Church of the Transfiguration on Ilyina Street

The Church of the Transfiguration on Ilin Street, Novgorod the Great

The Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior (Russian: Церковь Спаса Преображения на Ильине улице) is a former Russian Orthodox Church that stands on Ilyina (Elijah) Street in Veliky Novgorod just east of the Marketplace. The current building was built in 1374 and frescoed by Theophanes the Greek (Feofan Grek or Феофан Грек in Russian) in 1378. Substantial portions of those frescoes still remain, including the Christ Pantocrator in the dome, a number of saints inside the south entrance, and The Old Testament Trinity in the western vestry, as well as others.[1] The current building is now a museum, part of the Novgorod State Museum-Preserve.

  1. ^ G. I. (Gerol'd Ivanovich)Vzdornov, Freski Feofana Greka v tserkvi Spasa Preobrazheniia v Novgoroda: k 600-letiu sushchestvovaniia fresok 1378-1978 (Moscow: Iskusstvo 1976); Idem, Feofan Grek (Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1983); Viktor Lazarev, Feofan Grek i ego shkola (Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1961).

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