Old Moscow. Shrines and monuments. Georgievsky G.P.

The book of the Church historian, the main keeper of the Lenin Library, Professor G.P. Georgievsky (1866-1948)-the pearl of Moscow local history literature has not been reprinted since 1904 and is now returning to readers in the form of a full-color edition, supplemented by many colorful reproductions and Photos.

“In Moscow, forty forty churches,” says a well -known saying. The ancient Russian capital was the focus of the Orthodox shrines, and there was no other place in the entire immense country, which would so warm the soul of a deeply believer.

The book “Old Moscow. Shrines and monuments ” - the best guide to the spiritual centers and attractions of old Moscow, many of which, alas, are irrevocably lost.

The main thing is that the book opens up the whole panorama of the spiritual life of Moscow, roots leaving during Daniel Moskovsky, Metropolitan Peter, Sergius of Radonezh and Andrei Rublev.