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 Encyclopedia: Washington National Cathedral
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 Cathedral Of Christ the Saviour
The rebuilding of the church was the centerpiece of a huge renovation scheme in the Russian capital pursued by its mayor, Yuri Luzhkov.
During a ceremony to lay the cathedral's cornerstone Luzhkov said "Let the reconstruction of the main cathedral stand as symbolic proof of hundreds of destroyed churches and millions of lost lives".
The cathedral has been rebuilt on the site of the Moskva Open-air Swimming Pool, opposite the Pushkin Fine Arts Museum, where for thirty years Muscovites have swam, all year round, in the world's largest open-air swimming pool, where the water was kept at 27 C even in the depths of the Russian winter.
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 The Church of Christ the Saviour - Vodohod. Cruise and Travel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Church of Christ the Saviour - Vodohod.
The Church of Christ the Saviour was constructed to commemorate Russian victory in the Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon and his invasion.
On the 7th of January in 1995 on the Christmas solemn public prayer was held with a bookmark of a stone and a memorial plate in the base of the recreated church.
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 ipedia.com: Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Moscow) Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour was a very grand Cathedral in Moscow, on the bank of the Moscow River.
The Cathedral took years to build and didn't emerge from its scaffolding until 1860; elaborate frescos continued in the interior for another twenty years.
On December 5, 1931, in the depths of the worldwide economic depression, the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour was dynamited and reduced to rubble.
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 Christ The Savior Cathedral   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Christ the Savior Cathedral was built (1839-1883) in memory of the Russian victory over Napoleon by Konstantin Ton (1797 - 1881), a Russian architect and the founder of the so called Russian-Byzantine style.
His most famous designs are: Christ the Savior's Cathedral (1837-89) in Moscow, The Great Kremlin Palace (1839 - 49) and the Armory Chamber (1843-51) in the Moscow Kremlin, the station buildings on Oktyabrskaya (former Nikolayevskaya) railway in Moscow and St.Petersburg (1844-51).
The Christ the Savior Cathedral was destroyed in December 5th, 1931 - during Stalin's time, because the communists decided to build the "Soviet Palace" for their meetings.
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 Christ The Saviour Seminary
Christ the Saviour Seminary was founded in 1940 largely through the efforts and vision of His Grace, Bishop Orestes (Chornock), first bishop of the Diocese.
Cultural activities, conferences, forums and meetings are often held at the nearby facilities of Christ the Saviour Cathedral and Educational Center.
The primary objective of Christ the Saviour Seminary is to train pious, zealous, fervent and capable parish priests with a broad educational background for the parish communities of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese and other Orthodox Dioceses both in the United States and abroad.
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 St. Basil's Cathedral
Basil s Cathedral on Red Square, considered to be a true symbol of Russia and an integral part of Moscow scenery, is one of the most remarkable monuments and the supreme achievement of ancient architecture of the capital.
Pocrovsky Sobor, or the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Virgin on the Moat (the moat was dug along the citadel wall), was erected to commemorate the capture of Kazan capital of the khanate of Kazan and the last stronghold of Tatar-Mongolian invaders on the festival of the Intercession of the Virgin in October 1552.
Three years later Barma and Postnik built the ninth chapel at the northeast corner of the cathedral housing the burial place of a Moscow famous holy fool Basil by whose name the Cathedral is now known.
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 St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The cathedral is located in the centre of the Melbourne, on the corner of Swanston Street and Flinders Street.
Immediately to the south of the cathedral is Prince's Bridge over the (Click link for more info and facts about Yarra River) Yarra River, leading to (Click link for more info and facts about St Kilda Road) St Kilda Road, so that the cathedral commands the southern approaches to the city.
The Cathedral was consecrated on 22 January 1891, but the building of the spires did not begin until 1926.
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 The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
The cathedral was originally built by decree of Alexander I as a thanksgiving to God for saving Russia in the Patriotic War of 1812, and in commemoration of the Russian army's victory over Napoleon.
From 1989, the idea of restoring the old cathedral slowly grew from the depths of the national consciousness and pushing through the apparently impenetrable layers of many years of atheist education, like a piece of grass pushing up through asphalt.
The foundation stone of the new Cathedral of Christ the Saviour was laid on 7 January 1995, which is Russian Christmas Day.
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 VAO INTOURIST   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Russia’s spiritual revival.
Cathedral Square, a breathtaking architectural ensemble of the 15th – 17th centuries, where the life of Russian grand princes and tsar started and ended, the Annunciation Cathedral where they were baptised the Assumption Cathedral where they were crowned and the Archangel Michael Cathedral where they were buried.
Cathedral of Christ Our Saviour – Russia’s centre of Orthodoxy, enjoy a unique panorama of central Moscow from the belfry platform of the Cathedral.
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 Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
Emperor Alexander I signed a Manifesto ordering the construction of a magnificent Cathedral in honor of Christ the Savior in Moscow as a thanksgiving to God and to honor the victorious Russian army.
The exterior scaffolding was removed in 1860, when the Cathedral first was unveiled in all of its glory.
The riverbank and squares surrounding the Cathedral, as well as the exterior lanterns were completed by 1881.
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 Konstantin Thon Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
His major works include the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Armoury in Moscow.
