Church of Saint Nicetas, Moscow

[1] Standing on Shvivova Gorka, the eastern slope of Taganka Hill, this small single-dome church once commanded a famous view of Zamoskvorechye (now blocked by the Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building).

The current church building, dating from 1595,[2] stands on the older foundations.

The church has gone through more renovations in the 19th century but was restored to its original medieval appearance under the supervision of Leon David in the 1950s.

The church forms the nucleus of the Athonite metochion, a Moscow mission of the Rossikon Monastery on Mount Athos.

The entrance is flanked by two tower-like chapels of recent construction, dedicated to St. Pantaleon and Silouan the Athonite, respectively.