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	The Moscow Kremlin - Kremlin museums
		For six centuries the Assumption Cathedral had been the state and cultural center of Russia: Great Princes were set for reigning and local princes swore fealty, inaugurations of Tsars and coronations of Emperors took place here.
		The first stone cathedral’s foundation was laid in 1326 by the first Moscow Metropolitan Peter and Prince Ivan Kalita (Money-bag).
		In XIV-XVII centuries, the Assumption Cathedral was the burial place of the Russian Orthodox Church heads - Metropolitans and Patriarchs.
	www.kreml.ru /en/main/museums/dormite (263 words)

	CalendarHome.com - Assumption - Calendar Encyclopedia
		Responsibility assumption is a doctrine in the spirituality and personal growth fields holding that each individual has substantial or total responsibility for the events and circumstances that befall them in their life.
		Assumption reinsurance is a form of reinsurance whereby the reinsurer is substituted for the ceding insurer and becomes directly liable for policy claims.
		Assumption Island is an island belonging to the Aldabra Group of islands in the Seychelles.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /Assumption.htm (255 words)

	Cathedral of the Assumption in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia
		Cathedral of the Assumption in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia
		The Cathedral of the Assumption is the Kremlin's oldest and most important church and has been the protector of Russian Orthodoxy since the seat of the Church was transferred here from Vladimir in 1326.
		In the Assumption Cathedral the local tier was a symbol of the unity of the new Russian state and comprised icons brought from all the principalities that had been united under Moscow.
	moscow-taxi.com /sightseeing/kremlin/cathedral-of-the-assumption.html (1198 words)

	Assumption Of Mary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The story of the Assumption was generally accepted as fact in medieval Christianity, as a corollary to the theological assertion of Mary's immaculate conception.
		The Assumption of Mary is symbolised in the Fleur-de-lys Madonna.
		The Roman Catholic Feast of the Assumption is celebrated on August 15, and the Eastern Orthodox celebrate the Dormition of the Theotokos (the falling asleep of the Mother of God) on the same date, preceded by a 14-day fast period.
	www.celebrities-site.com /results/index.php?title=Assumption_of_Mary (1258 words)

	St. Isaac’s Cathedral
		The third St. Isaac’s cathedral was laid on August, 8, 1768 in accordance with the project by Antonio Rinaldi.
		The fact that consecration and opening of the Cathedral became a significant event in the cultural life of the capital and Russia testifies to the special attention of the reigning dynasty to this cathedral.
		The Cathedral affairs were managed by the Imperial Church Board, which oversaw the churches of the Winter palace and suburban imperial residences.
	eng.cathedral.ru /isaac (2644 words)

	Assumption Cathedral Bangkok - the French legacy on the Chao Phraya
		The cathedral was named Assumption to honor the taking up of the Virgin Mary to heaven after her death.
		As the main church of the Catholic Archdiocese in Thailand, the cathedral had the honor to host the visit of the late Pope John Paul II in May 1984, a memorable occasion for the Catholic Church in Bangkok.
		Assumption Cathedral Bangkok is one of the many historical buildings preserved for posterity in an architectural style that's rarely seen today.
	www.tour-bangkok-legacies.com /assumption-cathedral.html (354 words)

	The Golden Ring / Vladimir Sightseeing - WayToRussia.Net
		Although the cathedral looks very massive from the outside, the interior is made in such way, that you won't feel the 'heaviness' inside.
		During the Tartars invasions the cathedral was devastated, and only in the beginning of the 18th century, at the times of Peter the Great, it was restorated completely.
		The cathedral is built of white stone in a very interesting, skillful, and impressive way, on the walls of the cathedral you can see the fretworks depicting various Russian princes and their doings.
	www.waytorussia.net /GoldenRing/Vladimir/Sightseeing.html (548 words)

