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  Cathedral of the Annunciation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Cathedral of the Annunciation (Благовещенский собор in Russian, or Blagoveschensky sobor) is a cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin.
The Cathedral of the Annunciation was built on the Sobornaya Square (Cathedral Square) by architects from Pskov in 1484-1489.
The floor of the Cathedral of the Annunciation is made of jasper, which was brought from a cathedral in Rostov Velikiy in the 16th century.
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 Cathedral of the Annunciation
Cathedral of the Annunciation (in Russian Blagoveshensky Sobor (Успенский Собор) — was the family church of the Tsars.
It was here that they married and had their new-born heirs to the throne baptized, and the cathedral’s senior presbyter was the Tsar’s family confessor.
From the porch of this cathedral in March 1584 Ivan caught sight of a cross-shaped comet and decided that it foretold of his impending death, and indeed he died a few days later.
www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/c/ca/cathedral_of_the_annunciation.html   (168 words)

  
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Cathedral of the Annunciation, (Kremlin, Moscow) 1484-89, 1560s-70s.
Aristotele Fioravanti: Cathedral of the Dormition (Kremlin, Moscow) 1475-79.
"Jerusalem" Ciborium [for Cathedral of the Dormition], 1486.
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 Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral
The Annunciation Cathedral complex includes the Cathedral sanctuary; the Polemanakos Educational Building; the Steve G. Caloudas Athletic Center; the S. Martel Hall, with kitchen and banquet facilities for 500, and the Cathedral bookstore; the Administration wing; the Festival Center; and the St. George Chapel.
Annunciation Orthodox School was organized in 1970 as a pre-school for young children of the congregation.
The annual Annunciation Greek Festival, held on the Cathedral campus each year during the first weekend in October, is said to be one of the largest festivals of its kind in the United States.
www.agoc.org /AnnunciationCathedral.htm   (920 words)

  
 The complex of the Cathedral of the Annunciation
The inner columns of the Cathedral of the Annunciation are round, like those of the Cathedral of Dormition in the Moscow Kremlin; trumpet vaults were used instead of the usual pendentive passages to the main cupola - a device peculiar to Oriental architecture and unique in church-building of the period.
The complex of the Cathedral of the Annunciation along with the Bishop's House and the Consistory gradually formed the power base of the Orthodox Church in the conquered Kazan province.
The Consistory closes the complex of the Cathedral of the Annunciation from the south, its south-eastern wing adjoining the Consistory Tower.
www.kazan.ws /cgi-bin/eng/view.pl?a=fa&id=484&mr=11&idr=62   (376 words)

  
 Cathedral Square in Moscow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cathedral Square in Moscow, a veduta by Quarenghi, 1797.
Cathedral Square (Russian: Sobornaya ploshchad) is the central square of the Moscow Kremlin where all of its streets used to converge in the 15th century.
The square owes its name to the three cathedrals facing it - Cathedral of the Dormition, Cathedral of the Archangel, and Cathedral of the Annunciation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cathedral_Square_in_Moscow   (230 words)

  
 Cathedral of the Assumption in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia
Cathedral of the Assumption in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia
The upper tiers of the north and south walls illustrate the life of the Virgin and the cathedral's pillars are adorned with paintings portraying the saints and martyrs.
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.
www.moscow-taxi.com /sightseeing/kremlin/cathedral-of-the-assumption.html   (1198 words)

  
 Cathedral of the Annunciation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Cathedral of the Annunciation, with its nine gilded domes, is the smallest of the three main Kremlin cathedrals, but the decoration of the interior (in particular the frescoes and icons by Andrei Rublev and Feofan Grek) makesit one of the great treasures of Moscow.
The cathedral was built in 1484-89 by a team of buildersfrom Pskov as the court church of Grand Prince Ivan III.
Preserved in the Cathedral ofthe Annunciation is one of the mostancient Russian iconostasis.
www.moscowkremlin.ru /ie3/english/35.html   (209 words)

  
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 Cathedral of the Annunciation in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia
Cathedral of the Annunciation in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia
The cathedral is an incredible amalgamation of churches and chapels from the 14th to the 16th centuries and is the second oldest cathedral in the Kremlin.
The cathedral was badly damaged in the fires and riots that swept through Moscow in 1547 in the wake of Ivan the Terrible's coronation, and was restored between 1562 and 1564.
www.moscow-taxi.com /sightseeing/kremlin/cathedral-of-the-annunciation.html   (704 words)

