🇷🇺 ⁠Inside St. Basil's Cathedral: A Virtual Tour

[@Macronomics-MT]

I've been there. Absolutely magic and the singing inside when you experience it is breathtaking. Incredible iconic place to visit.

[@MoscowPhotog]

It is magic!

[@MargeryMcAlpine]

This brought tears to my eyes, remembering visiting the cathedral in 1992 and being reminded of the incredible artistic workmanship I witnessed in St. Petersburg and Moscow. I cried a lot looking at the Medusa mosaic at the Hermitage where I felt the spirit of the godlike artisans rising in my heart. We cannot lose these great legacies to the beauty which can save us all.

[@MoscowPhotog]

It’s amazing isn’t it?

[@junerobertson4389]

I cannot believe how stunning the inside is.....such colors and icons. It made me tear up. I love Moscow and love both of your adventures.

[@MoscowPhotog]

Thank you so much! 🙏🏼

[@ДмитрийШайтура]

Внутри на территории Кремля есть еще несколько очень интересных церквей.

[@sunnyday157]

I love watching you two together😊

[@MoscowPhotog]

Thank you! We are like Laurel and Hardy. 😁

[@ekaterinamarkova8664]

Этот собор святого моей семьи. Мы иногда ездим туда на воскресную службу❤

[@MoscowPhotog]

🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@ektarovladamovic7649]

i love collaborations, very wholesome

[@MoscowPhotog]

Thank you so much! They are fun to make!

[@expatamerican3234]

Wow! To this video! Incredible!

[@MoscowPhotog]

Thank you very much!

[@Dixis]

this statue infront of St. Basil's cathedral is dedicated to the 2 most important citizens in Russian history, they saved our faith, our state and our land that's why their statue is placed in the hearth of Moscow nearby the main symbol of Russia

[@MoscowPhotog]

Wow! Thank you for this bit of important information!

[@sbelobaba]

Sure, the Romanovs loved these two. They placed the usurpers, the Romanovs, on the Russian throne.

[@yungsh0ttalex592]

@@sbelobaba There was nothing left of Ruriks. How are Romanovs usurpers?

[@sbelobaba]

​@@yungsh0ttalex592 > nothing left of Ruriks. How did it happen? Godunov was poisoned. Tsar Boris died on April 13, 1605. The next day, Moscow swore allegiance to Boris Godunov's 16-year-old son, Fyodor. But his reign was short-lived. The conspirators were already preparing popular unrest and the coronation of False Dmitry. On June 10, 1605, a frantic crowd led by the conspirators the Shuiskys, Golitsyns, and Romanovs, burst into the royal chambers of the Kremlin. The young Tsar and his mother were strangled and buried without any honors. All relatives and supporters of the Godunovs were captured and executed... The usurpers of the throne, the Romanovs, dealt with the family of the last Russian tsar of the Rurik dynasty no less cruelly than with the Godunovs. In 1614, Tsar Dmitry was executed. The conspirators impaled him on a stake. It is not known for sure how Marina Mniszech died. According to one version, she was hanged, according to another, drowned. Obviously, the Romanovs did not spare Ivan, the little son of Marina and Dmitry. The boy was the legitimate heir to the throne and he could not be left alive. The Romanovs publicly hanged the four-year-old child on the Spassky Gates of the Kremlin. So, the Romanovs exterminated the entire Rurik dynasty and unleashed a bloody civil war in the Empire. They emerged victorious from that war and established themselves on the Moscow throne. 300 years later, their distant descendants repeated the fate of the last Ruriks.

[@comment6864]

@@sbelobaba ..And you had someone else picked out?

[@bukvarem]

Этот собор - шедевр мировой архитектуры. Это достояние всей планеты. Таких объектов в мире не так уж и много. Это надо беречь и ценить ❤

[@MoscowPhotog]

Я согласен! 💯

[@raywasabi2900]

Wow..absolutely amazing!🙏🏻

[@MoscowPhotog]

Thank you Ray!

