Churche of the Deposition of the Virgine's Robe

Church of the Deposition was built by Pskovian masters in 1484-85 in the architectural style known as Early-Moskovite. The church, which was linked by a staircase with the Patriarch's Palace, served as the domestic chapel of the metropolitans and patriarchs.
The interior of this church is noteworthy. Four square pillars support the vaulted roof. The walls and pillars are covered with paintings strictly canonical in content. The paintings were made in 1644 by Sidor Pospeyev and Ivan Borisov (who had also worked on frescoes in the Cathedral of the Dormition) and by Semion Abramov. In 1955-56 the frescoes were cleared of later overpaintings and fixed. Restored at the same time was the church's iconostasis, the icons of which were painted in 1627 by a team of artists led by the noted icon painter Nazary Istomin-Savin. The church's northern gallery now houses a small exhibition of wooden handicrafts.