Add a review about the Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord in Surgut

City with a four-century history Surgut, alas, can not boast of ancient temples: all of them were destroyed in the Soviet era. So the main temple of the city was built only in 2003. Nevertheless, this beautiful church of traditional architecture has already become the pride of the townspeople and one of the symbols of Surgut. Many consider it the most beautiful in the entire Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug

The Orthodox community in Surgut appeared in 1987 ., but the believers did not have a large enough church . One of the most famous cathedrals of Siberia, Troitsky, was destroyed . In 1991, . Bishop of Tobolsk and Tyumen consecrated the site for the construction of the temple in a picturesque place on the bank of the river . And 12 years later the same bishop was consecrated by the cathedral of Surgut . The construction was going on for a long time, and in the middle of it an adjustment was made to the one already built, since the official commission of experts It was noted that the architectural style of the church is heterogeneous . So, in accordance with the commission's conclusion, the tent bell tower over the main building was decided to be replaced by a separate one .

This beautiful church of traditional architecture already became the pride of the townspeople and one of the symbols Surgut.

Today the Surgut temple of Transfiguration stands both for external and internal examination. The snow-white building is decorated with chapels with 13 domes, covered with titanium nitrite and sparkling in the sun. The building of the cathedral is decorated externally with ceramic tiles, and the central drum and chapters are arches and belts. Above the main entrance to the temple, passing through the bell tower, you can see beautiful mosaic icons with images of Jesus Christ, the Virgin and John the Baptist. Mosaics were performed in Moscow from the Italian smalt

In the church of the Transfiguration of the Lord there are the relics of the Glinsky elders

Inside the temple you can see a beautiful marble and granite floor and the height of the room from it to the central head is 27 m. The most significant parts of the iconostasis The cathedral is an image of St. John the Baptist and John Tobolsky, the patron saint of Siberia. In the middle part of the temple ("ship") and on the inside of the main dome you can see wonderful wall paintings created in 2012

The plot of work on the internal painting of the temple

The special pride of the church is its bells. The transportation of the two largest of Moscow by special transport took a week. The largest bell weighing six tons has almost 2, 5 m in height. The bells are decorated with relief icons, images and texts. In total, there are 13 bells installed on the bell tower of the cathedral with a height of more than 60 m, which were set up by a specially invited bell ringer from Moscow.

Practical information

Address: ul. Melik-Karamova, 76.

The cathedral is located in the southern part of the city, between the Saima River and Yugorskiy tract.