1. Built by Russian architect Andrei Voronikhin. Tsar Paul I thought of building the Kazan Cathedral on the spot where the old Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin had stood. He held a ...

On July 29 and Sept. 12, scores of pilgrims come to the Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Perugia, Italy, to see and venerate a sacred object — a relic said to be the Blessed Virgin Mary’s wedding ring.

In 2005, under the walls of the Kazan Kremlin, he assigned land to Catholics to build their own church. Cardinal Angelo Sodano consecrated it in 2008 with the title of the Exaltation of the Holy ...

Explore the spiritual significance and beauty of the Kazanskaya Mother of God icon at the SACRED PRESENCE: VIRGIN OF KAZAN exhibition at The Icon Museum and Study Center from March 22 to August 25 ...