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There are many legends in the Seraphim-Diveevsky Monastery explaining the origin of various shrines. One of them concerns the Transfiguration Cathedral.

The unusual architectural ease of the Transfiguration Cathedral is called to contrast with the earthly vale, to which reconciliation with which, having chosen the path of spiritual perfection, called the Monk Seraphim of Sarov with all his life.

It is believed that the Reverend Seraphim bequeathed to build in Diveevo a second temple at the end of the Holy Canal, next to the Trinity Cathedral. A wooden Tikhvin church was established in the place indicated, which over the years has decayed severely and became cramped for a growing flock, and in 1928 was burnt in a fire. The Transfiguration Cathedral was to become a warm "winter" church, and it was laid in 1907 in another place, on the side of the Holy Canal.

Another legend says that the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral did not have a "blessing" from the blessed Praskovia Ivanovna , who lived at the beginning of the 20th century in Diveevo and whose advice was listened to by believers.

Abbess Alexandra Trakovskaya ordered the laying of the cathedral, and when the work was already in full swing, from the blessed Praskovia Ivanovna there was a strange warning: "The cathedral is a cathedral, but I saw, bird cherry in the corners, something with increased, as if not overwhelmed. " When later in the Soviet era the cathedral stood in utter desolation and in the darkness, and then a garage hangar was built in it, trees really grew on the roof of the church, as Diveyevsky blessed predicted.

Chronicle of the Seraphim-Diveevsky Monastery
Savior Transfiguration Cathedral is also interesting in architectural terms, as it is built in the Neo-Russian style and embodies the airiness of the heavenly temple, which looks upwards with all its appearance.

This unusual lightness is called to contrast with the earthly vale, to reconciliation with which, choosing the path of spiritual self-improvement, called the Monk Seraphim of Sarov with all his life.

The interior decoration of the Savior's Transfiguration Cathedral is painted by the hands of the sisters of the icon painting school of Palekh master P. Parilov

Among the shrines of the cathedral - the relics of the Monk Marfa Diveeska (commemorated on September 3) and the power of the Blessed Pasha of Sarov (Memorial Day - October 5).