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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.
Moscow Cathedral Mosque (Russian: Московская соборная мечеть, Moskovskaya sobornaya mechet) is the main mosque of Moscow, Russia. It is located on Olimpiysky Avenue , close to the Olympic Stadium in the centre of the city.
The cathedral was built of brick, with facades of white limestone that are dressed and decorated. Iconostasis of the cathedral Annunciation Cathedral, Moscow, Russia. The interior of the cathedral consists of the central prayer area and several surrounding galleries, with the additions of side altars in the 16th century.
The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Russian: Храм Христа́ Спаси́теля, romanized: Khram Khristá Spasítelya, IPA: [xram xrʲɪˈsta spɐˈsʲitʲɪlʲə]) is a Russian Orthodox cathedral in Moscow, Russia, on the northern bank of the Moskva River, a few hundred metres southwest of the Kremlin.
On November 21, 1917, the cathedral was the setting for the installation of Tikhon (Bellavin), the Metropolitan of Moscow, as the first patriarch of the restored Patriarchate of Moscow. However, following the 1917 Russian Revolution , the new Bolshevik government closed all churches in the Moscow Kremlin, and converted the cathedral into a museum.
Cathedral of Our Lady of Smolensk at the Novodevichy Convent (16th century) Vasili III, the Grand Prince of Moscow, founded the Novodevichy Convent [2] in 1524 in commemoration of his conquest of Smolensk in 1514. The structure began as a fortress at a curve of the Moskva River three versts to the south-west of the Moscow Kremlin. It became an ...
Cathedral of the Annunciation, Moscow; Cathedral of the Archangel; Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Moscow) Church of the Holy Trinity at the Borisovo Ponds; D.
The Cathedral of St. Nicholas is the cathedral in Mozhaysk city of Moscow region, Russia, located in the territory of former Mozhaysk Kremlin. The first church on its place was constructed in the early 12th century; then it was rebuilt and restored several times.