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Russia, Ivanovo, Kolotilova street, 44
Ivanovo, Ivanovo region 153012
Russia
Telephone:
8(4932) 30-87-66; tel/fax: 8(4932) 30-06-48
Groundbreaking of the Transfiguration Cathedral
took place on August 27, 1889. The church was built over four years at the expense of the manufacturer M.N. Garelin and was solemnly consecrated on August 24, 1893.
History[edit]
The foundation stone of the temple took place on August 27, 1889. The church was built over four years at the expense of the manufacturer M.N. Garelin and was solemnly consecrated on August 24, 1893.
The church project was developed by the famous Moscow architect Alexander Stepanovich Kaminsky. The facades of the main volume of the temple are completed with kokoshniks, and the corners with tent-roofed turrets. The temple is crowned with an octagon with five chapters on high faceted drums. Lush platbands and cornices, two-tiered kokoshniks and other architectural details give the building an elegant appearance. On the western side of the temple there is a high tented bell tower, where 12 bells were originally located. Three entrances to the temple are highlighted by hipped porches.
Many details of the church's decoration were borrowed from the architecture of the late 17th century. Not far from the main entrance to the temple, a two-story brick clergy house was built. In the central part of the temple, a three-tier iconostasis was installed, and in the chapels of the Venerable Martyr Nikon and the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God - two-tier iconostases, made according to the drawings of Alexander Stepanovich Kaminsky. The icons for them were painted by the Moscow artist Ya.I. Ruchkin. In addition, several ancient, richly decorated icons were transferred from the Garelins’ home chapel to the temple. The wall painting in the temple was done by the artist I.V. Belousov. Subsequently, M.N. Garelin and his wife were buried in the church courtyard opposite the altar.
Initially, the Transfiguration Church was designed for 700 people - residents of the village of Rylikha, which existed on the outskirts of Ivanovo since the beginning of the 17th century. After the construction of the temple, it began to be called the village of Preobrazhensky and became part of the city after the February Revolution of 1917.
Since 1931, the temple was used simultaneously by two Orthodox communities - traditional and renovationist movements, which moved to the Transfiguration Church from the closed Intercession Cathedral, and then from the Assumption Cemetery Church. This use of the temple led to constant conflicts.
By decision of the regional executive committee on May 19, 1940, the church was closed and the interior decoration was destroyed. Two years later, believers applied for registration of the Orthodox community, and on November 17, 1944, services resumed in the church.
After the creation of the Ivanovo-Shuiskaya, then the Ivanovo-Kineshma diocese, the Transfiguration Church became a cathedral.
Interior decoration and shrines of the White Church in Ivanovo
The inside of the religious building is light and spacious. A three-tiered gilded iconostasis, created in the Baroque style, stretches from the northern to the southern wall. Interesting fact: the altar partition once belonged to Suvorov. It was also delivered here in 1956 from the village of Sarajevo, Furmansky district.
Unfortunately, the original iconostases in the chapels of the martyr Nikon and the Mother of God, made according to the sketches of the architect Kaminsky, have not been preserved. The same fate befell the ancient icons from the Garelin house. In 1940, during the closure of the cathedral, all the interior decoration was destroyed.
Restoration work began after the end of the Great Patriotic War. In 1986, the wall painting created at the beginning of the last century by the artist Belousov was updated. Among the shades, white, blue, greenish and red-brown colors predominate, characteristic of the interiors of the temple of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The main aisle of the cathedral is consecrated in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord, the side aisles - St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. Accordingly, patronal feasts are celebrated in memory of St. Nicholas on May 9/22 and December 6/19, the icon of the Mother of God on July 8/21, October 22/November 4, and the Transfiguration of the Lord on August 6/19.
Among the shrines presented here are particles of the relics of St. Basil, the icon of the “Inexhaustible Chalice”, particles of the relics and the icon of St. Leontius, an image of St. Macarius and his relics, an icon with particles of the relics of Blessed Simon.
