In this cathedral, weddings and baptisms of members of the royal family were performed. Has two entrances. Central and across the carved porch. There is a legend that this porch was built specifically for Ivan the Terrible, when, after his fourth marriage, he was deprived of the right to be in the temple. From this porch he listened to sermons, and also - from this porch they distributed alms. Inside the temple there is a grandiose five-tiered iconostasis of Theophanes the Greek, the floor of the temple is made of silicon interspersed with agate and jasper. It is better to look around when there is no tourist. groups. , it is better seen, since the temple is darkened from below. Once a year, on the feast of the Annunciation, according to an old Russian custom, after the liturgy, His Holiness the Patriarch releases birds from the porch of this cathedral. And yet - the neighboring entrance of the Kremlin Palace (Residence of the President of the country) is named Blagoveshchensky, after the name of this cathedral
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