The original church at the village of Elokhovo near Moscow was built in 1722-31 for the tsaritsa Praskovia Ivanovna. It was there that Alexander Pushkin was baptised in 1799. The present structure was erected in 1835-45 to a Neoclassical design by Eugraph Tyurin. The architecture is typical for the late Empire style. Notorious opulence of interior decoration is due to a restoration undertaken in 1912. Upon destruction of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in the 1930s, the chair of Moscow patriarchs was moved to Elokhovo, as it was the only church in Moscow roomy enough to allocate large crowds of people. Several 20th-century patriarchs have been buried there.
The original church at the village of Elokhovo near Moscow was built in 1722-31 for the tsaritsa Praskovia Ivanovna.
Upon destruction of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in the 1930s, the chair of Moscow patriarchs was moved to Elokhovo, as it was the only church in Moscow capable of allocating large crowds of people.
Petersburg, Russia is the largest cathedral in that city and was the largest church in Russia when it was built (101.5 meters high).
The cathedral is a Late Neoclassical rendering of a Byzantine Greek-cross church
The cathedral's doors are covered in reliefs, patterned after the celebrated doors of the Battistero di San Giovanni (Florence) in Florence, designed by Lorenzo Ghiberti.
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