Editing Saint Basil's Cathedral (section)

== Naming ==
The building, originally known as "Trinity Church",<ref name=S126/> was consecrated on 12 July 1561,<ref name=OFS/> and was subsequently elevated to the status of a ''[[Eastern Orthodox church architecture#Terminology|sobor]]'' (similar to an [[Basilica#Ecclesiastical basilicas|ecclesiastical basilica]] in the [[Catholic Church]], but usually and incorrectly translated as "cathedral").<ref>A "sobor" in Orthodox tradition is any significant church that is prepared to and allowed by the Patriarch to host [[Divine Liturgy]] delivered by a [[bishop]] or a higher-level cleric. It is not necessarily ''the'' seat of a bishop; seat of the bishop, strictly correlating to Catholic [[cathedral]], is "kafedralny sobor".</ref> "Trinity", according to tradition, refers to the easternmost sanctuary of the [[Holy Trinity]], while the central sanctuary of the church is dedicated to the [[Feast of the Intercession|Intercession of Mary]]. Together with the westernmost sanctuary of the Entry into Jerusalem, these sanctuaries form the main east–west axis (Christ, Mary, Holy Trinity), while other sanctuaries are dedicated to individual saints.<ref name=B113>Brunov, p. 113</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Sanctuaries of the cathedral
! Compass point<ref name=SB>Names (patron saints) of the sanctuaries start with the earliest known consecration, as in: Brunov, supplemental tables, pp. 6–10</ref>
! Type<ref name=SB/>
! Dedicated to<ref name=SB/>
! Commemorates
|-
| Central core
| [[tented roof|Tented church]]
| Intercession of Most Holy [[Theotokos]]
| Beginning of the final assault of Kazan, 1 October 1552
|-
| West
| Column
| Entry of Christ into Jerusalem
| Triumph of the Muscovite troops
|-
| North-west
| [[Groin vault]]
| Saint [[Gregory the Illuminator]] of [[Armenia]]
| Capture of Ars Tower of [[Kazan Kremlin]], 30 September 1552
|-
| North
| Column
| Saint Martyrs [[Cyprian and Justina|Cyprian and Justinia]] (since 1786 Saint [[Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia]])
| Complete capture of [[Kazan Kremlin]], 2 October 1552
|-
| North-east
| [[Groin vault]]
| [[Patriarch of Alexandria|Three Patriarchs of Alexandria]] (since 1680 Saint [[John the Merciful]])
| Defeat of Yepancha's cavalry on 30 August 1552
|-
| East
| Column
| Life-giving [[Holy Trinity]]
| Historical Trinity Church on the same site
|-
| South-east
| [[Groin vault]]
| Saint [[Alexander Svirsky]]
| Defeat of Yepancha's cavalry on 30 August 1552
|-
| South
| Column
| The icon of [[Saint Nicholas]] from the [[Velikaya River]] (Nikola Velikoretsky)
| The icon was brought to Moscow in 1555.
|-
| South-west
| [[Groin vault]]
|  Saint [[Barlaam of Khutyn]]
| May have been built to commemorate [[Vasili III of Russia]]<ref>Shortly before his death Grand Prince Vasily, father of Ivan, accepted [[tonsure]] of a monk under the name of Varlaam. Connection between this event and the Church of St. Varlaam has not been confirmed by hard evidence.</ref>
|-
| North-eastern annex (1588)
| [[Groin vault]]
| [[Basil Fool for Christ|Basil the Blessed]]
| Grave of venerated local saint
|-
| South-eastern annex (1672)
| [[Groin vault]]
| [[Blachernae|Laying the Veil]] (since 1680: Nativity of Theotokos, since 1916: Saint John the Blessed of Moscow)
| Grave of venerated local saint
|}

The name "Intercession Church" came into use later,<ref name=S126/> coexisting with Trinity Church. From the end of the 16th century<ref name=K403/> to the end of the 17th century the cathedral was also popularly called Jerusalem, with reference to its church of Entry into Jerusalem<ref name=K402/> as well as to its [[#Sacral and social role|sacral role in religious rituals]]. Finally, the name of [[Basil Fool for Christ|Vasily (Basil) the Blessed]], who died during construction and was buried on-site, was attached to the church at the beginning of the 17th century.<ref name=S126/>

Current Russian tradition accepts two coexisting names of the church: the official<ref name=S126/> "Church of Intercession on the Moat" (in full, the "Church of Intercession of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat"), and the "Temple of Basil the Blessed". When these names are listed together<ref name=B95/><ref name=K398>Komech, Pluzhnikov p. 398</ref> the latter name, being informal, is always mentioned second.

The common Western translations "Cathedral of Basil the Blessed" and "Saint Basil's Cathedral" incorrectly bestow the status of cathedral on the church of Basil, but are nevertheless widely used even in academic literature.<ref name=S126/> Especially during the 19. century, in English and other languages the Saint Basil's Cathedral was also called (Cathedral or Church of) Vassili Blagennoi.<ref>{{cite book |last= Colville Frankland |first=Captain C. |year=1832 |title= Narrative of a Visit to the Courts of Russia and Sweden |url=https://archive.org/details/vol2narrativeofv00fran/page/n3/mode/2up |volume=II |location=London |publisher=[[Henry Colburn]] and [[Richard Bentley (publisher)|Richard Bentley]] |pages=218, 300, 389}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Ritchie |first=Leitch |author-link=Leitch Ritchie |year=1836 |title=A Journey to St. Petersburg and Moscow |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.36333/page/n7/mode/2up |location=London |publisher=[[Longman]] |pages=188, 214}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Abbott |first=Capt. James |author-link=James Abbott (Indian Army officer) |year=1843 |title=Narrative of a Journey from Heraut to Khiva, Moscow, and St. Petersburgh |url=https://archive.org/details/narrativeofjourn02abbouoft/page/n5/mode/2up |volume=II |location=London |publisher=W.H. Allen and Co. |pages=134}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=20 January 1855 |title=Sketches of Moscow |url= https://archive.org/details/ballouspictorial0708ball/page/36/mode/2up |magazine=[[Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion|Ballou's Pictorial]] |location=Boston |publisher=[[Maturin Murray Ballou|M.M. Ballou]] |volume=VIII |issue=185 |page=36 |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Sutherland |first=Edwards |year=1861 |title=Russians At Home |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.75194/page/n3/mode/2up |location=London |publisher=W.H. Allen and Co. |pages=118, 214}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Gautier |first=Théophile |author-link= Théophile Gautier |translator-last=Ripley |translator-first=M.M. |year=1874 |title=A Winter in Russia |url=https://archive.org/details/winterinrussia00gaut/page/n7/mode/2up |location=New York |publisher=[[Henry Holt and Company]] |pages=252–257}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=von Reber |first=Franz |translator-last=Thacher Clarke |translator-first=Joseph |year=1887 |title=History of Mediæval Art |url=https://archive.org/details/ost-art-historyofmediaev00rebeiala/page/n5/mode/2up |location=New York |publisher=[[Harper (publisher)|Harper & Brothers]] |pages=69–70}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Pelham-Clinton |first=Charles S. |date=January–June 1896 |title=The City of the Tsars: A Visit to Moscow and the Kremlin |url= https://archive.org/details/windsor-1896-a/page/514/mode/2up |magazine=[[The Windsor Magazine]] |location=London |publisher=[[Ward, Lock & Co.|Ward, Lock & Bowden]] |volume=III |pages=516, 522 |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref>