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The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed (Russian: Собор Василия Блаженного, romanized: Sobor Vasiliya Blazhennogo), known in English as Saint Basil's Cathedral, is an Orthodox church in Red Square of Moscow, and is one of the most popular cultural symbols of Russia.
St. Basil's Cathedral. Postnik Yakovlev (Russian: Постник Яковлев; born 16th century in Pskov) was a Russian architect best known as one of the builders of the Saint Basil's Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow (built between 1555 and 1560, the other architect is Barma). It is thought that he was nicknamed "Barma" (Барма) ("the ...
The monument with Saint Basil Cathedral in the background. The monument was conceived by the Free Society of Lovers of Literature, Science, and the Arts to commemorate the 200th anniversary of those events. Construction was funded by public conscription in Nizhny Novgorod, the city from where Minin and Pozharsky came to save Moscow. [2]
St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow. The vibrant and heavily patterned church was completed in 1560, but at that time was only white with gold domes. It was given the colorful makeover we see today ...
It intentionally resembles the 17th-century Yaroslavl churches and the celebrated St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow. [2] Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator under the central dome. The church contains over 7500 square meters of mosaics—according to its restorers, more than any other church in the world.
When he died on August 2, 1552, or 1557, St. Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow, served his funeral with many clergy. He is buried in St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, which was commissioned by Ivan for commemoration of his conquest of Kazan' and was named for the saint later.
Lobnoye mesto (Russian: Лобное место) is a 13-meter-long stone platform situated in the Red Square in Moscow in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral. Its name is derived from the Russian words for 'forehead' (lob) and 'place' (Mesto). In Old Russian lob meant 'a steep river bank'.
Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square St. Andrew of Patras Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Patras, Greece The Postmodern Church of the Holy Spirit in Bialystok is the largest Orthodox house of worship in all of Poland. In the Russian language (similar to other East Slavic languages) a general-purpose word for "church" is tserkov ...