The Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior is a new shrine of the city, built in the Baroque architectural style. A bell tower was built next to the cathedral.

The Church of the Body of Christ was founded in 1635 by the Bishop of Pinsk Jaŭchim Harbacki and Jan Stanislaŭ Sapieha (the eldest son of the famous Chancellor of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Lieŭ Sapieha). The temple was located on the edge of the Market Square. The church was built in the Renaissance style. After the uprising of 1830—1831, the church was transformed into the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior. In 1848 it was damaged by fire. In 1963, the temple, which was badly damaged during the Second World War, was blown up and dismantled into bricks.

In the 1990s a new cathedral was built on the site of the ruined church. The architectural, stylistic and compositional basis of the temple is the previous Baroque church. A three-tiered bell tower topped with an onion dome was erected in front of the temple.

Publication date: 16.05.2022.

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