🏛 Church of the Sign in Perovo

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An early-18th-century church (construction finished around 1708) in the Golitsyn Baroque style; according to legend, Elizabeth Petrovna and Alexey Razumovsky were secretly married here in 1742.

The village's owner, Prince Pyotr Golitsyn, received permission for a stone church as early as 1680, but construction dragged on.
Work was interrupted while Golitsyn was ambassador in Vienna (1700–1701); a priest was appointed in 1708 — this date is considered the most reliable.
The church's volumes echo the cathedral of the Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery: an octagon on an eight-lobed base, crowned with a faceted dome.
The white-stone pediments with carved flowers and fruit resemble the decor of the Church of the Sign in Dubrovitsy — perhaps made by the same master.
The "restoration" of 1956–1959 demolished the 1906 additions and the bell tower, leaving only the Baroque church of the early 18th century.
The priest Vasily Koklin, who served here in 1927–1937, was shot at Butovo and canonized in 2000.

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Perovo and Novogireyevo: Baroque, Sidur, an oak grove