[@marias5088]

Loved your collaboration, guys! You should definitely get together more often. Thank you for another great video from a church! Please don't stop filming together. You are a great team!

[@MoscowPhotog]

Thank you so much! Joseph, @expatamerican is a wonderfully kind person and great guy!

[@tvarqwz]

Actually the main idea and artistic vision of the church complex were to depict a Heaven city of Jerusalem. It served as decoration of one the main orthodox celebration, a week before Easter, the Palm Sunday.

[@MoscowPhotog]

Another interesting bit of detail. Thanks for sharing!

[@tvarqwz]

@@MoscowPhotog you are welcome, I'm Moscow architecture historian, BTW

[@suegreene1]

Incredible, old and fascinating!!

[@MoscowPhotog]

Indeed.

[@megaotstoy]

I live in Moscow since 1984 and never been there. (Quite typical for a Muscovite as a matter of fact) Thank you for this excursion!

[@MoscowPhotog]

Oh, you must see it for yourself, and I thank you for watching! 🙏🏼

[@РоманВасильев_Су57]

и очень зря. Я сам не коренной москвич, хотя живу в Москве 2/3 свой жизни - был внутри раз 5 или 6, облазил там многие закоулки 🙂

[@dinomike6407]

Cool, thx.

[@MoscowPhotog]

Thanks for watching!

[@MrLeadb1]

I got tingles up my spine looking at the art work and structure. Beautiful!

[@MoscowPhotog]

It’s inspiring!

[@ЭкспатАмерикан]

I want to see this!

[@МарияБогачева-ш8з]

Church of the Ascension of the Lord in Kolomenskoye is a temple built in honor of the birth of Ivan the Terrible. 30 years earlier than St. Basil's Cathedral. Unique architecture. Magnificent acoustics. And it is beautiful during the day and magnificent at sunrise or sunset. It is located in Moscow and is easy to get there. I advise you to see it with your own eyes.

[@MoscowPhotog]

Thank you! I will!

[@ArmadilloGodzilla]

Didn’t know you can go inside, damn I missed it!

[@GoodFella-wi7gw]

Of course you can go inside every day.Every church and cathedral is open for tourists and people practicing religion!

[@MoscowPhotog]

Yes, it’s a museum.

[@alexanderchepak2009]

@@MoscowPhotogand a church.

[@хаттер]

Thank you so much!

[@MoscowPhotog]

Thank you for watching!

[@IgorOsenin]

10 лет в Москве живу, ни разу не был внутри. Жду с интересом.

[@MoscowPhotog]

Вы не будете разочарованы.

[@ЭкспатАмерикан]

I thought people would feel this way. We are all so busy. I’m glad this was done for people to see.

[@bukvarem]

1:15 - эта миниатюрная модель собора будто из шоколада 😋))

[@MoscowPhotog]

😋

[@timothypeterson1903]

Very cool 😎👍👍👍

[@MoscowPhotog]

Thanks!

[@svetlanadrozd8629]

Thank you. I was there when I was a student. 30 years ago.😊 We were one country then. The happiest time..My mum presented me a trip. This summer planning to do it again. Looking forward to it...

[@MoscowPhotog]

I can sense your excitement!

[@christianh9794]

Very interesting 😍

[@MoscowPhotog]

Thank you!

[@AmazingGrace-n1u]

Wow, absolutely beautiful.

[@MoscowPhotog]

Thank you, Gracie! 🙏🏼

[@Takhor86]

Yet again a great report. I would love to see your report on the Savior on Blood Cathedral in St. Petersburg. It is amazing inside and unlike St. Basils it is very light. But all in good time.

[@MoscowPhotog]

Will do. I have been to this church and yes it is amazing!

[@tvarqwz]

Yesterday at State Schusev Museum of Architecture a new exhibition had opened, about Ivan IV churches, with the biggest hall dedicated to St. Basil. I exited it about an hour ago, I recommend everyone to visit it.