The Byzantine Revival style of his project, intended to underline similarity of the new church with old cathedrals of the Moscow Kremlin, displeased many of his fellows, who wanted to see the cathedral built in the severe Neoclassical style.
Thon and his disciples continued to work on the cathedral for the next 50 years, until the master's death in 1881.
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 At midday on 5 December 1931 the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour was destroyed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
At midday on 5 December 1931 the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour was destroyed.
Then, so it is said, elderly Muscovite women paying their respects to the cathedral on the bank of the Moscow river, crossed themselves in joy, and predicted that nothing apart from the cathedral would ever stand at that place.
The marble from the cathedral was used in the Kropotkinskaya and Okhotny Ryad metro stations, and the benches were taken to Novokuznetskaya metro.
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With the end of the Soviet regime, the Russian Orthodox Church lost no time in requesting permission to rebuild the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, in February 1990, foundations began to be poured in the fall of 1994.
The St. Basil's Cathedral was erected in 1555-1557 to commemorate the Russian military glory; it is a memorial to all heroes had fallen in the age-old struggle against Tartar oppression, during the smashing of the Kazan Khanate.
The Cathedral was created by remarkable Russian architects Barma and Postnik, which were far ahead of their time and surprisingly anticipated the features of the 17th century architecture.
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 Encyclopedia: Elokhovo Cathedral
The Epiphany Cathedral at Elokhovo, Moscow is the vicarial church of the Moscow Patriarchs.
The original church at the village of Elokhovo near Moscow was built in 1722-31 for the tsaritsa Praskovia Ivanovna.
Upon destruction of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in the 1930s, the chair of Moscow patriarchs was moved to Elokhovo, as it was the only church in Moscow roomy enough to allocate large crowds of people.
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 Orthodox Book Shop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Recorded in the hall under Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow.
The Choir of the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Epiphany conducted by Gennady Kharitonov.
Christ is Risen!" Paschal/Easter hymns sung by the combined choir of the Kiev-Caves Assumption Lavra and the Kiev Theological Academy and Seminary conducted by Heirodeacon Kyrill (Borisevich).
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 THE CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE SAVIOUR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This called for the construction of a three-tiered cathedral with three altars dedicated to Christ's Nativity, Transfiguration and Ascension, In Vitberg's design, the lower level church of Christ's Nativity was to be a burial vault for Russian soldiers.
The new Emperor Nicholas I did not forget his brother's promise to build this cathedral in Moscow, but he preferred the idea of Konstantin Ton to build a mighty five-domed cathedral in 'Russo-Byzantine' style, that is, in the tradition of old Russian architecture.
During the preliminary works, the bones of a mammoth were dug up, and this was considered to be a sign that the cathedral would stand for a long time.
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 About Our Diocese
They were sent by the Greek Church, Constantinople, and formed the Slavonic alphabet as well as translated the Gospel of Christ.
1950 - Christ the Saviour Church in Johnstown, Pa., accepted a proposal to grant the diocese a parcel of land and $65,000, plus use of a parish home, for the purpose of erecting a Diocesan Cathedral in Johnstown.
1953 - Christ the Saviour Seminary approved and recognized by the Department of Public Instruction of the State of Pennsylvania.
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 RE-CREATION OF THE TEMPLE OF CHRIST THE SAVIOUR IN MOSCOW   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
RE-CREATION OF THE TEMPLE OF CHRIST THE SAVIOUR IN MOSCOW
The Temple of Christ the Saviour stood for half a century.
The re-creation of the Temple of Christ the Saviour in Moscow represents a final triumph of ethics over aesthetics in the sense that it owes nothing to contemporary architectural aesthetics - it is a project from the 19th century and therefore the ethical aspect is self-evident.
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 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Festive Overture, "The Year 1812", Op.49
68 years later, plans were being laid in Moscow for the inauguration of a new cathedral, built over a period of 40 years to commemorate Russia’s deliverance in 1812.
The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour was to be consecrated on the 70th anniversary of Borodino in the presence of Tzar Alexander II.
Then, four months later, the Tzar was assassinated and the consecration of the Cathedral was postponed indefinitely.
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 The Architecture of the Cathedral   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The cathedral was crowned with 5 domes with a dominating central massive drum.
The inside expanse of the Cathedral was formed with four massive towers, supporting the drums and domes.
Unintentionally, a comparison was forced between the provincial city cathedral and the metropolitan cathedral of Christ the Savior √ pantheon to the military glory of the war of 1812-1814.
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 SkyscraperCity Forums - Moscow, Sept 2004 - part II - fantastic views from Hotel Ukraina
Stalin-gothic residential highrise at Kotelnicheskaya and the new-built Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and the Stalin-gothic Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Stalin-gothic residential highrise at Kotelnicheskaya and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
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 Seven Sisters | Moscow Life   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A vast structure of 415 metres (the last 100m of which was to be a giant statue of Lenin) The Palace of Soviets would have been the tallest building in the world, should it have been completed.
Although a site was prepared for the Palace - the sacred Cathedral of Christ the Saviour was destroyed especially - the chosen ground proved to be too soft for the foundations of such a momentous edifice.
Eventually a public swimming pool was built on the site instead, which functioned until 1994, when Mayor Yuri Luzhkov had the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour rebuilt.
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