Location Ashgabat Denomination Roman Catholic Church Province Province of Alicante | Country Turkmenistan Phone +34 965 55 27 37 Demolished 1932 | |
Address Carrer les Eres, 4, 03440 Ibi, Alacant, Spain Similar Parroquia Santiago Apóstol, Parroquia De La Transfigu, Plásticos Vicent SL, Obispado Orihuela Alicante | ||
The Church of the Transfiguration is the name given to a religious building of the Catholic Church which was in Ashgabat in what is now the capital of Turkmenistan. The church was built in Ashabad from natural brick, in a Gothic style. In the huge altar was an icon of the Transfiguration of the Lord. On the sides of the altar were icons of Mary, donated by the Parish of St. Stanislav in St. Petersburg, and an icon of St. Expedite, ordered by the curator in Tashkent.
At the end of the twenties the Church was closed. The building fell into ruins and remained standing until 1932, when local authorities ordered to be destroyed, in the era of religious persecution in the Soviet Union. Instead after the earthquake prefabricated wooden houses were built. These houses have remained until today.