	Gozo Diocese - Official Website
		The present Cathedral church is at least the third to occupy the site.Any Byzantine church must have perished during the Arab rule (870–1127).
		The Matrice was declared the Cathedral of the new diocese.
		The cathedral church is served by a chapter or body of canons whose duty it is to chant the Divine Office daily in choir.
	www.gozodiocese.org /cathedral.php (1029 words)

	Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir used to be a mother church of medieval Russia in the 13th and 14th centuries.
		The cathedral was commissioned by Andrew the Pious in his capital Vladimir and dedicated to the Virgin Mary whom he promoted as the holy patron of his lands.
		Originally erected in 1158-1160, the 6-pillared 5-domed cathedral was expanded in 1185-1189 to reflect the augmented prestige of Vladimir.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Assumption_Cathedral_in_Vladimir (268 words)

	The Assumption Cathedral
		The chosen name Uspenie Presvyatiya Bogoroditzi (the Assumption) was to commemorate the recently deceased all-Russian empress Maria Alexandrovna - a Bulgarian benefactress and aunt of the prince.
		The church was planned to reach the size of 35 x 35 metres, with a three-nave basilica, the main altar dedicated to the Assumption, the northern one - to the faithful prince St.
		A religious temple for the citizens, a must-see for the tourists, the cathedral is one of the symbols of Varna.
	varna.info.bg /english/cathedral_en.htm (852 words)

	Assumption Cathedral in Smolensk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Assumption cathedral as seen from the distance in 1911.
		The Cathedral of the Assumption, dominating the city of Smolensk from the lofty Cathedral Hill, has been the principal church of the Smolensk bishopric for 800 years.
		The cathedral shrine of the Theotokos of Smolensk in 1911.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Assumption_Cathedral_in_Smolensk (593 words)

	Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra: Assumption Cathedral
		This is what is left of Assumption Cathedral, the masterpiece dating from the end of 11-th century.
		According to the chronicle the cathedral was founded in 1073 by Anthony and Theodosius - foundators of the monastery.
		The cathedral was damaged by Mongols in 1240 and plundered by Tatars in 1482, but was restored in XVI century.
	www.sdu.dk /Nat/MCI/rm/gallery/lavra/l4.html (212 words)

	Cathedral Sqaure in the Moscow Kremlin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Cathedral Square If the heart of Russia is the Kremlin, then its soul is the oldest area within the Kremlin, Cathedral Square, the so-called "City of God".
		TheAssumption Cathedral (Cathedral of the Dormition) The oldest and largest church in Cathedral Square-Uspenski Sobor or the Cathedral of the Assumption was commissioned by Ivan the Great to be the main church of Moscow.
		The walls of this cathedral are lined with over 50 coffins of Russian royalty, including the remains of Czar Ivan the Terrible and his sons, as well as the first two Czars of the Romanov Dynasty.
	uts.cc.utexas.edu /~powellm/cathedrals.html (421 words)

	Cathedral of the Assumption
		The Cathedral of the Assumption or Cathedral of the Dormition (in Russian, Uspensky Sobor (Успенский Собор) is one of several churches in Moscow's Kremlin.
		The foundation for the new cathedral was laid in 1475, and in 1479 the new cathedral was consecrated by Metropolitan Geronty.
		On November 21, 1917 the cathedral was the setting for the installation of Tikhon (Belavin), the Moscow metropolitan, as patriarch.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /russia/cathedral-of-assumption-moscow.htm (559 words)

	Archdiocese of San Francisco \| St. Mary's Cathedral
		The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, known familiarly as St. Mary's Cathedral, in San Francisco has become a landmark that annually draws thousands of people to this sacred structure, which combines the rich traditions of the Catholic faith with modern technology.
		The cathedral's striking design flows from the geometric principal of the hyperbolic parabaloid, in which the structure curves upward in graceful lines from the four comers meeting in a cross.
		Measuring 255 feet square, the cathedral soars to 190 feet high and is crowned with a 55 foot golden cross.
	www.sfarchdiocese.org /cathedral.html (700 words)

