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Nov 24, 2020 · Learn about the history and origin of St Basil’s Cathedral, a 16th century Russian Orthodox church built by Ivan the Terrible to celebrate his military victory. Discover its exterior and interior features, its chapels, its tomb and its legend.
- Sarah Roller
It was built from 1555 to 1561 on orders from Ivan the Terrible and commemorates the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. Its completion, with its colors, was made in 1683. It was the city's tallest building until the completion of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600. [4]
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- Russian Orthodox Church
- 12 July 1561; 462 years ago
- State Historical Museum with church services since 1991
Aug 30, 2021 · Saint Basil’s Cathedral is a church, museum, and architectural icon in Moscow. Officially called the Church of Intercession of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat, it is also known as the Church of Vasily the Blessed or Pokrovsky Cathedral. The building, located in Moscow’s Red Square, was built in the sixteenth century as a Russian Orthodox ...
Jan 17, 2022 · The cathedral began to be called St. Basil’s at the end of the 16th century after a much-loved holy man called Basil was buried in the tenth chapel, which was built on to the cathedral...
Dec 1, 2020 · Saint Basil’s Cathedral has been beloved for five centuries – but much of its history is still an enigma.
Apr 12, 2024 · The church was dedicated to the protection and intercession of the Virgin, but it came to be known as the Cathedral of Vasily Blazhenny (St. Basil the Beatified) after Basil, the Russian holy fool who was “idiotic for Christ’s sake” and who was buried in the church vaults during the reign (1584–98) of Tsar Fyodor I.
May 29, 2021 · Built first as a church (Trinity Church) and then elevated to the status of a cathedral a few decades later, St. Basil’s was a commemorative monument to the victories of Ivan IV (r. grand prince of Moscow 1533-1547; tsar of all Rus’ 1547-1584) in the Russo-Kazan Wars of 1552.
