Sunday afternoon, on our way home from church, we like to walk through Red Square and go past St Basil. The bus stop we use gives us a bit of a walk, and we like it. However, we decided to get off the bus at the next stop and see where that put us-closer or farther away. Surprise! It was about 2 miles past our original stop and right in front of Christ the Savior Cathedral. Great! We always wanted to visit this cathedral and now was a perfect time! We can see this cathedral from all over town because it is so big. We have read that it was used as a swimming pool during the war. We went inside and as usual, it was beautiful.
Christ the Savior Cathedral
Bell tower to the side of the Cathedral.
The grounds by the Cathedral.
Peter the Great statue in the Moscow river. It is by the Cathedral.
Standing on the bridge behind the cathedral.
Standing on a bridge behind the cathedral. The Kremlin is behind me.
There are two lions at the entrance to the grounds to the cathedral. (Reminds me of the lions at the Capital building in Salt Lake City.)
Sand sculpture event by the cathedral. Great detail!
As we were walking around the grounds, this limo pulled up and and bride and groom with their party pulled in front of us. Wedding couples travel all around town with their wedding party and put flowers on historical monuments. (The Krasny Oktyabr Chocolate Factory is the red building on the left in the back. Krasny Oktyabr was the Soviet name of the company, meaning "Red October" and celebrating the Communist Revolution. The factory was first called Einem. In 1918, it was renamed Government Factory No.1, Formerly Einem. It became Kransy Oktyabr in 1922.)
More of the wedding party and the photographer!
2 comments:
I am so glad you got to see it. I remember it from a distance and it was beautiful.
Did you try to sit on the Lion and have your picture taken...did the BIG CAMERA in the sky warn you to get off?
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