Iverskaya Chapel in Moscow, Orthodox chapel at Red Square entrance, Moscow, Russia.
The Iverskaya Chapel is a brick chapel set within the passage of the Resurrection Gate, connecting Red Square with Manezhnaya Square in central Moscow. It has a small dome and sits inside the archway itself, so anyone walking between the two squares passes directly alongside it.
The first chapel on this spot was built in wood in 1669 and later replaced by a stone version. Soviet authorities tore it down in 1931, and it stayed gone until a reconstruction was completed between 1994 and 1995.
The chapel holds a copy of the Iveron icon, brought from a monastery on Mount Athos and considered one of the most revered images in the Orthodox world. People come here daily to pray and light candles in front of it, making the space an active place of worship rather than a museum stop.
The chapel sits in a busy passage, so visiting early in the morning is a good way to find fewer people around. The entrance is level with the ground, which makes it easy to step inside without any difficulty.
The reconstruction was built on the exact spot where the original gate stood, the one that gave the chapel its name. Unlike many rebuilt religious structures, the project followed historical records closely enough that the proportions of the original were kept.
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