Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Moscow Kremlin

The Annunciation Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin is located in the southwestern part of Cathedral Square. The nine-domed temple shines with golden domes. Small in size but majestic. The Orthodox church was built in honor of the Annunciation of the Virgin. The Annunciation Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin was the home church of the rulers - princes and tsars.
The temple was built in the traditions of early Moscow architecture with elements of Pskov architecture. It is a four-pillar, three-apse, cross-domed church. Snow-white, it is located on a high basement. Elements of Pskov architecture are manifested in the decoration of the head drums - the runner and the curb are made of bricks. On the apses there is an arcature belt, similar to the belt of the Assumption Church. So the Pskov masters united the two shrines into a single ensemble.
The main relics of the temple include the miraculous icon of Our Lady of Pimen, brought to Moscow from Constantinople in 1381 by Metropolitan Pimen and the cross of Tsar Constantine, sent by the Byzantine emperor Alexei Komnenos as a gift to Vladimir Monomakh. The icon of the Donskoy Mother of God was also kept here, for which Russian soldiers and Dmitry Donskoy prayed before the Battle of Kulikovo. She was later transported to the Donskoy Monastery.