Spaso-Transfiguration Cathedral

The Transfiguration Cathedral, built in 1795, is the largest Orthodox church in Odessa and is located in the center of the city, on Cathedral Square.

The cathedral, designed by architect engineer-captain V. Vonrezant in the style of classicism with elements of eclecticism, has always been the main temple not only for Odessa, but also for the Kherson and Tauride dioceses and accommodated up to 12 thousand people at a time.

In 1936, the cathedral was destroyed and remained in a deplorable state until 1999.

In the necropolis of the temple are buried Archbishops Innocent, Ioannicius, Demetrius and Nikanor, who died in the late 19th century. In the cathedral there are also tombs of the Most High Prince M.S. Vorontsov and his wife.