Greater Church of the Ascension

The Greater Church of Christ's Ascension is one of the largest parish churches in downtown . It is a major landmark of Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street and Nikitskiye Vorota Square.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Russian Orthodox
  • Description: church building in Moscow, Russia
  • Also known as: “Храм Большое Вознесение у Никитских ворот” and “Храм Вознесения Господня в Сторожах, у Никитских Ворот”
  • Address: Большая Никитская улица 36

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gorky Museum and Ryabushinsky House.

Museum
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The is an architectural landmark of the "Moderne" style, the Russian term for Art Nouveau. It was built in Moscow between 1900 and 1903 by Russian architect Fyodor Schechtel.

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Historic building
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is a historic building, which is situated 100 metres north of Greater Church of the Ascension.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central-West and Arbat.

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Moscow is in also part of Central Moscow. There are Arbat East, Khamovniki North, Presnensky East, Tverskoy South - historic districts, located in the West from Tverskaya Street on the left bank of the Moskva River to the Garden Ring.

Suburb
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Street, mainly referred to in English as the , is a pedestrian street about one kilometer long in the historical centre of , Russia. The has existed since at least the 15th century, which makes it one of the oldest surviving streets of the Russian capital.

Suburb
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is a district of of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Population: 75,378 ; 75,955 . The district extends from Kitai-gorod northwest to Belorussky and Savyolovsky Rail Terminals.

Greater Church of the Ascension

Latitude
55.75771° or 55° 45′ 28″ north
Longitude
37.59544° or 37° 35′ 44″ east
Levels
3
Open location code
9G7VQH5W+35
Open­Street­Map ID
way 32045644
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­russian_orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q4092274
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Western Frisian—“Greater Church of the Ascension” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “基督升天大教堂”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه الصعود الكبرى”
  • Georgian: “დიდი ამაღლება”
  • German: “Christi-Himmelfahrts-Kirche zu Storoschi”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית העלייה לשמים הגדולה”
  • Polish: “Wielkie Wniebowstąpienie”
  • Russian: “Большое Вознесение”
  • Slovenian: “Velika cerkev vnebohoda”
  • Western Frisian: “Gruttere Himelfearttsjerke”

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