The Cathedral of the Transfiguration is a Slovak Byzantine Rite Roman Catholic former cathedral located in the community of Victoria Square in Markham, Ontario, Canada. The cathedral was built in a rural area north of the city of Toronto and was built to serve Slovak Catholics throughout the Greater Toronto Area. The Cathedral was conceived and funded by Stephen B. Roman, a Slovak immigrant to Canada who had built up the Denison Mines corporation. Roman both funded and designed the building, modeling the structure of the church in Velky Ruskov, the Slovak village he was raised in. The cathedral was built on a donated portion of his Romandale estate.
Among its features is the world's largest three bell carillon, with the French made bells by the Fonderie Paccard, weighing 32,000 pounds, and 300 cm diameter. The mosaics are reputed to contain about 5 million pieces. The cathedral was built to hold 1000 worshipers serving a community of about 5000 Byzantine Rite Catholics in the GTA and 35,000 across Canada. The central tower rises 63 metres (about 20 storeys) and is topped by a gold onion dome. The church was designed by Donald Buttress, a renowned architect whose claim to fame is overhauling Westminster Abbey.[1] It is a significant landmark east of the 404 highway.
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@bugik O Wow..I agree with you on the architecture..This cathedral was built on an empty lot..in fact the whole area around it was just farm land..a few years later they advertised that homes were suppose to be built there..and like you know everthing takes its time. but then one day again while going to Toronto we past the cathedral (which is about 1/4 mile away from the highway) and noticed finally a sign which read. Cathedral Town Coming Soon.,..again lots of time went by before you could see the construction starting. and today I said to my husband I still need a picture..can we make a detour and I take some pictures. boy were we surprised about the amount of new homes around there.. you see the street where the cathedral is on used to be our only way to get to the city..but once they built the 404 this road became more or less absolete.
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@bruni So sweet of you to tell us more about this area... it is indeed very interesting and you captured it well with your camera. It's always a pleasure to look at photos of 365ers all over the world and feel like we've visited their places especially when we read the stories behind those shots. :-) xx
Love the Church , love the lines in the pic ( The triangular lines from the lantern on the left to the top of the curch and to the lantern on the right site ) beautiful capture
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