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Greater Church of the Ascension

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building was erected between 1798 and 1816. The name of the architect is not known for certain. It has been attributed either to
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The church was closed during the Soviet period, between 1931 and 1990. A 17th-century tent-like
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The church holds historical significance for several reasons. It was in this church that
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held his last service; this is commemorated by a side-chapel dedicated in his name.
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statues on Nikitskie Vorota Square. It was also there that Patriarch
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Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Moscow
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Square. It is named "greater" to prevent confusion with a
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Great Ascension Church
55°45′27″N 37°35′44″E / 55.75750°N 37.59556°E / 55.75750; 37.59556

Christ's Ascension
parish
Moscow
Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street
Nikitskiye Vorota
nearby church of the same name
Prince Potemkin
Neoclassical
Matvey Kazakov
Catherine the Great
Ivan Starov
Osip Bove
1812 Fire of Moscow
Afanasy Grigoriev
Alexander Pushkin
Natalia Goncharova
fountain
Tikhon of Moscow
belfry
Aleksey Tolstoy
chapel of ease
Arbat Square
Great Epiphany Church



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