[@MoscowPhotog]

Oh thanks for the suggestion!

[@Cranky_Crone]

“A place you’ve never been before, unless you’ve already been…” 😂 It’s absolutely stunning!

[@olgapoznyak2503]

Good observation 👍

[@MoscowPhotog]

Thank you!

[@suegreene1]

They are made to concentrate and meditate, center in praying

[@MoscowPhotog]

🙏🏼

[@armavarmav6661]

It is not St. Basil... It is St. Vasiley Blajenova church

[@MoscowPhotog]

It’s known by several names.

[@хаттер]

What place in Moscow do you like most of all?

[@MoscowPhotog]

I would have to say my favorite place is Patriot Park.

[@miongoogle1035]

Incredible beauty, excellent video, thanks !

[@MoscowPhotog]

Thank you so much!

[@MaheshMahesh-gz9fv]

Nation Which Forgets Its Past History Is Doomed To Failure As In Case EU. And Russia Is Not One Among Them To Forget Past History. 🎉🎉🎉

[@MoeMoe__]

My whole life I've wanted to see this place in person. As a child the colors and the domes fascinated me.

[@MoscowPhotog]

Me too. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would get to see it.

[@tijanapopovic1324]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@MoscowPhotog]

🙏🏼

[@davidsthoughts60]

Another site on my bucket list! Near the top, if not at the top. If I could transport myself to any location on the planet, it would be Red Square.

[@MoscowPhotog]

It’s impressive and moving.

[@monicajames4977]

This is a historic monument that needs to be protected for years I was fascinated by St basils cathedral and just how beautiful and holy it is Russia has to protect this monument

[@MoscowPhotog]

It’s majestic isn’t it?

[@Igorinrussia]

Great job! Really like Moscow! But not comparble to the cathedrals and beauty of my Saint Peteraburg 🙈

[@MoscowPhotog]

In some ways I would agree. Thank you! 👍🏼

[@ShellySpencer-w4m]

So beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[@MoscowPhotog]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@МаринаЗаика-ш4о]

Мир всем! Спасибо за любовь к России! Невозможно жить на Земле без такой красоты и души!

[@MoscowPhotog]

💯🙏🏼

[@v1ncy_vinny406]

The outside is better looking than the inside

[@MoscowPhotog]

Why do you think so?

[@v1ncy_vinny406]

@@MoscowPhotog based on the footage, I was hoping it is more spacious inside. And not as richly decorated as the other prominent Russian churches

[@KOL0VOROT]

Только что смотрел видео из тира. В Техасе было ли какое оружие в собственности?

[@MoscowPhotog]

Да, конечно. Мой отец купил мне мой первый дробовик в возрасте 12 лет. С тех пор у меня есть дробовики, винтовки и пистолеты-пулеметчики.

[@marias5088]

В Техасе есть практически любое оружие у людей. Это же Техас.

[@lennavas5030]

The Church was builded in the etra of the Zar Ivan the III. The expat to work as guide must read something about-

[@KOL0VOROT]

13:27 дымовые датчики стоят не по нормам и совершенно там бесполезны. Или это что-то другое? Вряд ли стали бы портить старину

[@MoscowPhotog]

Perhaps mandated by public law.

[@comment6864]

you have to picture the boyars in their long flowey kaftans and fur trimmed pointy hats loitering in that entry hall.. I think also confirmed by the starkly secular designs on the walls as compared to the church itself, which is in the typical byzantine tradition of most orthodox churches right through today. This is due to iconography having to meet strict canonical standards, it is something pretty much unchanging. However the pastel flowery designs of the surrounding rooms are in complete contrast - purely decor

[@MoscowPhotog]

The artistry and architectural details are mind blowing.

