

Photo by Gilbert H. Grosvenoi- 

 THE CATHEDRAL OF OUR SAVIOUR BEHIND THE GOLDEN GATES 



This little church, built during the seventeenth century, was originally the private chapel 

 of the Tsars. It is surmounted by twelve gilded cupolas, of which eleven may be seen in 

 part in the photograph. The most treasured relic in the church is a sacred icon (holy 

 picture), said to have been brought to Moscow by Princess Sophia Palaeologus. the heiress 

 to Constantinople, who married Ivan III in 1472 (see page 428). With Sophia came a 

 number of priests, who brought from Constantinople as many holy relics as they had been 

 able to save when the city fell before Mohammed. The ground within the Kremlin walls is 

 so sacred in Russian eyes that many remain uncovered while passing the cathedrals. Note 

 the boy and two men on the right. 



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