Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral

Donetsk Holy Transfiguration Cathedral, Holy Transfiguration Cathedral
Ukraine, Donetsk
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Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral

Donetsk Holy Transfiguration Cathedral, Holy Transfiguration Cathedral
Ukraine, Donetsk
The Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in Donetsk is named after the Christian holiday of the Transfiguration of the Lord, which is celebrated on August 19. The cathedral is a cathedral in the Donetsk diocese.

In the autumn of 1883, the construction of a stone building of an Orthodox church began in Yuzovka on the site of a wooden church. On November 2, 1886, the church was consecrated. The church brotherhood of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior in 1896 founded the Fraternal School in Yuzovka. The Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior was destroyed in 1933 during a campaign against religion in the USSR.

On February 12, 1992, the Donetsk City Council decided to allocate a land plot and start building a cathedral on the site of the old cemetery. The new cathedral is being built in a different form than the one that was before its destruction. The place of construction of the new cathedral does not coincide with the old one. Construction started in 1997.
In 2002, the Kiev authorities presented Donetsk with a bronze statue of the Archangel Michael, which had previously stood on Independence Square in Kyiv. This is a return gift from the people of Kiev for a copy of Mertsalov's palm, which Donetsk presented to Kiev in the summer of 2001. The statue is installed at the entrance to the cathedral.

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Traveled 3 years ago
Rating 9
Although the cathedral is very young (construction started in 1997) and cannot boast of antiquity, the building is very majestic. Located in a very convenient location in the city center on the street. Artem. The appearance of the cathedral, the well-groomed courtyard is a separate architectural complex. The main decoration of the interior of the cathedral are the majestic carved gilded iconostases. It is best to visit it on Sundays or holidays, as you can hear the church choir singing, but these days there are always a lot of people.
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