Religion in Moscow
Wooden architecture in Moscow
The first Buddhist temple in Moscow
The stupa is an architectural monument, a symbol of the enlightened mind of the Buddha.
It is also an architectural monument, a monument, and a repository of relics. The height of the stupa is 15 meters. It is believed that being near the stupa and walking around it clockwise with the repetition of prayers can help disturbing emotions.
At the moment there are about 16 Buddhist complexes in Moscow.
The synagogue on Bolshaya Bronnaya is also one of the oldest in Moscow. Its appearance is associated with the name of Lazar Polyakov. In 1872, Polyakov received permission from the Moscow governor to place a prayer house in his own estate. So the first synagogue appeared in Moscow.
The synagogue on Bolshaya Bronnaya
In Soviet times, the synagogue was closed, and the building was adapted for a club. In the 1950s, the synagogue was rebuilt, and the Moscow Amateur Art House was located in it. In 1991, the building was returned to the Jewish community, and in 2005 it was rebuilt. Now one of the first synagogues looks like this
The history of Moscow Muslims began during the Golden Horde, when Islam was proclaimed the state religion in 1312. To this day, the capital of Russia keeps traces from the time when the first Muslims appeared in Moscow.
One of the oldest in Moscow was founded in 1823 on the initiative of the Tatar Prayer Society and with its financial support.
Muslim in Moscow
In 1939, it housed a military enlistment office, as well as workshops and a printing house. In 1993, the mosque was reopened, and since that time, obligatory prayers and Friday sermons, wedding and funeral rites have been performed in it. There is a hall for fifty people, which can be rented for Muslim weddings, as well as for commemorations.
Also on Poklonnaya Hill there is a Memorial mosque in Moscow, which was built in memory of those Muslim soldiers who fell on the battlefields during the Great Patriotic War.
Now there are 4 Muslim mosques and more than 20 different organizations in Moscow.
1. Orthodoxy
There are more than 500 different organizations in the city, there are about 900 temples.
The main temple of the Moscow and the entire Russian Orthodox Church is the Cathedral of Christ the Savior
The last religion we will consider is Christianity, as well as its offshoots.
2. Ancient Eastern churches
The Armenian Apostolic Church operates, among other things, on the territory of Moscow.
It includes 3 different Armenian-Gregorian associations, 2 more churches are being built.
