The Cathedral of the Transfiguration is a Catholic former cathedral and current parish of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ , first of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church and currently of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church . The cathedral, in Markham, Ontario , just north of Toronto , is the centrepiece and namesake of Cathedraltown near Victoria Square , an unincorporated hamlet.
16-756: Transfiguration Cathedral or Cathedral of the Transfiguration may refer to: Canada [ edit ] Cathedral of the Transfiguration (Markham) , Markham, Ontario, Canada Lithuania [ edit ] Transfiguration Cathedral, Kaišiadorys Romania [ edit ] Transfiguration Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca , Romania Russia [ edit ] Transfiguration Cathedral (Saint Petersburg) Transfiguration Cathedral (Tolyatti) Transfiguration Cathedral, Khabarovsk Transfiguration Cathedral, Novosibirsk Transfiguration Cathedral (Tambov) Transfiguration Cathedral, Pereslavl-Zalessky ,
32-832: A building of pre-Mongol Rus Transfiguration Cathedral, Rybinsk , one of the tallest church buildings in the world Transfiguration Cathedral (Yaroslavl) , the katholikon of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery in Yaroslavl Spain [ edit ] Huesca Cathedral or the Holy Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord, a Roman Catholic cathedral in Huesca, Spain Ukraine [ edit ] Transfiguration Cathedral, Chernihiv ,
48-581: A self-made man in her book Controlling Interest . A 1967 profile in Fortune magazine said "Toronto teems with speculators who have made it big promoting oil, mines, and penny stocks, but no one has made it bigger than Stephen Boleslav Roman." Peter Newman profiled him in "Sometimes a great nation: will Canada belong to the 21st century?" Štefan Boleslav Roman was born in village Veľký Ruskov (now Nový Ruskov) in Slovakia . He emigrated to Canada when he
64-647: A building of pre-Mongol Rus Transfiguration Cathedral, Dnipropetrovsk Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral, Vinnytsia United States [ edit ] Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord in New York City Cathedral Shrine of the Transfiguration , the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia , U.S. Topics referred to by
80-534: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Church building disambiguation pages Cathedral of the Transfiguration (Markham) The cathedral is on land once part of Romandale Farms Inc., founded by the late Stephen B. Roman , a leading breeder and exhibitor of Holstein cows and the founder of Denison Mines Limited , a mining company. Mr. Roman, who arrived in Canada in 1937 from his native Slovakia, donated
96-682: The Cathedral. The cathedral has three gilded towers, representing the Trinity. The centre tower, named the Tower of the Transfiguration, rises 64 m (210 feet). It contains one of the world's largest peals of three bells, weighing 14,500 kg (32,000 pounds). The bells were cast in bronze at the Fonderie Paccard in the French town of Annecy and hung in the cathedral in 1986. Each of
112-497: The cathedral's side towers is 45 m (148 feet) tall. The cathedral contains a 25-metre-wide (82-foot) mosaic of Christ Pantocrator, which occupies the entire dome of the cathedral, and a mosaic of the Virgin Mary, which covers the curved wall of the apse. In 2017, mosaics were installed in the circle under the dome and in the pendentives, which connect the dome to its four supporting pillars. While reflecting biblical themes,
128-401: The content of the mosaics differs from traditional renderings. In addition to the 13 Apostles, the mosaics in the circle also contain images of St. Mary Magdalene; a French saint, St. Madeline Sophie Barat, founder of Les Religieuses du Sacré-Cœur; and two Canadian saints, St. Kateri Tekakwitha and St. Brother André of Montreal. The mosaics in the pendentives, containing biblical manifestations of
144-743: The first time that a Roman Pontiff had consecrated a church in North America. The cathedral, which is owned and administered by the Slovak Greek Catholic Church Foundation, was built to serve Slovak Catholics throughout the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and until 2006, it was the seat of the Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius . Mr. Roman died in 1988 and did not see the cathedral completed. His funeral service
160-462: The four Evangelists, replace the traditional images of a lioness, eagle and ox with the more Canadian wolverine, peregrine falcon and cow, respectively. The cathedral also features a restored Casavant Frères concert organ. Stephen Boleslav Roman Stephen Boleslav Roman (17 April 1921 – 23 March 1988) was a prominent Canadian mining engineer and mining executive of a Slovak origin. Business commentator Diane Francis described him as
176-724: The interior, in November 2016, the City of Markham issued a temporary occupancy permit to allow Jesus the King Melkite Greek Catholic Church to use the cathedral as a place of worship. The Society of Saint Pius X currently uses the Cathedral as one of their chapels in southern Ontario. The Society offers a Low Mass according to the Extraordinary form of the Roman Rite at 4:00 p.m every Sunday at
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#1732773323619192-601: The land for the cathedral, which "he built as a beacon of religious freedom" for his fellow Slavs then living under Soviet oppression. Mr. Roman modelled the cathedral on the church in Veľký Ruskov (now Nový Ruskov ), the Slovak village he was raised in. Construction of the cathedral began in early 1984, and the cornerstone and altar stone were blessed by Pope John Paul II during his visit to Canada in September 1984, marking
208-580: The posters promoting the film. It was also featured in the 2013 Canadian independent film "Rearview" written and directed by Robert Gulassarian. Following a dispute with the Slovak Greek Catholic Church Foundation, the Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril moved its seat to a church in Toronto. From 2006 to 2016, the cathedral was closed to the public while extensive interior work was carried out. Although work still remained to be done on
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240-581: Was 16 years old. Since his youth he was strong connected to the Greek Catholic Church . He helped to found and organize the Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto . The monumental Cathedral of the Transfiguration of our Lord in Markham was funded and designed by him, modeling the structure on the church in Veľký Ruskov. Roman was invested in the Order of Canada and
256-624: Was held in the partially completed structure, with 1,600 people in attendance. Václav Havel , the first president of a democratic Czechoslovakia, following the fall of the Communist regime, visited the cathedral in 1990. The exterior of the cathedral was used in the 1995 movie In the Mouth of Madness , where it portrayed the Black Church located in Hobb's End. It can also be seen on some of
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