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 Cathedral of the Dormition - Biocrawler
The Cathedral of the Dormition or Cathedral of the Assumption (in Russian, Uspensky Sobor (Успенский Собор)) is the name of several cathedrals in the world.
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.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Cathedral_of_the_Dormition   (505 words)

  
 Cathedral of the Dormition
The Dormition (Falling Asleep or Death) of the Virgin, a festival celebrated by the Orthodox Church on the 15th of August,corresponds to the Roman Catholic festival of the Assumption, also celebrated on 15 August.
In 1325-26, Pyotr, the Metropolitan of Kiev and all Russia, moved his seat from Vladimir to Moscow, the same year thatIvanI Kalita laid the foundation-stone of the Cathedral of the Dormition, Moscow's first stone church.The cathedral was consecrated on 4 August 1427.
In 1475-79, this church was replaced by a new Cathedral of the Dormition built by theVologda architect Aristotle Fioravanti for Ivan III as astate church.
www.moscowkremlin.ru /ns/english/37.html   (321 words)

  
 Chronicle of the Dormition Cathedral
Bishop Leontius, the apostle of Rostov, martyred by the heathen is buried in the cathedral.
The cathedral reconstructed in 1185 is fallen "due to the unskillfulness of Coufir the foreigner".
The interior of the cathedral is being slowly destructed due to the inaction and neglect of the museum officials.
www.basicministries.org /heaven/christian/HolySpiritAvenue/045/chronicl.htm   (2168 words)

  
 VRMAG - VIRTUAL CATHEDRAL OF THE DORMITION BY ALEXEY TRUSOV
The Cathedral of the Dormition Moscow, Russia
It was in this cathedral that czars and emperors were crowned and patriarchs consecrated and buried in tombs beside the walls.
Fortunately, much of the original artwork in the cathedral remains intact, including intricate murals from 1642-43, and the oldest icon of the cathedral - Georgy Pobedonosets (Victorious) - from the end of the 11th century.
vrm.vrway.com /issue09/VIRTUAL_CATHEDRAL_OF_THE_DORMITION_BY_ALEXEY_TRUSOV_.html   (413 words)

  
 Culture
Its founding at the end of the 11th century was connected with the painting (1083-9) of the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyivan Cave Monastery by Greek masters and the Kyivan artists Master Olimpii and Deacon Hryhorii.
The studio's finest masterpieces of the 18th century are the mural paintings of the Dormition Cathedral (1724–31) and the Trinity Church (1734–44) above the Main Gate of the Kyivan Cave Monastery.
He was tutored by teachers of the Lviv Dormition Brotherhood School, and pursued higher education in theology at the Zamostia Academy and in Netherlands and France.
www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /culture.asp   (3645 words)

  
 Ouspenie (Dormition) Cathedral in Rostov the Great
The Rostov Ouspenie Cathedral is one of the most renowned Christian temples of Russia.
In 1913 His Majesty Emperor Nicolas II and His Eminence Archbishop Tikhon of Yaroslavl and Rostov : the future Royal Passion-Bearers and the future Patriarch of all Russia have been praying in the Cathedral at the threcentennial anniversary of the House of Romanov.
The Rostov Ouspenie Cathedral is famous for its belltower possessing a unique set of bells.
zvon.yaroslavl.ru /english.htm   (251 words)

  
 Cathedral Sqaure in the Moscow Kremlin   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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)

  
 The Orthodox Church Part Two
Cathedral of the Dormition, with the Church of the Twelve Apostles in the background.
As a later church, it borrows from its older cousins: the drums of the Dormition, the arched gables of the Annunciation, and the mass of the Archangel Michael.
In its structure, the Ascension is a tent-roof church, and was without precedent in Russian architecture, quite unlike the boxy structures in the style of the Cathedral of the Dormition.
www.dartmouth.edu /~russ15/russia_PI/orthodox_Church_pt2.html   (791 words)

  
 The Moscow Kremlin: Cathedral of Assumption
He began with the erection of the Cathedral of the Assumption, which was to reproduce the size and appearance of the majestic Cathedral of the Assumption in Vladimir built in the 12th century, the golden age of the Vladimir-Suzdal land.
In general, the frescoes of the Cathedral of the Assumption are among the brightest illustrations of the political and ideological views of the nascent Russian autocracy.
Sylvester, the archpriest of the cathedral of Annunciation, the czar's confessor, and the czar himself.
www.caroun.com /Countries/Europe/Russia/Kremlin/04-Kremlin-CathedralAssumption.html   (4054 words)

