Happy 450th Birthday, St. Basil's Cathedral

St. Basil's Cathedral
Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP

Service
The interior spaces of the building are extremely cramped and narrow, able to accommodate only a small number of visitors. In this photo, worshippers watch Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill conduct a religious service on July 12, 2011 — the church's 450th anniversary.

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