Iconography and Architecture, The Ways to Immortalise Oneself

Today, my dear readers, I wish to share something extremely fascinating, albeit highly polarizing. I, therefore, urge you all to perceive the following as the artistic object. I believe we can get by without zeal for the moment. Today I shall familiarise a fascinating interpretation that your fellow, I imagine, Christians (even if of a different branch) have on the familiar Holy images.

Now, behold! Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces! They even paint it green. Before you ask, no, this isn't a joke. It's a real (although not quite built yet) temple in Moscow. Although the exterior is remarkable, I would like for us to hasten just a bit and see the most wondrous part of it, the inside! First, the doors. As pompous as everything in Russia. Without any irony, if it wasn't for those cheap hinges, these would be some (if not the most) of the most beautiful doors in existence. But these are not the only one of its beautiful sides.
Here is one of the rooms in the lower temple.

As you may have noticed, Orthodox Christians have a different idea regarding how churches should be built. While they do still believe that a true servant of God should be generous and give his riches away, they also believe that temples should be as richly decorated as possible, for the places of worship deserve only the most beautifully carved stone and most expensive metals. Some of the Kyiv's ancient cathedrals, for instance, to this day retain the domes made of pure gold.

And now, the most curious part of the temple, its mosaics and murals. My readers, do you remember how nobles of old tended to appear on the walls of the very temples they built? This tradition now makes a return. How do you like the newest saints, my readers? I say the mosaic made them a tiny bit... rounder than they appear in reality. Sadly, this art piece didn't make its way to the temple wall and was replaced with, as it was declared, crusade inspired march of the Russian military to Ukrainian Crimea. Beats me where the "crusade" part starts, though.
We do, however, have this one to gaze upon, sadly unfinished as of yet.
...What? have you already forgotten that all this beauty is dedicated to the military?

The most fascinating part of this whole building is not the delightfully ornate walls, but the implications. Here, my readers, you have a truly unique opportunity! You have a direct portal to the days long gone, as grotesque as it is. You can see with your very own eyes how things used to work in medieval times. Remember, we all used to do this very thing - to buy ourselves temples to give ourselves significance. It's just that most of us have parted ways with medieval at some point in the past, while others remain there to this day. What difference does it make if there are Knights Templar or Red Army on the walls of a holy cathedral?
Russians will soon tear this place down from utter shame, but until the do this a rare opportunity to learn.