© Veselin Dechev
Current state[edit]
Description[edit]
Iconostasis
The temple was built in the Russian style of the late 19th century, in imitation of the architecture of the 17th century. The facades of the main volume are completed with kokoshniks, and the corners with hipped towers. The temple is crowned with an octagon with five chapters on high faceted drums. Lush platbands and cornices, two-tiered kokoshniks and other architectural details give the building an elegant appearance. On the western side of the temple there is a high tented bell tower, where 12 bells were originally located. Three entrances to the temple are highlighted by hipped porches.
Activities of the parish[edit]
At the temple there are:
- Sunday school for children
- Sunday School for Adults
- Temperance Society
- Pilgrimage Service
- Social service
Architecture of the Church of the Transfiguration in Ivanovo
If you look at the temple complex, you will see that it is designed in white and blue. For this reason, local residents nicknamed the religious building the White Church. However, color is not the only thing that makes the cathedral remarkable.
Numerous decorative elements are also of interest, giving the building a festive look. These include, for example, keel-shaped and semicircular kokoshniks that decorate the facades of the complex. They are kept company by lush and defined cornices, platbands, and an openwork metal lattice that encloses the territory of the church.
The bell tower, whose roof is crowned with tents instead of domes, also attracts attention. There used to be 12 bells inside the room. The tent theme is continued by the three entrances to the church. One of them, the one on the western side, is distinguished by a high arch and a small dome. However, the temple building itself is devoid of tents; instead, there are five domes on faceted drums. According to the type of architectural composition, the building is an octagon.
All these details indicate that the building belongs to the “Russian” architectural style, which became widespread at the end of the 19th century. It is known that supporters of this movement adopted the features of ancient Russian architecture of the 17th century.
Standing out from the overall composition are the two-story brick parish house, the gatehouse, and the buildings on the south side of the complex. Built in the same period as the cathedral.
© Andrey Lupin
Pilgrim[edit]
Divine services are performed in the Transfiguration Church
daily.
Morning: at 7.00 - the Sacrament of Confession, at 7.40 - hours and Divine Liturgy.
Evening service: at 17.00.
Every Saturday, at the end of the Divine Liturgy, a prayer service is performed with the reading of the Akathist to the Mother of God in front of Her icon, called the “Inexhaustible Chalice.”
The sacrament of baptism is performed daily in the temple. On Saturday: from 9.00 and from 16.00, on Sunday: from 10.00 and from 16.00. At the request of parishioners, individual baptism is performed.
Activity
The institution operates a temperance society “Inexhaustible Chalice”, adult and children's Sunday schools. Classes for adults take place on Friday evenings and last two hours, with additional classes on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The students' schedule includes lessons on folklore songs, church singing, the history of the Christian church, the Old Testament and other disciplines.
Younger pupils study the basics of Orthodoxy, the law of God, the Church Slavonic language, learn choir and choir singing, handicrafts and drawing, attend divine services and go on pilgrimage trips together with their mentors.
The parishioners of the cathedral help the poor with clothes, shoes, and basic necessities, visit inpatients and provide all possible financial support to those in need.
Transfiguration Church in Ivanovo on Google panorama: outside view
The church has a spiritual and educational center and Sunday schools for children and adults.
Recent decades have been marked by the active emergence of a large number of Sunday schools in many parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Likewise, at the Transfiguration Cathedral in the city of Ivanovo, there are Sunday schools for both children and adults, which teach religion and provide religious education.
Priest Kirill Tumin - rector of the Transfiguration Church parish and spiritual mentor of the Sunday School
Pupils of the children's school actively take part in theatrical productions, diocesan competitions and festivals.
Every Saturday at children's Sunday school (junior group) lessons on kindness are held. October 14, 2021
In addition, an Orthodox youth center, a temperance society in honor of the Icon of the Mother of God “Inexhaustible Chalice” and a women’s choir have been created at the cathedral.
There is a social department whose activities include providing social assistance: visiting patients who are being treated in hospitals, providing assistance to the sick, helping large and low-income families, people in need, providing home care to the elderly, the sick, etc.
