🏛 Church of the Intercession at Fili

A red-and-white tiered church of the 1690s built by Lev Naryshkin; inside is a carved, gilded iconostasis.

The present church was built in 1690–1694 on the site of a wooden church of 1619.
No documents about the author survive: the church is attributed either to Yakov Bukhvostov or to Pyotr Potapov.
The upper church of the Saviour Not Made by Hands is named in thanks for Lev Naryshkin's rescue during the Streltsy rebellion.
The carved decor and the iconostasis were made by Karp Zolotaryov, a master of the Ambassadorial Office.
In 1812 Napoleon's soldiers set up a stable in the lower church and a tailor's workshop in the upper one.
In July 1941 the domes and the upper octagon were removed so the church would not serve as a landmark for German spotters.
In 1980, for the Olympics, a branch of the Andrei Rublev Museum opened here; in 2019 the church was fully handed over to the Church.

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