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Храм Преображения Господня

Храм Преображения Господня, Orthodox church in Sochi, Russia.

The Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord stands on Shosseynaya Street in Khosta, Sochi. Built in 1914, it was designed as an imitation of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, with a central dome and arched windows. The building later housed an automatic telephone exchange before being returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000–2001.

The church was founded in 1914, emerging from the final years of church development in the Russian Empire before the revolution. The building preserves the architectural character of its founding period and demonstrates religious construction practices of that era.

The church is dedicated to the Transfiguration of the Lord, a feast celebrated on 19 August. In 2009 pop singer Yuri Shatunov donated three icons about 200 years old from his collection; before that the revived church had no pre-revolutionary icons. Visitors can see these donated icons inside.

The church stands at Shosseynaya Street 9-a in the Khosta microdistrict, in the Hostinsky district rather than the city centre. Buses along the Khosta corridor stop nearby; the building sits slightly off the main road, so look for the church grounds rather than a street-front facade.

In 2009 pop singer Yuri Shatunov gave the church three icons about 200 years old from his own collection; until then the restored parish had no pre-revolutionary icon at all. The building itself, designed after the Jerusalem Church of the Holy Sepulchre, served as a telephone exchange from 1981 before being returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000-2001.

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