Cathedral of Christ the Saviour ( in the name of Christ) in Moscow - the cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church near the Kremlin on the left bank of the Moskva River , on the spot , calling earlier Chertolem . Existing building - carried out in the 1990s reconstruction of the same name outside the church , created in the XIX century .On the walls of the temple were inscribed the names of Russian army officers who were killed in the war of 1812 and the other at the time of close military campaigns.
The original was erected in gratitude to God for the salvation of Russia from Napoleon's invasion : to preserve the eternal memory of that unprecedented zeal , fidelity and love for Faith and Fatherland , however in these difficult times extolled the Russian people themselves , and to mark our gratitude to Divine Providence for saving Russia from threatening her death.[1] It was built by architect Konstantin Ton . The construction lasted almost 44 years , was consecrated - May 26, 1883.
December 5, 1931 the church building was destroyed.
The existing upper church was consecrated August 19, 2000 .
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