	The five-domed Uspensky (Assumption) Cathedral, Moscow's main church, was the focal point of religious activity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir was once again taken as a model for the building, and so Fioravanti travelled to Vladimir in order to study Russian methods of building.
		The foundation for the new cathedral was laid in 1475, and in 1479 the new Assumption Cathedral was consecrated by Metropolitan Geronty.
		In the Assumption Cathedral the local tier was a symbol of the unity of the Russian land: it comprises iconsbrought from the apanage principalities which had united with Moscow.
	www.moskva.ru /guide/kremlin/kremlin_e6.html (936 words)

	Assumption Cathedral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Assumption Cathedral (alternatively called Dormition Cathedral) is the name of several Orthodox churches consecrated to the Dormition of the Theotokos (Assumption of Mary):
		The Assumption Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin (1475-79);
		The Assumption Cathedral in Bangkok (Thai: อาสนวิหารอัสสัมชัญ) is the principal Roman catholic church of Thailand, located in the Bang Rak district of the national capital.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Assumption_Cathedral (176 words)

	Pravda.RU:Putin visits Assumption Cathedral in Khabarovsk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Cathedral was built in 1886 but destroyed in 1930 "as not architecturally valuable." During the period of the Russian Orthodox Church's (ROC) revival in Russia the Cathedral was included in the plan of restoration of the city's historic part on the initiative of the Kabarovsk ROC diocese.
		In October 2000, the foundation of the new cathedral was laid at the place of the old one in a solemn atmosphere.
		Due to the efforts of the territorial administration, the public and builders, the opening of the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin took place in October 2001, during the celebration of the 63rd anniversary of the Khabarovsk Territory.
	newsfromrussia.com /main/2004/02/26/52501_.html (193 words)

	Mosque Bombing Hits Cathedral Mass Attendance
		Daily Mass, pastoral and office activities are conducted as usual, but the number of parishioners for daily Mass is dropping," cathedral parish priest Jesuit Father Redemptus Murtrisunu told UCA News.
		Ireneus Masya Taruna, head of Socio-economic Commission of Jakarta archdiocese, told UCA News that all offices inside the cathedral compound have operated as usual despite the tension after the bombing and bomb threats.
		Cathedral officials received bomb threats on April 20 and 21 from female and male callers, but these turned out to be hoaxes, as did a number of other threats targeting commercial buildings and hospitals.
	www.cathnews.com /news/904/55.html (219 words)

	Assumption Cathedral (Uspenskiy Sobor) - Moscow Kremlin
		The Cathedral of the Assumption is the oldest church in the Kremlin and also the most important: the seat of the Russian Orthodox Church was transferred here from Vladimir in 1326, making it the centre of the state of Muscovy, and Muscovy the most powerful of the Russian principalities.
		The original cathedral was built during the reign of Ivan Kalita, whose strategic marriage to the daughter of the Tartar Khan brought Moscow to prominence.
		The cathedral was reopened to the public in 1990.
	www.moscow.info /kremlin/churches/cathedral-assumption.aspx (664 words)

	The Moscow Kremlin - Kremlin map
		The Assumption Cathedral was erected in 1475-1479 by Italian architect Aristotle Fioravanti on the place where two older churches once stood.
		The Italian architect was suggested to create after the model of the Assumption Cathedral of Vladimir, the 5 domed cross-and-cupola church of the XII century.
		The Assumption Cathedral was the place to inaugurate Bishops, Metropolitans and Patriarchs, to read off statements, to hold church services before military campaigns and in case of victory.
	www.kreml.ru /en/main/kremlin/buildings/Uspenskiy (300 words)

