Cathedral of St. Igor of Chernigov in Peredelkino, Patriarchal Compound
The Cathedral of St. Prince Igor of Chernigov in Peredelkino is an Orthodox church in Moscow, part of the Mikhailovsky deanery of the Moscow Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. It was consecrated in honor of Prince Igor of Chernigov, and the project was designed by architect Alexander Shipkov. In the middle of the 12th century, Russia suffered from internecine wars between the Olgovichi and Mstislavichi, descendants of Yaroslav the Wise. The Olgovichi were descended from Oleg Svyatoslavich, the son of Prince Svyatoslav, who owned the theological collections “Izbornik Svyatoslav” in 1073 and “Izbornik” in 1076. Of his descendants, the Monk Nikola Svyatosha and his cousin Prince-Martyr Igor Olgovich became especially famous. Nikola left worldly life, becoming a monk, and Igor, embroiled in the struggle for the Kiev throne, was destined to suffer a martyr’s death. In 1138, his brother Vsevolod Olgovich became the Grand Duke of Kiev, who, considering Kiev to be a hereditary possession, wanted to transfer the throne to Igor, citing the example of Vladimir Monomakh. However, the people of Kiev resisted this, and after Vsevolod’s death on August 1, 1146, Igor’s reign lasted only two weeks. Having been defeated by Izyaslav Mstislavich, he took refuge in the swamps, but was captured, imprisoned in a “log cabin” and fell seriously ill. Later, he was tonsured a monk, and he remained in the Feodorovsky monastery, praying and repenting. In 1147, the Kievan Veche decided to kill the monk prince. During the liturgy, the crowd broke into the church, seized him, and, despite Prince Vladimir’s attempts to save him, brutally murdered him. His body was bullied and dragged around the city, and then left in the square. In the evening of the same day, he was transferred to St. Michael’s Church, where a miracle happened – all the candles were lit over him. The next day, the prince was buried in the monastery of St. Simeon on the outskirts of Kiev. In 1150, his brother, Prince Svyatoslav Olgovich of Chernigov, transferred the relics to the Spassky Cathedral of Chernigov. Before his death, the prince prayed in front of the Igor Icon of the Mother of God, which was later kept in the Assumption Cathedral of the Kiev Caves Lavra (celebrated on June 5).
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