  
 Annunciation Cathedral (Blagoveshchenskiy Sobor) - Moscow Kremlin
The cathedral is famous for its magnificent iconostasis, shielding the sacred part of the church from view.
The Cathedral of the Annunciation was originally built as the domestic church of the Grand Dukes and tsars and was connected (along with the Cathedral of the Archangel) by passages to the private quarters of the royal family.
The Cathedral of the Annunciation was badly damaged during the Revolution, when the Kremlin came under attack from artillery fire.
www.moscow.info /kremlin/churches/cathedral-annunciation.aspx   (335 words)

  
 The Moscow Kremlin - Kremlin map
The Annunciation Cathedral was erected in 1484-1489 by the team of Pskov stone-layers that had built the Church of Laying Our Lady’s Holy Robe on the Metropolitan’s court.
The cathedral is situated at the south-western corner of Cathedral Square on the place of the stone Annunciation Church of the XIV century that had been the church of the Great Princes’ estate.
The cathedral of 1484-1489 became the heart of the building’s composition.
www.kreml.ru /en/main/kremlin/buildings/Blagoveshenskiy   (322 words)

  
 Cathedrals of Russia
The Intercession Cathedral (Pokrovsky Cathedral, better known as St. Basil's Cathedral) was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible and built between 1534 and 1561 in Moscow to commemorate the capture of Khanate of Kazan.
The Cathedral of the Archangels was constructed on Cathedral Square in the Kremlin from 1505 to 1508.
The Cathedral of the Assumption (also known as the Cathedral of the Dormition) is one of several cathedrals on Cathedral Square in the Kremlin.
www.sacred-destinations.com /russia/russia-cathedrals.htm   (406 words)

  
 russian orthodox
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin, Novgorod, 1117-9
Cathedral of the Dormition of the Virgin, Sergiev Posad (Trinity-St. Serge’s Monastery), 1559-85
Cathedral of the Dormition of the Virgin (Uspenski), 1475-9, Moscow, Kremlin
web.sbu.edu /theology/bychkov/russian_orthodox.html   (110 words)

  
 Annunciation by TURA, Cosme   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In 1469 the cover of the organ of the Cathedral in Ferrara was painted by Tura.
The Annunciation was visible in the closed state of the organ, while in the open state the panel representing St George and the Dragon was shown.
The cover of the organ was transferred to the Museum in 1735.
www.wga.hu /html/t/tura/organ_1.html   (54 words)

  
 IMAGE Series Volume 1 - Russia/China
Gold dome from the fifteenth-century Cathedral of the Annunciation in the Kremlin, the private church of the tsars.
Gold roofs from the fifteenth-century Cathedral of the Annunciation in the Kremlin, the private church of the tsars.
Built in 1484-1489 the Cathedral was damaged by fire fifty years later and restored during the reign of Ivan the Terrible.
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 Cathedral of the Annunciation (Blagoveshchenskii Sobor) , Red Square and the Kremlin , Moscow , Russian Federation
The golden-domed Cathedral of the Annunciation in the Kremlin was built in 1485-1489 by Russian architects.
While the Cathedral itself housed private burial chapels for princes and tsars, the north and the west galleries were used as the main entrance to the imperial palace.
The cathedral's galleries house an exhibition of 14th-16th century icons as well as unique frescos from the epoch of Ivan the Terrible.
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 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Orthodox Christianity
That year the Greek community relocated to Clairmont Road in Atlanta, where it built the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation.
In 1995 the diocesan offices for Greek Orthodox churches in the southeastern United States moved from Charlotte, North Carolina, to a space adjacent to the cathedral.
Although the Cathedral of the Annunciation is the state's main Greek Orthodox church, with approximately 1,500 families, other Greek churches have been founded throughout Georgia.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-936   (639 words)

  
 RussianTreasures.net - Icons gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The icon of the Virgin of the Don with the Assumption on its reverse was painted for the Kolomna Assumption Cathedral in the last quarter of the the 14th century.
The composition on The Annunciation and scenes of the Old Testament prophesies with their complete texts (all of them executed in the Old Russian technique of "fire gilding" on copper sheets) concentrate on the idea of Incarnation.
There are the shrine of Archpriest Dionysius (1383), the shrine of 1410, a hinged icon bmade by Lukian in 1412, the shrine-reliquaries made in Tver in the 14th century, Novgorodian shrines and cross-reliquaries of the 13th-15th centuries, panagias and crosses form Moscow (the 14th to the 16th centuries).
www.russiantreasures.net /icons_gallery.html   (1813 words)

  
 The Annunciation - Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Columbus, Ohio
elcome to the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Columbus, Ohio.
The Annunciation Cathedral belongs to the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Pittsburgh, which is under the authority of Metropolitan Maximos, Presiding Hierarch of the Metropolis of Pittsburgh.
The beautiful Cathedral complex with it's elegant banquet hall was constructed just north of downtown Columbus in 1990 replacing the original facility built in 1922.
www.greekcathedral.com /index.cfm?page=OurParish   (460 words)

