Church of Transfiguration, Lviv

Coordinates: 49°50′37″N 24°1′46″E / 49.84361°N 24.02944°E / 49.84361; 24.02944
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Church's façade seen from Krakivska St.
Interior

The Church of the Transfiguration (Ukrainian: Преображенська церква, Preobrazhenska tserkva, or more formally Церква Преображення Господа Нашого Ісуса Христа, Tserkva preobrazhennia Hospoda Nashoho Isusa Khrysta) in Lviv, Ukraine is located in the city's Old Town, just north of the market square.

It was originally built as the Roman Catholic church of the Holy Trinity of the

Spring of Nations in 1848.[1]

The ruins of the church were rebuilt by the

domes that now dominate the facade were built on the church's towers. The interior underwent much deeper changes to adapt it to the needs of Eastern Rite
liturgy.

The church was reconsecrated on 29 April 1906, as the Greek Catholic church

Hryhory Khomyshyn
. In the first half of the 20th century, the parish became one of the main cultural centres of the Ukrainian national movement. On 29 October 1989 this was the first parish to be restored with the imminent collapse of the Soviet Union.

The church contains sculptures and paintings by Kornylo Ustiyanovych, Tadeusz Popiel, Tomasz Kopystynski and Leonard Markoni.[4]

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49°50′37″N 24°1′46″E / 49.84361°N 24.02944°E / 49.84361; 24.02944