Church of the Transfiguration of the city is located in Yaroslavl, on the Postal street, 3. Like many other Yaroslavl churches, it was built on the site of a former wooden church in the 72 th year of the XVII century.

Church of the Saviour on a gentle slope that led to the bank of the Kotorosl, first mentioned in the XIII century, it is from the time when Yaroslavl was a center of an independent principality, independent of Moscow. It received its name probably from finding the Market Place on the city, or by standing near the tower walls Earthen city. Temples built of wood on this site are not just killed by fire and rebuilt. Last wooden church of the Savior of the city was killed in 1658 in the city crushing fire.

Spassky temple of stone was built in 1672 with donations of merchant Ivan Kislov. The architectural style of the church was typical for Yaroslavl XVII century, characterized by the lack of basement, the presence of the chapel and the bell tower in the northwest corner of the gallery.

The architecture is similar to the Church of the Saviour in the Temple Ioannozlatoustovskim Korovniki. In fact, the church in Korovniki and served as a model for the construction. Chetverik central volume is small in size, but this is compensated by a massive five domes: the main drum with a dome (even without a cross) has the same height as the bushel. The heads on the sides are also quite large and powerful. Drums church decorated more richly than the walls. The most richly decorated facade on the north side. It is aimed at the former trading area - this indicates that the temple was built already given location.

Especially decorate a church wedding chapel Archdeacon Stephen, is located in the north-east side - a tall slender tent surrounds and completes a series of kokoshniks small cupola. It gives the building a picturesque asymmetry.

On the south side of the church joins warm Nikolsky chapel (now St. Seraphim of Sarov). It was rebuilt in 1831 in the classical style and made some dissonance in the appearance of the southern facade of the temple. At the same time the porch was built.

Painting the interior space of the building was completed very quickly - in about one and a half months of the summer 1693. It worked great Yaroslavl gang masters, consisting of 22 people, under the leadership of Lawrence Sevastyanov and Fedor Fedorov. The customer of works made by the local people pasad Ivan Ivanov Kemskaya.

Some church frescoes seriously damaged during the restoration work carried out here in the 1860s. Some hallmarks, mostly in the altar area, have been re-written.

During the Civil War Spassky church was severely damaged, and in 1919-1920 it was renovated. In the autumn of 1929 the church was abolished. Then here it is equipped warehouse, operating for quite some time.

Only in August 2003, the day of the first honey of the Saviour in the Church of the Transfiguration of the city again melodious ringing bells. Services are conducted mainly in the south aisle.

Although uncomplicated decoration Spassky temple which is in charge of the Yaroslavl Museum-Reserve, a massive five-domed tent and two make it one of the most beautiful churches on the promenade Kotorosl.