St. Basil’s Cathedral

July 12, 2011 Art, Blog, Church History, Colonial, Culture, Europe, History, Medieval Print Page

Today marks the 450th year anniversary of the completion of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, Russia.  Taking six years to construct and finished in 1561, the cathedral was commissioned to celebrate the defeat of the Khanate of Kazan by Tsar Ivan IV (also known as Ivan the Terrible).  It sits at the heart of Moscow on the edge of Red Square, and is a truly magnificent and unique structure with it’s height, onion-shaped domes, and bright colors.  It survived Napoleon, was secularized by the Soviets in 1929, and is a state owned museum today.  Below are some of the pictures I took of it during my visit to Moscow in 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

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About Nathanael Strickland

Nathanael Strickland is the owner and chief editor of FaithandHeritage.com. He was born in Dallas, TX, grew up in upstate SC, and now resides in SE TX. He received both his BS in Political Science with a minor in Economics and his MBA from Clemson University and now works in project management, SEO, and web design. He has ancestors who fought with the patriots in the American Revolution, with the Texans at the Alamo, and with the Confederacy in the War for Southern Independence. You can reach him by email at editor [at] faithandheritage.com.

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  • Lynne Neal

    Thanks Nathanael! These photos are GREAT and the architecture on this cathedral is absolutely fascinating! Glad you shared.

  • http://fatherd.wordpress.com/ Father D

    When you go inside St. Basil’s, is there any evidence remaining as to how it was arranged for worship? Is evidence of where the altar was located, etc?

  • http://faithandheritage.com Nathanael Strickland

    I didn’t actually go inside it, so I can’t say.

  • http://www.russian-victories.ru Michael Kuznetsov

    Thank you, Nathanael, for your good words about our Russian heritage.
    God bless you!
    Your article with photos came as a kind of antidote for me after the reading of that abominable sickening russophobic propaganda drivel published by the Guardian which you can find here:
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/jul/12/st-basil-s-cathedral-russia-google-doodle?INTCMP=SRCH

    Let me add also a few words about “marxism”. The term has been erroneously used too often with the connection to Russia.
    I am convinced that when using it everybody should realize and remember that both Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were the Fathers of Russophobia.
    They both used to hate Russia even more vehemently than the very Zbigniew Brzezinski does nowadays. Their venomous rants against Russia and the Russians can easily be found on the Internet.

    If you don’t mind, Nathanael, I am going to make a link to your website from the one of mine.

    Our cause is just!
    The enemy will be smashed!
    Victory will be ours!
    http://www.russian-victories.ru

    Michael Kuznetsov

  • http://www.russian-victories.ru Michael Kuznetsov

    Done, Sir!

  • Betty the Beastlover

    Michael, what did you expect from someone named “Steve Rose” (author of the antichurch article)?

    I’d sure like to see what would happen to him if he ridiculed a mosque in similar fashion. Probably they’d slice his gonads open with the edge of a sardine tin and sew them into his mouth.

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