Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral

The main cathedral of the city
Rating 9110

31 march 2023Travel time: 19 september 2021
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. You can only take pictures when there is no service.
Under the church hall and the porch in the basement of the cathedral there is a reading room, a baptistery-baptistery, a sacristy, a prosphora, a refectory and even a meeting room. In front of the cathedral stands a bronze statue of the Archangel Michael. The sculpture of the heavenly patron of Kyiv was presented to the people of Donetsk in 2002 in gratitude for the Mertsalov's Palm, a symbol of the industriousness of the inhabitants of Donetsk.
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