Temple of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God in Alekseevsky

The temple is located on the ancient Trinity road leading to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra - to the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh, deeply revered by the Russian people. In 1673, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich ordered to lay in the village of Alekseevskoe (then it was called Kopytovo) a new church in the name of the miraculous Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God revered in Russia. The tsar did not manage to live to see its construction - the work was completed in 1680 after his death. The Tikhvin Church was built next to the Alekseevskaya Church and at first both churches were connected by a porch. On October 31, 1680, the new Tikhvin Church was solemnly consecrated: a procession with the Patriarch and Tsar Feodor Alekseevich went from the Kremlin to her. On the day of the consecration of the temple, the tsar presented it with the main shrine - the miraculous Tikhvin icon of the Mother of God.