interview given to the radio station 'Moscow speaking' said that the patriarchy did not approve of the project of the futuristic temple - and it was not its quality, but that the discussion of the project went without participation of the Church, 'behind the scenes, thieves.' This practice, in his opinion, is nothing more than the beginning of 'bacchanalia and mockery of By the Church. 'The representative of the Russian Orthodox Church also noted:' When new ideas and approaches arise, the church is certainly open to them; but self-consciousness, which has been formed over the centuries, should not be destroyed by some momentary, not time-tested forms. '