The Greek Catholic Church of Transfiguration of Our Lord

The Transfiguration Church was built on the foundations of the former Ostrogski Castle. It is a Greek Catholic temple, its construction began in 1717, but progressed very slowly, primarily due to lack of sufficient funds. The construction of the temple was completed thanks to the generosity of a wealthy merchant, Elias Wapinski. The church was consecrated in the middle of the eighteenth century, or more precisely in 1747, despite the fact that it was still in its raw state. In 1911-1912, the church was rebuilt from a single-nave to a three-nave church with towers and a dome. After the end of World War II, due to the displacement of the Greek Catholic population, the church was deprived of its host. In the post-war years, the building was used by the Latin parish: services for children and youth were held there. In 1987 the Greek Catholics regained their temple, which in the following years (1987-1993) was renovated and restored for religious purposes.

The church's founders, Elijah and Pelagia Wapinski, were buried in the temple's crypts.

The Yaroslavl church also houses a valuable icon of the Mother of God in the Hodegetria type: the Gate of Mercy. The icon was crowned with papal crowns in 1996, on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the Union of Brest. A great honor for the city was Pope Francis' request that the grace-famous icon be present in St. Peter's Square in Rome during the inauguration of the Year of Mercy in the Catholic Church, which took place on December 8, 2015.

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