  
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The importance of this cathedral in Russia's history is shown by the fact that, beginning with Yury Dolgoruky's son Mikhalka, all the Vladimir and Moscow princes ascended the throne there, including such powerful Russian military leaders and statesmen as Alexander Nevsky, Dmitry Donskoi and Ivan III.
In 1185 the cathedral was badly damaged by fire, and in 1185-89 it was surrounded with mighty walls and was thus boxed, as it were, inside the new building.
Between the Cathedral of St. Demetrius and the Cathedral of the Dormition are the former offices (Prisutstvennyie Mesta), an 18th-century administrative building in the Russian neo-classical style.
www.com2com.ru /rgs/vlad.htm   (1012 words)

  
 Сетевая образовательная программа.The Cathedral of the Dormition in Viatka Uspensky ...
Сетевая образовательная программа.The Cathedral of the Dormition in Viatka Uspensky Monastery of St.Trifon.
Ancient chronicles say the cathedral was built by Moscow architects on the model of the Dormition cathedral in Moscow Kremlin.
The predestination of the cathedral was to dominate other churches and to strengthen the church prestige and the tsar power.
www.vhg.ru /learn/excurs_eng.htm   (696 words)

  
 Dormition Day in Russia According to Historical Facts
The feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God, the patronal feast of the Cathedral of Dormition in old Moscow was met with particularly festive and majestic services.
Both the Icon of the Theotokos and the Burial Image were left in the center of the church until the entrance with the Gospel during the Liturgy.
This was the Feast of the Dormition in Holy Russia.
www.homestead.com /assumptionarticles/files/USPENIEENGLISH.htm   (1389 words)

  
 Pühtitsa Dormition Convent   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The main Cathedral of the convent, that of the Dormition, was built in 1910 according to his plans.
The middle altar, the main one in the cathedral, is that of the Dormition of the Mother of God.
Between the Cathedral of the Dormition and the park stands, encircled with flower-beds, the Refectory Church (1895) dedicated to St. Simeon the Receiver of God and St. Anna the Prophetess.
www.orthodox.ee /indexeng.php?d=parishes/convent   (1493 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.
In the same year, Ivan I (Kalita) laid the foundation stone of the Cathedral of the Dormition, which was the first Cathedral to be built in the Kremlin.
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)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Dormition Church
The Dormition Church, situated on Mount Zion outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, facing the Zion Gate, was built between 1906 and 1910, after Sultan Hamid gave this plot of land to Kaiser Wilhelm II as a gift.
According to Christian beliefs, this is the place where Mary, the mother of Jesus "fell asleep" here, hence the full name of the Church: Dormitio Beatae Mariae Virginis.
Dormition is derived from the Latin for "sleep".
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Dormition_Church   (251 words)

  
 Cathedral of the Dormition
The Cathedral of the Dormition (Russian: Успенский Собор, Uspensky Sobor) is the name of several cathedrals in the world.
The name refers to the Dormition of the Theotokos tradition of Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, which approximately corresponds to the notion of the Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, of the Roman Catholic Church.
There is a legend that in the winter of 1941, when the Nazis had already reached the threshold of Moscow, Joseph Stalin secretly ordered a service to be held in the Assumption Cathedral to pray for the country's salvation from the invading Germans.
www.1bx.com /en/Cathedral_of_the_Dormition.htm   (578 words)

  
 Patriarch Jove
Jove also favored the construction of new cathedrals and monasteries and Christian missionary activities in the recently conquered Astrakhan Khanate and Siberia.
The armed supporters of the impostor burst into the Cathedral of the Dormition and a boyar named P.F.Basmanov declared Jove a traitor.
In 1652, Jove's relics were transfered to the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Moscow Kremlin, where they lie to this day.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/p/pa/patriarch_jove.html   (544 words)

  
 HISTORY OF THE CATHEDRAL (1812-1931)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Emperors Alexander I, Nicholas I, Alexander II and Alexander III decreed the construction of the Cathedral.
The actual prototypes of the Cathedral include the Dormition and Archangel Cathedrals (from the Kremlin), the Donskoy Cathedral (Moscow) and the Church of the Ascension in Kolomenkoye (Moscow).
All important church and civic events were marked in the Cathedral including the 500th anniversary of the death of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, the 100th anniversary of the war of 1812, the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty, the consecration of the memorials to Alexander III and N.V. Gogol.
www.xxc.ru /english/history/index.htm   (1226 words)

