Patriarch's Palace

Local nameПатриаршие палаты
LocationTverskoy District, Moscow, Russia

For the eponymous structure in Constantinople, see Church of the Holy Apostles.The Patriarchal Chambers and the Church of the Twelve Apostles is a minor cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, commissioned by Patriarch Nikon as part of his stately residence in 1653 and dedicated to Philip the Apostle three years later. It also serves as a part of Moscow Kremlin Museums.

Although premises for the Muscovite metropolitan had existed in the Kremlin ever since the 14th century, Patriarch Nikon, who aspired to rival the tsar in authority and magnificence, had them replaced with a much more ambitious residence, centered on a spacious chamber in the form of the cross, once used as a banqueting hall but now serving as a museum of applied arts. To this structure adjoins from the south a domestic church of the patriarchs, originally consecrated to Philip the Apostle until the dedication was altered to the present one in 1682.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Twelve_Apostles

Address (Unnamed Road), Москва 109012, Russia

Coordinates 55°45'4.514" N 37°37'0.307" E

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