Transfiguration Cathedral (Nizhny Novgorod)

Transfiguration Cathedral in Soviet times. In the foreground - the cinema "Sormovsky"

For the rapidly growing factory villages in Sormovo near the Sormovsky factory in 1882, a church was erected in honor of the Right Prince Alexander Nevsky . However, Sormovo continued to grow: by the end of the 19th century, more than 10 thousand people worked at the plant, and the small church could no longer accommodate everyone, especially on holidays. On March 29, 1898, the trustees of the parish schools of Sormovskiy Zavody decided to proceed with the drafting of the new church. The construction of the cathedral by the architect Pavel Malinovsky was approved. On December 17, 1899, a special building committee was established under the chairmanship of F. A. Foss, to build a cathedral in Sormovo, and donations began to be collected among workshop workers ^[3] .

On September 8, 1900, a solemn laying of the foundations of the temple took place. In 1905, the main throne was consecrated ^[4] .

The temple was designed to attend more than two thousand parishioners, but later the capacity was further increased. A six-tier carved iconostasis was installed inside the main temple, which was crowned with an eight-pointed forged cross at the top, and seven marble steps were led to the Royal Gates from the prayer hall. In addition to the cathedral, the complex of buildings includes a clergy house , a baptismal house , and several outbuildings.

In 1927, the cathedral was closed, the roof was removed and church utensils confiscated. Initially, it was decided to blow up the temple, however, an orphanage was opened in it, and later a warehouse and a refrigerator were created ^[4] . Only in 1990, the temple was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church and later restored.