Gridino is a village  in Yegoryevsky District

Yegoryevsky District

Yegoryevsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia:*Yegoryevsky District, Altai Krai, an administrative and municipal district of Altai Krai...

 of Moscow Oblast

Moscow Oblast

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, Russia

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, located on the Shuvoyka River

Shuvoyka River

The Shuvoyka River , also known as Suvoya River is a river in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Guslitsa River . It is 12 km in length. Source on northeast in 6 km from the city of Yegoryevsk...

 (Guslitsa River

Guslitsa River

The Guslitsa River , also known as Guslyanka is a river in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Nerskaya River . It is 36 km in length. Source near the city of Yegoryevsk. Flows all over again on the North, and then on the West, running in the Nerskaya at the village Khoteichi...

's tributary

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), in the historical area of Guslitsa

Guslitsa

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. Informally, the village is also known as Gridino-Shuvoye . Municipally, the village is a part of Shuvoyskoye Rural Settlement (the administrative center of which is the settlement of Shuvoye

Shuvoye

Shuvoye is a settlement in Yegoryevsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Shuvoyka River . Shuvoye is the administrative center of Shuvoyskoye Rural Settlement. Postal code: 140342. Dialing code: +7 49640....

). Postal code: 140301. Dialing code

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: +7 49640.

The village was first mentioned in 1673.

Our Lady of Kazan Church

The first wooden temple in honor of Our Lady of Kazan

Our Lady of Kazan

Our Lady of Kazan, also called Theotokos of Kazan , was a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church, representing the Virgin Mary as the protector and patroness of the city of Kazan. Copies of the image are also venerated in the Catholic Church...

 was built in the village in 1673. In 1864, after it burned down, a new wooden temple was constructed in its place. The new temple was in service until 1959, when it was disassembled and its logs used to build a kindergarten in the nearby village of Selivanikha. On the opening day, however, the kindergarten building completely burned down.

New stone Russian Orthodox Church

Russian Orthodox Church

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 was consecrated in place of the old wooden one on September 18, 1999.

Spring and Our Lady of Kazan Icon Chapel near the Shuvoyka

A well

Water well

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, consisting of three small springs

Spring (hydrosphere)

A spring—also known as a rising or resurgence—is a component of the hydrosphere. Specifically, it is any natural situation where water flows to the surface of the earth from underground...

, is located on the left bank of the Shuvoyka River

Shuvoyka River

The Shuvoyka River , also known as Suvoya River is a river in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Guslitsa River . It is 12 km in length. Source on northeast in 6 km from the city of Yegoryevsk...

, 20 metres (65.6 ft) from the river and 500 metres (1,640.4 ft) south of the western extremity of the village (at 55°30.72′N 38°47.55′E)

The springs are believed to have appeared during the Polish invasion in the beginning of the 17th century. According to legends, when some of the Poles and their followers stood at the place of the current Yegoryevsk, where False Dmitry was later defeated by prince Dmitry Pozharsky

Dmitry Pozharsky

For the ship of the same name, see Sverdlov class cruiserDmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky was a Rurikid prince, who led Russia's struggle for independence against Polish-Lithuanian invasion known as the Time of Troubles...

, on the bank of the Shuvoyka River the Russian troops fought one of the Polish detachments. Both sides have suffered severe losses, and the blood that was shed led to the appearance of the icon of Our Lady of Kazan and the three springs. Later on, in 1673, a small wooden chapel was built on the high bank of the river in 1673; it was later re-built after the fire of 1864 and completely dismantled for construction materials during the anti-religious campaign in 1966.

For over three centuries, the place had remained popular among the pilgrims. In the early 1970s, there was an unsuccessful attempt to carry out reclamation work.

Currently, a small chapel and a sign explaining the appearance of the Our Lady of Kazan Icon are located near the springs.