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By the beginning of the eighteenth century the village had grown into being part of Moscow, and the wooden church could no longer accommodate the [[parish]] membership. Between 1717 and 1722, Prince Koribut-Voronetsky funded the construction of a stone cathedral for Tsarevna Praskovia Ivanovna. Prince Koribut-Voronetsky was the privy secretary of the cabinet of Peter I. The [[parish]] gradually grew to be the largest in Moscow.
In 1790, a [[trapeza|refectory]] with a four-tier bell tower was added. In 1799, Alexander Pushkin was [[baptism|baptized]] in the cathedral. By the mid nineteenth century the need for a new structure was recognized and the Russian architect Yevgraf Tyurin was commissioned to build a new cathedral. The new cathedral was consecrated on [[October 18]], 1853. The architecture of the imposing five-domed structure, with a central dome reminiscent of that of Michelangelo`s St. Peter`s Basilica in Rome, is typical for the late Empire style. The refectory and the lower tier of its campanile were retained from the old church. In 1889, a dome was added by architect Peter Zykov, above the refectory.
During the Soviet period, the cathedral remained the largest open church in Moscow and, after Stalin's recognition of the Church, the cathedral became the seat for the [[patriarch]] until 1992. Patriarchs [[Sergius I (Stragorodsky) of Moscow|Sergius I]], [[Alexei I (Simansky) of Moscow|Alexei I]], [[Pimen I (Izvekov) of Moscow|Pimen]], and [[Alexei II (Ridiger) of Moscow|Alexei II]] were all [[enthronement|enthroned]] in the cathedral.
