Named for a so-called "Fool-for-Christ" who roamed the streets of its town, it consists of a Cathedral Center surrounded by four perfectly aligned churches on the cardinal directions, with four more churches outside on the intermediate directions.
Named for a so-called "Fool-for-Christ" who roamed the streets of its town, it consists of a Cathedral Center surrounded by four perfectly aligned churches on the cardinal directions, with four more churches outside on the intermediate directions. A tower ascends from the center of each church. Its alternate name celebrates an intervention of the Virgin on behalf of its nation's army at Kazan in 1552, the so-called "Pokhrov." For 10 points name this cathedral completed by Postnik and Barma in 1560 on the orders of Ivan the Terrible.
Named for a so-called "Fool-for-Christ" who roamed the streets of its town, it consists of a Cathedral Center surrounded by four perfectly aligned churches on the cardinal directions, with four more churches outside on the intermediate directions.
Cathedral of Saint {Basil} the Blessed  or {Pokrovsky} Cathedral  or Svyatoy {Vasily} Blazhenny  or {Pokrovsky} Sabor