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Our Lady of Kazan Cathedral

Built in 1636 in the northern corner of Red Square, the cathedral was named after the icon of the Virgin from Kazan.

First miraculously appeared in Kazan in 1579 after incorporating the Kazan khanate into the Moscow Grand Principality, the icon became in Russia the most worshipped miracle-working icon of Our Lady. The miraculous icon accompanied the regiments of Prince Pozharsky who liberated Moscow from Polish invaders in 1611.

25 years later the cathedral was built to commemorate the event. It was demolished in 1936, and was restored in 1994. Unfortunately, the original icon from the cathedral was lost for ever, like the icon of the same name from the Assumption monastery in Kazan, which was stolen and, most likely, destroyed in 1904. Both icons were among three most sacred icons of the Virgin from Kazan. The third, and the only one which survived, is in St.Petersburg (originally housed in Kazan Cathedral, it is now in the Cathedral of St.Vladimir).

Last update: 01.01.1970