The Intercession of the Theotokos, or the Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, is a Christian feast of the Mother of God celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Ca
Icon of the Protection, 19th century, Russia
Russian icon of Pokrov
Icon, showing a broad protective cloak. Mid 17th century, Ukraine.
The Holy Virgin protecting the Ukrainian cossack hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky (at the right of image). Late 17 to early 18th century, Ukraine.
Saint Basil's Cathedral
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The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, commonly known as Saint Basil's Cathedral, is a Russian Orthodox church on Red Square in the historic centre of Moscow. It is one of the most popular cultural symb
Intercession of the Theotokos
…in the Cossack Baroque style, and Svyato-Pokrovska Church in Plishyvets, in Neo-Baroque. Probably the most famous Russian church named for Pokrov is Saint Basil's Cathedral, Red Square, Moscow, which is officially entitled "the Church of Intercession of Our Lady that Is on the Moat" (Russian: Собор Покрова пресвятой…
Saint Basil's Cathedral as viewed from Red Square
Red Square, early 17th-century. Fragment from Blaeu Atlas. The structure with three roof tents in the foreground left is the originally detached belfry of the Trinity Church, not drawn to scale. Trinity Church stands behind it, slightly closer to the road starting at St. Frol's (later Saviour's ) Gate of the Kremlin. The horseshoe-shaped object near the road in the foreground is Lobnoye Mesto.
Red Square before the great fire of 1812 (Fyodor Alekseyev, 1802)
Postcard, early 20th century