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The Kremlin Cathedrals |
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The Cathedral of the Assumption
The Cathedral of the Annunciation
The Cathedral of the Archangel
The Church of St. Ioann Lestvichnik and the Ivan the Great Bell Tower
The Church of the Deposition of the Virgin’s Robe in Vlachernon
The Patriarch’s Palace and the Church of the Twelve Apostles
The Verkhospassky Cathedral and the Terem Churches
The Cathedral of the Intercession (of St. Basil the Blessed)
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The Verkhospassky Cathedral and the Terem Churches
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To the east of the Terem Palace there are four domestic churches: the Church of St. Catherine, the Verkhospassky Cathedral, the Church of the Crucifixion and the Church in Commemoration of the Resurrection of Christ.
The first to be built was the Church of St. Catherine (1627). Situated near the Tsarina’s Golden Chamber, it was a part of the tsarina’s chamber and the main church for the women’s apartments.
In 1635-1662 the constructors of the royal Terem Palace, the craftsmen Bazhen Ogurtsov, Trefil Sharutin, Antip Konstantinov and Larion Ushakov, erected the Verkhospassky Cathedral (Higher Cathedral of the Savior). Like all domestic churches of the Terem Palace, it has a 17th century copper roof and 11 small drums with gilded cupolas.
This part of the Kremlin is particularly striking, with beautiful shining tiles in bays and on drums, and an ornamental frieze; inside the cathedral, there are extremely valuable icons painted by Fyodor Zubov, a carved wooden iconostasis and Royal Doors decorated with embossed silver.
Above the Verkhospassky Cathedral stands the Church of the Crucifixion (1681) with applique icons in its iconostasis.
The Church in Commemoration of the Resurrection of Christ was built above the Church of St. Catherine in 1680-1681. It has a carved iconostasis with late 17th-century icons by Pospelov and a church chandelier presented by the Swedish king Carl XI.
Bird’s Eye View of the Kremlin
Moscow Kremlin State Historical and Cultural Museum Sanctuary