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Attractions Kropyvnytskyi
Transfiguration Cathedral
The Transfiguration Cathedral was built in Kropyvnytskyi in the classicist style as the main Orthodox church of the city after the liquidation of the Trinity Church, which was located on the territory of the abolished fortress of Saint Elizabeth.
In Soviet times, the cathedral was closed by the authorities as a religious building. In 1965, a city art gallery was opened in its premises, which saved it from destruction. With the declaration of Ukraine's independence, the church resumed services. It currently belongs to the UOC community of the Moscow Patriarchate.
In the Transfiguration Cathedral, fragments of the relics of the saints of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, as well as of Nicholas the Wonderworker, are kept. A monument in honor of the 2000th anniversary of the birth of ...
Last update
3/18/2024
Categories | Temple, Architecture |
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Date of foundation | 1819 year |
Address |
Preobrazhenska Street, 22
Kropyvnytskyi |
Coordinates | 48.5048° N, 32.2685° E Coordinates copied |
Phone | +380 522 227 685, +380 68 293 7968, |
shemedyk.ivan@ukr.net |
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