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A red cat in front of the Spassky Cathedral in the Andronikov monastery, Moscow. Royalty Free Stock Photo

A red cat in front of the Spassky Cathedral in the Andronikov monastery, Moscow.

Spassky Cathedral, which is the katholikon of Andronikov Monastery, is active Orthodox temple, a monument of the early Moscow architecture of the XV century. It`s one of numerous Russian churches dedicated to the Vernicle Image of the Saviour. Also Spassky Cathedral is the oldest partially preserved Orthodox temple of Moscow outside the Kremlin in Moscow. A famous ancient Russian icon painter Andrei Rublev participated in the implementation of internal painting of the Cathedral.