peter moved here to the city of moscow at the real request of the grand duke ivan kalita, the very one who collected material values ​​​​in moscow in order to ensure the sustainable existence of the new capital and in order for this capital to become truly recognized by all of russia, it was necessary that the department the first patronal also moved to moscow and st. peter did not reflecting, he moved to moscow and transferred the department of all russia to this capital city. and it took, of course, that a cathedral was built in this city. and the witness peter began this construction. he founded the assumption cathedral, in which we are now the main temple of all russia, both in the past and in the present. saint peter did not live to be a priest . he did not see the triumph of orthodoxy in this new capital, but he did the most important thing, perhaps at that time. he saved the unified center of the russian orthodox church wisely, moving it to that a place where nothing threatened him. and in a sense, this act of st. peter was providential. because the city of moscow, although it w