  
 President of Russia |
This cathedral stands on the site of Moscow’s first stone cathedral, which was built under Ivan Kalita in 1326-1327.
The architect Aristotle Fioravanti built the cathedral in 1475-1479, modeling it after the 12th century Cathedral of the Assumption in the old Russian city of Vladimir, thereby emphasizing Moscow’s succession to this ancient center of Russian statehood.
It was here that successors to the throne were crowned (the last coronation being that of Nikolai II in 1894), decrees were announced and metropolitans and patriarchs were elected at church councils.
www.kremlin.ru /eng/articles/Cathedrals.shtml   (239 words)

  
 The cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The cathedral was erected by Pskovian craftsmen in 1484-1489 on the foundation of the former one.
In 1563-1566 the cathedral was built on and expanded.
This cathedral was a house church of Moscow Grand Dukes.
www.russia-churches.com /e/annunciation-of-our-lady.html   (99 words)

  
 "KMP GROUP". Excursions in Russia
The Cathedral of the Assumption is a place where different ceremonies were held: here the tsars and emperors were crownd.
The Cathedral of the Annunciation was the home church of Noscow tsars.
The present-day Novodevichy is a great architectural monument of the 16-17th centuries, built in the style of what is known as the Moscow baroque.The excursion includes territory and visit of the Cathedral of Virgin of Smolensk.
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 'Panel from the Maestà Altarpiece: The Annunciation'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Archangel Gabriel announces to the Virgin that she will be visited by the Holy Spirit (represented as a dove) and bear the son of God.
The 'Maestà' is a monumental double-sided altarpiece ceremoniously delivered to Siena Cathedral in June 1311, and placed on the high altar.
At the time, it was the richest and most complex altarpiece in Christendom, but it was dismembered in 1771, and although most of it is in the Cathedral Museum in Siena, several predella panels and pinnacles are dispersed in collections throughout the world.
www.nationalgallery.org.uk /cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG1139   (216 words)

  
 + Welcome to THE ANNUNCIATION TO THE THEOTOKOS | ST NICHOLAS ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL +
In the years since the amalgamation, the Cathedral parish has grown to become the home of many second- and third-generation Orthodox, many converts, and many new immigrants wanting to bring up their families in the languages of their new country.
We are also blessed with relics of St. Nicholas; the Apostle Andrew; St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne; St. John of Suceava; St. Herman of Alaska; St. Seraphim of Sarov; St. Innocent of Alaska; St. Alexis of Wilkes-Barre; and St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco.
In the most recent chapter of our history, The Annunciation to the Theotokos/St. Nicholas Cathedral was renamed Annunciation Orthodox Cathedral, and moved to a new location in September 2005.
www.ottawacathedral.org /parish.html   (602 words)

  
 The Moscow Kremlin - Kremlin museums
The usual name of the Annunciation Cathedral in documents and papers of XVI-XVII centuries was “on the Prince’s court”, “in the Anteroom”, i.e.
As a rule, the Protopope of the Annunciation Cathedral was the the Great Prince’s confessor and the custodian of the Prince’s stamp.
From the middle of the XVI century, the northern Porch and the north-western gallery were used for festive entrances to the palace while ceremonial settings for reigning, receiving of foreign embassies, processions on the Holy Day of Entrance to Jerusalem, on Holy Friday the day before Easter etc.
www.kreml.ru /en/main/museums/annunciation   (210 words)

  
 Our Family: Parishes of the Metropolis of Atlanta
The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation was established in 1905 with services held on the second floor of a sporting goods store at 111½ Whitehall Street.
In an effort to retire the mortgage as quickly as possible, the use of the facilities by the parish and the community at large is now underway through marketing and leasing by a professional management company.
The Cathedral fosters the Greek Orthodox faith through community prayer, worship and religious programs to help perpetuate a Hellenic heritage inseparable from the faith, and to assist the larger community in its needs.
www.atlanta.goarch.org /Parishes/Ga1.htm   (496 words)

  
 Interfax-Religion
This summer a Kul Sharif Mosque and a Cathedral of the Annunciation were opened in a solemn ceremony in the Kazan Kremlin.
The motivation is this: both the restored cathedral and constructed mosque belong to the state and are maintained at the expense of the same museum preserve, while the maintenance is an expensive affair.
Besides, as the rector of the Cathedral of the Annunciation, Father Matfey predicts, if the entrance fee is introduced, the attendance will decrease by half as it is not everybody who can afford the fee, and if one comes with the family the amount to pay will prove substantial.
www.interfax-religion.com /?act=news&div=352   (828 words)

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