Transfiguration Cathedral in Odessa

Transfiguration Cathedral in Odessa
Спасо-Преображенський собор
The rebuilt cathedral
Coordinates	46°28′59.44″N 30°43′51.75″E / 46.4831778°N 30.7310417°E / 46.4831778; 30.7310417Coordinates: 46°28′59.44″N 30°43′51.75″E / 46.4831778°N 30.7310417°E / 46.4831778; 30.7310417
Location	Ukraine, Odessa, Soborna Square, 3
Designer	V. Vonrezant
Type	Orthodox Cathedral
Beginning date	1795
Completion date	May 20, 1808
Dedicated to	Transfiguration of Jesus

The Transfiguration Cathedral in Odessa is the Orthodox Cathedral in Odessa, Ukraine, dedicated to the Saviour's Transfiguration and belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).

History

The first and foremost church in the city of Odessa, the original small building had been built in 1221 during Grand Prince Yurii Ysevolodovich. This had just a single cupola and a tiled roof.^[1]

Another cathedral was founded in 1794 by Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni. The construction was part of a large refurbishment of the whole of the city. Construction lagged several years behind schedule and the newly appointed governor of New Russia, Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, employed the Italian architect Francesco Frappoli to complete the edifice.^[1]

The cathedral was designated the main church of New Russia in 1808 and was continuously expanded throughout the 19th century. The belltower was built between 1825 and 1837, and the refectory connecting it to the main church several years later. The interior was lined with polychrome marble, and the icon screen also was of marble.

Several churches in the region, including the Nativity Cathedral in Chişinău, were built in conscious imitation of the Odessa church. The cathedral was the burial place of the bishops of Tauride (including Saint Innocent of Kherson) and Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, the famous governor of New Russia.

The original structure was demolished by the Soviets in 1936. It was rebuilt starting from 1999. The new cathedral was consecrated in 2003. The remains of Vorontsov and his wife were subsequently reburied in the cathedral. There is a statue of him on the cathedral square. The cathedral bells are controlled by an electronic device capable of playing 99 melodies.

Gallery

The Belltower and the main entrance
The total view
The Cathedral Square in the early 20th century
The altar
The icon screen in a side chapel

References

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1 2 Brumfield, ed. by William Craft (2001). Commerce in Russian urban culture : 1861-1914. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press [u.a.] ISBN 0801867509. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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Attractions in Odessa, Ukraine

Buildings	Bristol Hotel City Hall Londonskaya Hotel Maraslis House Mayurov House Opera Theater Odessa Passage Sea Port Odessa Train Station Odessa University Philharmonic Theater Potemkin Stairs Transfiguration Cathedral Vorontsov Palace Vorontsov Lighthouse

Museums	Archeological Museum Art Museum Catacombs Museum of the Cinema Literature Museum Maritime Museum Numismatics Museum Pushkin Museum Regional Hystory Museum Museum of Western and Eastern Art

Streets and squares	Deribasivska Street Hretska Ploshcha Katerynynska Ploshcha Prymorskyi Bulvar Pushkinska Street Rishelievska Street Soborna Ploshcha Frantsuzskyi Bulvar

Parks and gardens	Arcadia Park Botanical Garden City garden Luzanivka Hydropark Shevchenko Park Transfiguration Park Victory Park Odessa Zoo

Beaches	Arcadia Beach Langeron Beach Luzanivka Beach

Other	Chornomorets Stadium Privoz Market Kulykove Pole

Cathedrals of Ukraine

Eastern Orthodoxy	Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Yalta Annunciation Cathedral, Kharkiv Assumption Cathedral, Kharkiv Chersonesus Cathedral Refectory Church (Cave Monastery) St. Catherine's Cathedral, Kherson St. Panteleimon's Cathedral Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev St. Vladimir's Cathedral, Sevastopol St. Volodymyr's Cathedral Transfiguration Cathedral, Dnipropetrovsk Trinity Cathedral, Kiev Transfiguration Cathedral, Odessa Uzhhorod Orthodox Cathedral

Catholic Church	Resurrection Cathedral Latin Cathedral Holy Cross Cathedral St. Nicholas Cathedral St. George's Cathedral

Armenian Apostolic Church	Armenian Cathedral of Lviv

Lists of damaged, destroyed or looted heritage

Man-made

Looting and burning of the Summer Palaces Destruction of most cultural heritages in Okinawa Shuri Castle Bolshevik Revolution Church of the Tithes St. Nicholas Military Cathedral Brotherhood Monastery St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery Transfiguration Cathedral Destruction of most cultural heritages in North Korea Sogwang and Singye Temple Hungarian Revolution Stalin monument, Hungary Afghanistan Revolutions of 1989 Berlin Wall Dzerzynski monument, Warsaw Hoxha monument, Tirana Euromaidan Vladimir Lenin monument, Kiev Iraq War archaeological looting Firdos Square statue destruction Croatian War of Independence Kosovo War Syrian Civil War ISIL

World War II	Art theft and looting Libraries Planned destruction of Warsaw Nazi plunder

Natural

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

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