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In the 14th century, Metropolitan Peter persuaded Ivan I (Ivan Kalita) that he should build a cathedral to the Theotokos (Blessed Virgin Mary) in Moscow like the Cathedral of the Dormition in the capital city Vladimir. Construction of the cathedral began on August 4, 1326, and the cathedral was finished and consecrated on August 4, 1327.
The Dormition Cathedral, also known as the Assumption Cathedral (Russian: Собор Успения Пресвятой Богородицы, romanized: Sobor Uspeniya Presvyatoy Bogoroditsy), is a Russian Orthodox church in Vladimir, Russia. It is regarded as the mother church of Russia through the 13th century. [1]
The magnificent five-domed Dormition Cathedral was designed as the burial place of grand princes and dedicated to the holy icon the Theotokos of Vladimir, which had been brought to the city by Andrey Bogolyubsky. The cathedral was constructed in 1158–1160, expanded in 1185–1189, and painted by the great Andrei Rublev and Daniil Chyorny in
Cathedral of St. Nicholas (Mozhaysk) Cathedral of the Intercession (Shakhty) Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Novosibirsk; Cathedral of the Nativity, Volgodonsk; Church of Our Lady the Merciful; Church of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir of Makhachkala; Cathedral of the Assumption of Makhachkala
The main facade of the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God. The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin [1] [2] [better source needed] or more properly the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God (Russian: Успенский кафедральный собор, Uspenskij kafedral'nyj sobor; Uzbek: Tangri Onasi Vafoti kafedral sobori-jome’si) is the Russian Orthodox ...
The Dormition Cathedral of Khabarovsk (Russian: Градо-Хабаровский Успенский собор, Grado-Khabarovsky Uspensky sobor) is a Russian Orthodox cathedral. It is one of the largest churches in the Russian Far East , and was built in 2000–02 to a design by Yuri Podlesny, a local architect.
The Dormition cathedral as seen from the distance in 1911. The Cathedral Church of the Dormition (Russian: Успенский собор [1]), dominating the city of Smolensk, Russia, from Cathedral Hill, has been the principal church of the Smolensk bishopric for 800 years.
In 1718 it was damaged during a Kyiv city fire. In 1729 cathedral was restored in Ukrainian Baroque and expanded. Built in the 11th century, the main church of the monastery was destroyed during the World War II , a couple of months after the Nazi Germany troops occupied the city of Kyiv , during which the Soviet Union conducted the ...