Murovanka. The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin.

The famous fortress temple was built in 1524 in the Gothic style. According to architecture, it belongs to the temples of the defensive type. It is a four-column, one-story building with a high gable roof. The thickness of the walls reaches 2 m. The monumental stone building is fixed at the corners with cylindrical defensive towers. The towers are organically connected to the building. It seems as if the walls of the temple are gradually turning into cylindrical towers. This creates the effect of compactness and unity of the plan. Once upon a time, these towers had spiral staircases that led to the loopholes of the battle gallery. As in a real castle, it had its own secret underground passage and lowered iron doors.

Even the material from which the church was built is unique. Its vaults are lined with openwork brick, which is called the "royal lily". The walls of the Malomozheikovskaya Church are decorated with decorative elements. These are mostly shallow niches of various shapes. They stand out in bright spots against the background of brickwork and reduce the impression of massiveness of the building. The peculiar elements of the temple's architecture are paired semicircular niches with a small castle, which are close to the traditional forms of decoration of monuments of Moscow stone architecture. The round window above the entrance is a common technique for iconic monuments of Romanesque and Gothic architecture. The side facades, the altar apse and the towers are richly decorated. At the bottom, a ribbon of a traditional curb runs through all the buildings – a row of bricks laid on a corner.

Grandiose from the outside, the church seems small inside due to the impressive thickness of the walls. Two marble slabs have been preserved in the church to this day, one of them is embedded in the southern wall and is located above the coffin of the founder of the temple. The second, larger plate is placed slightly higher than the first one. It reflects the ancient military armor and weapons of the Polish-Lithuanian army.

At various times, the temple served not only as a place for worship, but also as a protection for peasants from ruinous raids. In 1656 (during the war of 1654-1667 between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire), the church was severely damaged. Then in 1706 the church was shelled by the Swedes during the Northern War. After these events, the church stood in disrepair until Emperor Alexander I, who wished to inspect it one day, ordered restoration to begin immediately.

After a century of neglect, the Murovanka was repaired in 1817, and in 1871-72 it was reconstructed. The facade and internal contents of the building have changed: a porch was added to the western facade, the western towers were built over, a bell tower was made in one of them, the spiral staircases in the eastern towers leading to loopholes disappeared, some of which were bricked up. Cornices were made and window openings were enlarged. This is how the Murovankovo Church acquired a modern look. There were two revered icons of the Mother of God in it: one local, on the left side of the tsar's gate, the second in a separate nod, was moved from the abolished Volchikov Church, once attributed to the Murovanskaya.

In 1928, the Murovankovo Church was converted by the Polish authorities into a church and transferred to the Catholic community. In August 1993, the church was returned to the Orthodox.