The Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
Description:
The Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is one of the most important churches in Moscow. It's on Red Square. The wooden church, built on this site at the expense of Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, was first mentioned in sources in 1625.
After the fire of 1635, a stone temple was built by order of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich. During its existence, the cathedral was rebuilt more than once, but in 1925-1930, under the leadership of architect P.D. Baranovsky, the reconstruction of the temple was carried out in order to restore its original appearance, which, however, did not save the temple from destruction in 1936. In Soviet times, there was a public toilet in this place.
The cathedral was restored in 1990-1993 on the initiative of the Moscow City Branch of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments. The author of the project was the architect O. I. Zhurin, one of the students of P. D. Baranovsky.
The Cathedral holds the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, especially venerated by Russian Orthodoxy.