[@sbelobaba]

What's the first thing that comes to mind when you see St Basil's Cathedral? It’s not a church, it looks more like a mosque. It makes sense. It was built in the 16th century when, according to the New Chronology, Orthodoxy and Islam hadn’t yet separated. Pay attention to the wall paintings in old halls of the cathedral. There are no depictions of either people, or animals as it should be in a mosque. The appearance is also unique, looks like a mosque. All similar churches-mosques were destroyed or rebuilt when the Romanovs came to power in Russia in the early 17-th century. Just St Basil's Cathedral survived.

[@MoscowPhotog]

Interesting details!

[@tvarqwz]

Pictures of animals, people or angels are STRICTLY PROHIBITED in mosque.

[@Greasy__Bear]

Or Islam ripped off Christianity. Most mosques look exactly like byzantine cathedrals because many of them used to be byzantine cathedrals that were captured in war. Islam was never part of chrisianity it was founded based on the stories of a heretical sect that spit from Christianity in the 4th century. Islam was founded in the 7th century and never was considered Christian by anyone.

[@sbelobaba]

@@Greasy__Bear > Islam was never part of chrisianity I have a different info on the subject. Islam was born as a new, more strict branch inside then uniform Orthodoxy. It appeared as a reaction to the plagues of the early 15th century that swept over the Empire. It was also fueled with prediction of the end of the World in 1492. Until early 17th century this was still the same Chistian religion. The separation started when the usurpers Romanovs came to power in Moscow. Europe was using the Romanov family as their most powerful weapon against their most robust enemy, the Ottoman empire. Under such circumstances the church schism was inevitable. Even until now the old Russian churches have crosses with crescent below the cross. This is a remnant of the old tradition.

[@ekaterinamarkova8664]

​​@@MoscowPhotogэтот комментарий - полное невежество. Ислам никакого отношение к православию не имеет. Ислам почитает пророка Мухамеда и у них есть почитание Христа как пророка. Православие, как и католичество почитают Христа Спасителя во Святой Троице - Единым Богом. Мухамед никогда в православии не упоминался. 1000 лет назад христианская церковь разделилась на католическую и православную с центром в греческом Константинополе (сейча Стамбул на территории Турции). В 15 веке Турки захватили православные территории и исламизировали их. В 16 веке в России учредили патриаршество,т.к. Константинопольская церковь была разрушена турками исламистами и их патриарх был зависим от турков.

[@zman42]

Not to be cliche, but it’s pronounced as Ba-zill 🙏

[@YegorsTV]

Fellow Russian youtuber here. If you separate politics from Russian life and nature, its true that Russia itself is a very interesting place. Unfortunately, as a citizen of Russia, my relatives have been subject to countless disasters - revolution, Stalin, wars, 90s. Our money has been stolen and confiscated multiple times, hence the poverty that Soviet citizens lived in. Once you live through that, it's not that much fun anymore.

[@MoscowPhotog]

Russsia and Russians have been through a lot. I believe the best is yet to come for all of us. I subscribed! 👍🏼

[@YegorsTV]

@@MoscowPhotog thanks

[@joylarson9040]

Theotokas Christ bearer , Mother of GOD,

[@MoscowPhotog]

Thank you for watching!

[@rwjazz1299]

it's really sad inside. Kind of like Russia as a whole. Brick, and cheap paint.

[@MoscowPhotog]

And you forgot to say dark, like your heart.

[@konstantinkanev6287]

The taking of Kazan (and Astrakhan as well) was one of the greatest events in history of world Christianity. Kazan and Astrakhan khanates were satellites of Osman Turkey that was a death threat to all European Christianity. After Kazan and Astrakhan were captured by Russia, Turkey lost its power. And Roman Pope admitted the knyaz Ivan 4 ("Terrible") as a Caesar i.e. Emperor. Caeser sounded in Russian as Tsar. So tsar is not equal a king but an emperor. King is equal knyaz, konig, konung. These words have a same root

[@abrooke999]

Great video,thank you guys

[@MoscowPhotog]

Thank you for watching!