Transfiguration Cathedral, Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Soborna Square, Odesa, Ukraine
The Transfiguration Cathedral is an Eastern Orthodox church at Soborna Square in Odesa, built in neoclassical style with brick construction. The building features a central dome that rises prominently above the surrounding area.
Metropolitan Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni consecrated the site in 1794 and laid the stone church's foundation on 14 November 1795 to Vikentiy Vanrezant's design, dedicated to Saint Nicholas. Work stalled after Catherine II's death; Richelieu restarted it in 1804 and brought in Francesco Frappoli. Three altars were consecrated on 25 May 1808, when the church took the name Transfiguration. The Soviets demolished it in 1936; rebuilt from 2000, it was reconsecrated on 21 July 2010.
The cathedral holds the tombs of Tauride bishops, including Saint Innocent of Kherson, and of Prince Mikhail Vorontsov, governor of New Russia from 1823 to 1844, reburied here with his wife in 2005. Its bells are run by an electronic device that can play 99 melodies. The building houses a winter church on the ground floor and a summer church above.
The cathedral stands on Soborna Square, with the city water-supply fountain and the Vorontsov statue beside it. The main floor holds a winter church and the upper level a summer church; a chapel sits at the base of the bell tower. The bells play 99 melodies from an electronic control device.
The cathedral bells are run by an electronic device that can play 99 melodies. The building is two-storey, with a winter church on the ground level and a summer church above, and a chapel sits at the base of the bell tower.
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