  
 Cathedral of the Assumption   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Cathedral of the Assumption is the Kremlin's oldest and most important church.
The largest edifice of its time in Russia, the Cathedral of the Dormition was built in 1475-1479 under the supervision of the Italian architect Aristotile Fioravanti after the model of the 12th-century Cathedral of the Dormition in the ancient Russian city of Vladimir.
A year after the construction of the cathedral, Moscow became the capital of the Vladimir-Suzdal principality, and later the capital of all Rus.
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 Devotional Images
1460, Sacraments Chapel of the Cathedral of Cologne
Dormition of the Virgin, Cologne, Schnütgen Museum, Germany c.
Three Marys at the Grave (Mark 16:1) Virgin in the center, Mary Magdalene (with loose hair) to left, and, to the right, Mary Salome the mother of the Apostles St. James the Greater and St. John the Evangelist.
www.holycross.edu /departments/visarts/projects/kempe/devotion/virgin.html   (724 words)

  
 Cathedral of the Dormition   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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From the early 14th century, the Cathedral of the Dormition was the most important church in Moscow.
In the 1470s Ivan the Great decided to build a more imposing cathedral, to reflect the growing might of the nation during his reign.
www.purpleuniverse.com /true_associate-Cathedral_of_the_Dormition.html   (121 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   (487 words)

  
 Armenian cathedral in Lviv is reconsecrated (06/08/03)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
After receiving the keys to the cathedral from Nver Mkhitarian, president of the Society of Armenians in Ukraine, Catholicos Karekin performed the opening ritual, blessed the gates and the church, and celebrated a divine liturgy inside the church.
The Armenian Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Lviv was built 640 years ago.
In 1953, with the Armenian Catholic Church forbidden by the Soviet regime, the cathedral was closed and the premises were used as a warehouse to store icons taken from churches throughout the area as well as artifacts from Lviv's National Museum.
www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/2003/230305.shtml   (406 words)

  
 ZXC : Moscow : Kremlin : Cathedral Sqaure : The Assumption Cathedral
ZXC : Moscow : Kremlin : Cathedral Sqaure : The Assumption Cathedral
The Cathedral of the Dormition (in Russian, Uspensky Sobor) is the name of several cathedrals in the world.
Certainly the Cathedral of the Assumption is the architectural center of the smart Cathedral Sqaure.
zxc.orgfree.com /content/assumption_cathedral.php   (733 words)

  
 NEWS AND VIEWS: Community seeks to rebuild Poltava's Dormition Cathedral (07/18/04)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The cathedral stood in all its Ukrainian Baroque splendor until 1934, when it was dynamited by the Communist regime.
Holy Dormition Cathedral has touched the lives of a number of prominent Ukrainian literary figures: the 17th century poet Ivan Velychkovsky; the father of Ukrainian literature, Ivan Kotliaretsky, whose residence/museum stands next to it; and Taras Shevchenko, who sketched and painted it.
Since then, the building process of the Dormition Cathedral has been proceeding on and off, at a slower pace, depending on the availability of money provided by businesspeople, the city administration and the general public.
www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/2004/290414.shtml   (596 words)

  
 (Inside Trafiguration) arts / w b u r g
The Cathedral is a designated Landmark of the City Of New York, and in 1980 was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Cathedral is the mother-church of fledgling congregations in these areas, but in spite of such suburbanization, many faithful still commute to Williamsburg for services.
Father Wiaczeslaw has assured me that the Cathedral’s acoustics are better than those at Carnegie Hall, and the sound is wonderful — I assume that I am hearing a full chorus, but later I realize there are just ten singers in the choir loft, men on one side, women on the other.
www.wburg.com /0102/arts/cathedral.html   (2068 words)

  
 Belgrade - Cathedrial Church - Church   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Archeological remains were found that show symbols of Christianity and writings found in the vicinity of the Cathedral Church, in the west part of the old city near the Belgrade Castle.
Recently in Istanbul (former Constantinople) as a reminder of the persecution of Serbs from the Belgrade Cathedral church the Dormition of the Holy Theotokas church was built.
In June 1797 the Cathedral church was set on fire, and her renovations were given to a tradesman from Zemun — Jacob Vajni.
www.saborna-bgd.spc.yu /Hram/church.html   (1700 words)

  
 Guggenheim Museum - Exhibitions - Russia! - Highlights
In the fourteenth century, the Moscow princes increased the reach of their territory, partly through the establishment of monasteries north of their capital, such as the one founded in 1397 by St. Kirill, or Cyril, at Belozersk (the “White Lake”).
Kirill’s monastery became the first in Russia dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin.
In 1497, an iconostasis was created for the newly rebuilt Cathedral of the Dormition at the Kirillo-Belozersk Monastery.
www.guggenheim.org /russia/highlights1.html   (481 words)

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