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| denomination = [[Eastern Orthodoxy]]
| founded date = 1786
| founder = [[Grigory Potemkin]]
| dedication = [[Transfiguration of Jesus]]
| consecrated date = 1835
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The '''Saviour's Transfiguration Cathedral''' ({{lang-uk|Спасо-Преображенський кафедральний собор}}, {{lang-ru|Спасо-Преображенский собор}}) is the main [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] church of [[Dnipro]], [[Ukraine]].
== Design ==
The notion that the city's principal structure, the Transfiguration Cathedral, ought to have been constructed in accordance with the plans of [[St. Peter's Basilica]] in [[Rome]] has been deeply ingrained in Dnipro [[literature]] for over 200 years. The cathedral was considered a broad emblem of the vast [[Socioeconomics|socioeconomic]] and cultural changes occurring in the recently joined Southern Territory of the [[Russian Empire]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Спасо-Преображенський собор: історія кафедрального храму Дніпра |url=https://www.dnipro.libr.dp.ua/richka_Dnipro_naberejna |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=www.dnipro.libr.dp.ua |language=uk}}</ref>
The National Russian Military Historical Archive in [[Moscow]] is home to the original Transfiguration Cathedral projects. It is thought that Claude Gerua, an architect, owns them. The cathedral is an imposing [[basilica]] with five [[Nave|naves]]. The cathedral is adorned with [[Portico|porticoes]], which include an eight-column [[Corinthian order]] portico on the main façade and six-column porticoes on the side facades, in addition to the enormous dome that above the house. An inscription-adorned copper gilt mortgage board is set in a particular ___location in the altar's foundations for the future temple. It was subsequently discovered during the 1830 laying and positioned in the newly laid foundation of the current structure.<ref name=":0" />
==History==
In both of the city's first master designs, the notion of a grand temple serving as the center of the new [[Katerynoslav]] was prioritized.<ref name=":0" /> The foundation stone was laid on {{OldStyleDate|20 May|1787|9 May}} by [[
Construction was severely delayed by the [[Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)|Russo-Turkish War]], which broke out a few months after the cathedral was laid and lasted until 1791. Specifically, financing has all but halted. It should be remembered, nevertheless, that the foundation was constructed during the war, with the major construction completed in the next two years. On {{OldStyleDate|5 October|1791|16}}, however, with the unexpected death of Potemkin, difficulties arose in the construction of a new Katerynoslav.<ref name=":0" />
It was discovered that the cathedral was constructed simultaneously on two projects following the Potemkin's death. Furthermore, construction officials have already expressed dissatisfaction about their inability to identify the precise tasks that were completed.<ref name=":0" />
When it was built on one of the hills beside the [[Dnieper]], it became a representation of how the [[steppe]] area was changing and becoming a city. The cathedral was closed in 1930, and was supposed to be demolished during the [[Soviet Union]] to make way for a monument honoring the head of the global proletariat was to be built in its stead. However, historian [[Dmytro Yavornytsky]] suggested establishing an [[Atheism|atheist]] museum inside the structure from 1975 and 1988.<ref name=":2" /> The cathedral's distinctive [[iconostasis]] was kept in its original ___location on the pretense of historical significance, and the bell, which weighed four hundred beds, was hidden behind the church's gate.<ref name=":1" /> The building was damaged by an [[earthquake]] in 1888 and by bombs during the [[Second World War]].<ref name=":2">[http://ua.vlasenko.net/_pgs/dnipropetrovska.html UA.vlasenko.net]</ref>
▲In the early 19th century, Potemkin's plans were revived and updated by [[Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu|Duc de Richelieu]], but construction did not start until 1830. The cathedral was built on a smaller scale than originally planned and was consecrated in 1835. The design is attributed to [[Andreyan Zakharov]], chiefly on the ground of its similarity to [[Saint Andrew's Cathedral, Kronstadt|Zakharov's cathedral]] in [[Kronstadt]].<ref name="sobor"/>
The cathedral underwent extensive renovation that started in the middle of the 1990s and was completed in the first part of the 2000s. The building's façade were all repaired. The goal of interior restoration was to restore the spaces as closely as possible to their original state. On the other hand, a number of retreats were made concurrently, and in particular, some well-preserved mid-19th-century [[Fresco|fresco pieces]] were removed. The temple's interior decor was virtually completely redone. Based on the only surviving early 20th-century photo, the cathedral's iconostasis was repaired.<ref name=":0" />
== Gallery ==
<gallery class="center">
File:Sviato-Preobrazhenskyi Cathedral Dnepropetrovks
File:NSH Dnipropetrovs'k Spaso-Preobrazhenskiy sobor 001.JPG|The belltower▼
File:Sviato-Preobrazhenskyi Cathedral Dnepropetrovks
▲File:NSH Dnipropetrovs'k Spaso-Preobrazhenskiy sobor 001.JPG|The
File:Spaso Preobrazhensky Cathedral Dnepropetrovsk. 03.JPG|The [[Eye of Providence]] on the pediment in 2013
File:Преображенский Собор.jpg|One of the gates to the cathedral's compound in 2013
▲File:Sviato-Preobrazhenskyi Cathedral Dnepropetrovks 3.jpg|Candles burning
</gallery>
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