The Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior (russian: link=no, Церковь Спаса Преображения) ― is a

Russian Orthodox Russian Orthodoxy (russian: Русское православие) is the body of several churches within the larger communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, whose liturgy is or was traditionally conducted in Church Slavonic language. Most ...

church in the village of Zaymo-Obryv, Azovsky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia. It belongs to the Diocese of Rostov and Novocherkassk of Moscow Patriarchate and was built in 1910. It is also an object of

cultural heritage of Russia The national cultural heritage register of Russia (russian: Единый государственный реестр объектов культурного наследия) is a registry of historically or culturally significant man-made immovab ...

History

The Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Zaimo-Obryv was completed in 1910 (according to other sources, in 1909) on the project of the Don architect P. S. Studenikin in

neo-Byzantine style Neo-Byzantine architecture (also referred to as Byzantine Revival) was a revival movement, most frequently seen in religious, institutional and public buildings. It incorporates elements of the Byzantine style associated with Eastern and Ortho ...

. The church reached 35.5 meters in height (with the cross on the dome) and 21 meters in width. In the first years after its erection, it vas visited by about three thousand parishioners. During the Soviet era, the church building was partially destroyed (with the bell tower was being also damaged), and the untouched part was used as a

granary A granary is a storehouse or room in a barn for threshed grain or animal feed. Ancient or primitive granaries are most often made of pottery. Granaries are often built above the ground to keep the stored food away from mice and other animals ...

store. The church began to be renovated in 1989. The belltower was rebuilt anew, the area in front of the church was paved with sidewalk tiles, and the walls were newly plastered and painted. A

refectory A refectory (also frater, frater house, fratery) is a dining room, especially in monasteries, boarding schools and academic institutions. One of the places the term is most often used today is in graduate seminaries. The name derives from the Lat ...

was built and a Sunday School was opened. In 1992, the church was officially recognized as an object of cultural heritage of the Russian Federation. Since 2014, a work to restore the interior decoration of the church is underway.

References

Churches in Rostov Oblast Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Rostov Oblast Churches completed in 1910 Russian Orthodox church buildings in Russia {{Russia-EO-church-stub