This church, situated in the southern part of the complex, is immediately remarkable due to its brightly coloured geometrically painted pattern, precisely sculptured white columns and gold dome, making it appear almost like a royal palace. The construction was started in 1686 by the Alekseyevich brothers John V and Peter I with the blessing of the patriarch Joachim, and finished in 1692 on the day of the 300th anniversary of the finding of relics on the site. The architecture is in the Naryshkinsky baroque design – a Russian version of the fashionable European style at the time. The majority of the current paintings adorning the cathedral’s interior were completed during the reign of Catherine Great, though subject to much change over the course of the 19th century. The church is the biggest of the whole monastery