Iberian Chapel

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The Iberian Chapel is a small, historic Orthodox chapel in Moscow’s Red Square, revered for housing a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary and serving as a popular site of pilgrimage and prayer.

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Iberian Chapel canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Orthodox Christian shrine
chapel
religious building
architecturalStyle Russian Revival architecture NERFINISHED
associatedWith Iveron Monastery on Mount Athos NERFINISHED
belongsTo Moscow city heritage
country Russia
dedicatedTo Virgin Mary
demolishedBy Soviet authorities
demolishedIn 1931
denomination Russian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
function place of pilgrimage
place of prayer
hasAlternateName Iberian Gate Chapel NERFINISHED
Iveron Chapel NERFINISHED
Iverskaya Chapel NERFINISHED
hasFeature brightly painted exterior
cupola
iconostasis
small single-nave interior
hasIcon Iveron Icon of the Mother of God NERFINISHED
hasReputation miracle-working shrine
popular pilgrimage destination
heritageStatus cultural heritage monument of Russia
liturgicalUse akathists
molebens
locatedIn Moscow
locatedNear Moscow Kremlin NERFINISHED
Resurrection Gate NERFINISHED
State Historical Museum NERFINISHED
locatedOn Red Square NERFINISHED
nearTransport Okhotny Ryad metro station NERFINISHED
Ploshchad Revolyutsii metro station NERFINISHED
pilgrimageType local pilgrimage site
national pilgrimage site
reconstructedIn 1990s
reconstructionBasedOn archival drawings
historical photographs
reconstructionCompletedIn 1994
1995
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
significance important Marian shrine in Moscow
symbolic gateway to Red Square
tradition lighting candles before the icon
pilgrims pray before entering Red Square
usedFor private devotion
public worship

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Resurrection Gate adjacentTo Iberian Chapel