Archangel Gabriel Church - Menshikov Tower

The first mention of the Gavriilovsky temple dates back to 1551, and by 1639 it was already made of stone. This small church with three tent-roofed chapters was demolished at the request of Prince A. D. Menshikov in 1704, for the construction of a new church near his estate. Construction began in 1705 and was completed in 1707. Due to Menshikov's move to St. Petersburg, the decoration was not completed, and the Baroque church itself caught fire in 1723, destroying the upper chapters and the spire. Repairs were carried out only in the 1770s. A chapel of St. Sergius was installed in the choir, but it was not restored after it was closed during the Soviet era. The temple tower was elevated above the rectangular lower tier and had the shape of two eights on a quad, and currently ends with a round head and a shortened spiral spire. The church was closed in 1923, but in 1947 it was transferred to the newly formed metochion of the Antiochian Patriarchate. Now it is a single-altar church.