ST BASIL’S ESCHATOLOGICAL VISION:
ASPECTS OF THE RECAPITULATION OF HISTORY AND THE ‘EIGHTH DAY’
(PHRONEMA, VOL. XXV, 2010)
By Mario Baghos
Monday, July 31, 2017
Monday, July 3, 2017
Saint Basil's Cathedral and the Book of Revelation
Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow was built from 1555–61 on orders from Ivan the Terrible, and today is painted in a potpourri of saturated, bright colors that dominate all other buildings in the Red Square. The color scheme has evolved considerably since the complex was constructed, and the current colors were chosen and applied between 1680 and 1848. The Cathedral’s original color was said to have been white to match the white stone of the Kremlin, while the domes were gold. The new color scheme was chosen in accordance with descriptions of the New Jerusalem found in the scriptural Book of Revelation:
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