In addition, pilgrimage trips to Orthodox holy places in Russia are constantly organized for members of the parish community.
From 1940 to 1944 the cathedral was closed and the interior was destroyed
In the early 30s of the 20th century, as a result of another wave of mass closures and destruction of churches, the temple began to be used simultaneously by two parish communities - traditional and renovationist. This led to numerous conflicts.
To prevent the situation from worsening, on May 19, 1940, by decision of the regional executive committee, the temple was closed, and the interior decoration was soon destroyed.
After the closure of the Transfiguration Church in Ivanovo, not a single functioning church remained.
In 1942, believers turned to the authorities with requests to register the Orthodox community, and two years later, on November 17, 1944, the Council for the Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church gave permission to open the Transfiguration Church.
However, due to the extremely neglected state of the building, church services did not resume immediately.
Restoration work began to be carried out in the temple in the post-war years. Gradually, the paintings on its walls were recreated, and the necessary liturgical utensils were acquired.
A gilded three-tier iconostasis in the Baroque style was transported from the village of Sarajevo, Furmanovsky district. It is believed that it was made by order of the famous Russian commander Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov.
How to get there
The cathedral is located on the street. Kolotilova, 44.
By car. You can drive from the capital to Ivanovo along the M7 highway in 4.5-5 hours (290 km). From the southern outskirts of the city you need to go along Lezhnevskaya, Bubnova and Arsenia streets. Then turn left onto the street. Kolotilova, where the cathedral is located. It is located near the intersection of Kolotilova and Proletarskaya streets.
Interior of the Transfiguration Cathedral
By train or bus. From Yaroslavsky Station in Moscow to Ivanovo the train takes 7 hours. The railway station is located in the central part of Ivanovo. In addition, from the Moscow Central Bus Station at the Shchelkovskaya metro station you can get to Ivanovo in 6 hours by direct or transit buses. The bus station in Ivanovo operates in the southern part of the city and is 6.5 km away from the railway station. Around the city you can get to the cathedral by buses No. 12, 13, 32, 115, 116, 121, 150, trolleybus No. 1 and shuttle buses No. 24, 150 (stop "Preobrazhensky Cathedral").
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The architectural features of the temple amaze with their splendor and beauty
The cathedral is built in the shape of a square quadrangle, which is completed by an octagon with five onion domes on high faceted drums.
The facades of the building are completed with elegant triple kokoshniks, and slender tented turrets rise at the corners. The light and outwardly airy temple is painted snow-white.
The temple is crowned with an octagon with five chapters
The central drum, made in the shape of a cylinder, is slightly higher in height than the side drums, which have a faceted shape.
Adjacent to the cathedral from the west is a slender three-tiered hipped bell tower, which originally housed twelve bells. The lower tier of the building is a standard quadrangle, and the upper two are octagonal.
The bell tower is crowned with a small elegant golden “onion” dome. The abundance of “rumor” windows gives the bell tower an even more openwork appearance.
View of the bell tower of the Transfiguration Cathedral
The three entrances to the temple are decorated with hipped porches. The elegant design of the brick gates harmonizes well with the overall decor of the cathedral.
A two-story brick church clergy house was built right there, not far from the temple, which has survived to this day. The entire territory is fenced around the entire perimeter.
Currently, here you can see wall paintings that are striking in their magnificence, which were completed in the first half of the 20th century and updated in 1986.
Today, the Transfiguration Cathedral remains one of the most beautiful churches in the city of Ivanovo
Used materials
- Pages of the official website of Ivanovo Transfiguration Cathedral:
- — “About the temple”
- - "Contacts"
[1] Fedotov A.A., Russian Orthodox Church in the 20th century on Ivanovo land. Collection of documents and materials
, State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education “Ivanovo State Chemical-Technological University,” Ivanovo, 2010, p. 116, p. 151,
[2] 15 years since the death of Archpriest Nikolai Vinokurov, website of the Ivanovo Vvedensky Convent,
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