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The first attested donkey walk attended by Macarius and by Tsar Ivan the Terrible took place in 1558, when Trinity Cathedral was under construction. After the completion of Trinity Cathedral in 1561 the processions terminated at its western sanctuary (dedicated to the Entry into Jerusalem); the cathedral itself became known as Jerusalem (the current popular name "Saint Basil's Cathedral", emerged only in

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