Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral, which has been under construction since 2011 in Vladivostok, was consecrated. It has been reported press office city administration.
According to the press service, the cathedral has become the largest in Primorye and at the same time can accommodate three thousand people.
“On the central square of Vladivostok … On August 19, the consecration of the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior took place. Hundreds of believers gathered in the temple, which took more than 10 years to build.
The mayor of the city, Konstantin Shestakov, also attended the ceremony. The consecration ceremony was performed by the bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan of Vladivostok and Primorsky Vladimir.
Before that, the Velikoluksky diocese beginning Confirmation due to priests’ participation in the opening ceremony of the monument to Stalin in Velikiye Luki. Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church were outraged not only by the fact that they attended the ceremony, but also by the words of their “colleagues” that, thanks to pressure from Stalin, “we now have many new martyrs”.
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