Church of the Deposition of the Robe

Coordinates: 55°45′2″N 37°36′59″E / 55.75056°N 37.61639°E / 55.75056; 37.61639
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Church of the Deposition of the Robe
Церковь Ризоположения
Russian

The Church of the Deposition of the Robe (

Moscow Kremlin. It was begun in 1484 by masters from Pskov, most likely by the same group of architects who built the adjacent Cathedral of the Annunciation.[1] It serves as a part of Moscow Kremlin Museums
.

The church was built on the site of a previous church, built by

Rus'-Byzantine War of 860 the patriarch placed the Virgin's Robe into the sea, causing a storm that destroyed the invading Rus' ships.[5]

Patriarch Photios putting the veil of the Theotokos
into the sea.

A four-level iconostasis, created by Nazary Istomin Savin in 1627, has been preserved in the church, and has frescoes painted by Ivan Borisov, Sidor Pospeev and Semyon Abramov in 1644. The church itself was built in the traditional Early Russian style, characterized by "a noticeable tendency towards more elevated proportions, the overall structure being extended by being placed on raised foundations, and the drum supporting the single dome also being raised."[1] As with the Cathedral of the Annunciation, the intricate interior detail and ornamentation were characteristic of Russian architecture of this period.[1]

Originally, the church served as the private chapel of the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', but during the mid-17th century, it was taken over by the Russian royal family.[6] The church was badly damaged in a fire in 1737 (the same fire that cracked the Tsar Bell).

Today, the church also houses a display of wood sculpture from the 14th to 19th centuries.

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-300-10912-1
  2. kremlin.ru
    . Retrieved on April 28, 2008.
  3. ^ "About The Church of the Deposition of the Robe". Archived from the original on 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  4. ^ "Cathedrals of the Moscow Kremlin Archived 2008-06-11 at the Wayback Machine", Voice of Russia, May 15, 2007. Retrieved on April 28, 2008.
  5. ISBN 1-84176-759-X
  6. ^ Carlisle, Olga. "In the heart of Moscow", The New York Times, October 22, 1989. Retrieved on April 28, 2008.

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