	Moscow Bus Tour & Kremlin Tour: Red Square, Armory, White House of Russia, KGB, Moscow State University, Christ the ...
		Moscow Bus Tour and Kremlin Tour: Red Square, Armory, White House of Russia, KGB, Moscow State University, Christ the Savior Cathedral, Novodevichy Convent, Assumption Cathedral, Armory Museum, Czarist thrones, carriages, Faberge eggs.
		The small city in the center of Moscow, once the residence of Czars and Patriarchs, contains Russia's main cathedral, the Assumption Cathedral.
		Capital tour of Moscow which if it is your first visit to Moscow or you are not familiar with the capital is an excellent way to see the exterior of famous buildings and palaces to which you may return at your leisure.
	www.capitaltours.ru /tours.html (185 words)

	russia moscow kremlin assumption dormition cathedral uspensky sobor
		The Uspensky Sobor, or the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Virgin, (sometimes called the Assumption Cathedral), is the oldest and most historic of the Kremlin Cathedrals.
		By the 1470s, this first cathedral was falling into a state of disrepair, and Ivan III (the Great) decided to have a new Cathedral built.
		The cathedral stands on an unusually high base (4 meters or 13 feet), and is built of limestone with brick drums and vaulting.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Delphi/6422/cathh/mkus.html (520 words)

	Assumption Cathedral, Bangkok - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Assumption Cathedral (Thai: อาสนวิหารอัสสัมชัญ) is the principal Roman Catholic church of Thailand, located in the Bang Rak district of Bangkok.
		The cathedral was build in romanesque style between 1910 and 1918, when it replaced an earlier church on the same location dating back to 1822.
		The cathedral was severely damaged, and required extensive restoration shortly afterwards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Assumption_Cathedral,_Bangkok (176 words)

	The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In 1895 the St. Mary's Cathedral was nearly complete: the interior being modeled after the Abbey Church of St. Denis in Paris while the faade would mirror Notre Dame de Paris.
		In 1953, St. Mary's Cathedral was designated a minor basilica by Pope Pius XII, hence her present name ~ Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption.
		The Cathedral was built by local artisans and craftsmen, while funded by the donations of the faithful.
	home.fuse.net /timbrel/cathedral.html (328 words)

	Assumption College
		It can be said of you, more than any group of Assumption students in a long time, that the world has been your teacher.
		My most sincere prayer for you, as you leave Assumption tomorrow, is that you find ways to stay close to Christ.
		A word of thanks, finally, to Assumption's class of 2003 for having enriched the college with a whole variety of different gifts and talents.
	www.assumption.edu /about/mission/homilybacc03.html (952 words)

	garegin_cathedral in lvov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Supreme Catholicos of all Armenians Garegin II blessed the Assumption Cathedral in Lvov on Sunday.
		The cathedral dating back to the 14th century is a unique monument of the Armenian and Ukrainian medieval architecture.
		In the Soviet period the cathedral was turned into a warehouse, and later on into icon storage.
	www.churcharmenia.com /news_2003/May2003/cathedral_lvov.htm (158 words)

	The Cathedral Square
		To the right (west) of this is the Cathedral of Archangel Michael, the only one of the Kremlin cathedrals to have silver domes (though the central dome has recently been gilded).
		Also on the north side of the square is the Uspenski Cathedral (The Assumption Cathedral or the Cathedral of the Dormition), in which the tsars were crowned.
		Cathedral Square was originally formed at the beginning of 14th century, in the reign of Ivan Kalita.
	www.fortunecity.com /victorian/hornton/890/Moscow/cathedralsq.html (272 words)

	First Russian Orthodox Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This Church of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin was a wooden structure topped with a tiny wooden cross which was the only sign that it was a church.
		Ten years later the construction began, and in December 1899 the new Cathedral of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin was dedicated by Bishop Gury.
		The only reminder of the Assumption Cathedral is a small building which used to house the church library and administrative offices.
	www.wsulibs.wsu.edu /vladivostok/Text38.htm (338 words)

	HACAC: Greek Independence Day, 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Students of the Elementary School (Assumption Cathedral School of Modern Greek) performing Greek traditional dances.
		The choir of the Assumption Cathedral School of Modern Greek.
		Poem recitation from students of the Assumption Cathedral School of Modern Greek.
	www.hacac.org /culture/25mar97.html (86 words)

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