Ku ngonyaka we-1653, the inzalamizi uNikon wayalela ukwakhiwa kwendawo yokuhlala enesizotha, eminyakeni emithathu kamuva lesi sakhiwo sanikezelwa kuMphostoli uPhilip futhi saziwa njengo Isonto LabaPhostoli AbayiShumi Nambili. UNikon wayefuna ukuqhudelana neTsar ngokwamagunya, isimilo, ezombusazwe kanye nenkolo, ngakho-ke wayalela ukwakhiwa kwendawo yokuhlala enhle, maphakathi nenqaba (Kremlin).
Igumbi elikhulu belivulekile kakhulu futhi limise okwesiphambano, belisetshenziswa ngezikhathi zokukhanya kwelanga emadilini amakhulu lapho uNikon ayengumuntu oyinhloko. Namuhla, isetshenziswa njengemnyuziyamu yobuciko obusetshenzisiwe futhi ingenye yezivakashi ezivakashelwa kakhulu edolobheni laseMoscow.
Ngenxa yendawo elikuyo, iSonto lincintisana ngokuthandwa nokubaluleka ngamasonto ababhishobhi bekhulu le-5 aseduze kakhulu, imengamo yalo emibili ivumela ukufinyelela eCathedral Square, futhi uphahla lwayo lunezindlu ezinhlanu ezimele ukuthanda kwendabuko kukaNikon, ezimisele qokomisa umjaho wesonto waseByzantium.
Ku Uguquko luka-1917, iBandla labaPhostoli abayiShumi naMbili lalikhona konakele kakhulu, ngenxa yalokho imidwebo eminingi ebunjiwe ilahlekile, kepha namanje kusakhanga ukuvakashela eMoscow.